2007-06-05 21:47:14 · 13 answers · asked by HRHGavin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
in every generation, there is someone who believes they know the date of the end of the world. my great, great grandfather on my mother's side went through this. he gave away ALL their belongings and went to the top of a mountain with his family in tow, to await Christ's return and their ascension into heaven. when they woke up the next morning, they all discovered he was wrong. do i have to tell you how difficult it was for them to all have to start their lives over?
mom said the moral of the story is, 'no one will know the hour or the day, so prepare yourself now.'
2007-06-05 21:59:18 · answer #1 · answered by susan l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose you are referring to the Mayan calender. It could be the end of the Earth AS WE KNOW IT, but not go spinning out of orbit, or exploding.
Of course, I go by Biblical texts that describe the end of the Earth, and while 1/3 of the Earth is burned up, and billions die, the oceans to to blood, and all the other really bad things that will happen, it is just preparing the Earth for the second coming of Christ.
People have been beating the end of the world drum for years.
The latest boo-ha is global warming. They beat that drum about the plight of the Polar Bear and the evils of George Bush not signing certain agreements to sell America down the toilet.
The TRUTH is this is part of THE CYCLE OF THE EARTH. The dinosaurs are dead from climate change. They couldn't adapt and they are dead, too bad. Many other more recent species are dead because they were too stupid to avoid humans and other predators.
The face of the Earth has changed numerous times before recorded history. Now we finally can record it, and it scares us.
The environmental wackos seize the moment and fall in to goose step with their high priest, Al Gore to take the high ground. 'SEE! I TOLD YOU this would happen! That evil George bush! If Al Gore would have won, everything would be right! WAAAHHHH!'
So we might have helped it along by 100 years. The whole global warming HYPE is about letting the third world, and certain communist and socialist states that cant compete because of incompetence, to catch up to the industrialized world economically. Why don't THEY have to sign the protocols?
I grew up during the last we-are-all-going-to-die scare in the 60s and 70s. If nuclear holocaust wasn't going to get us, pollution would. I read numerous novels about the end of the world. One was '1989-Population Doomsday'. 1989 came and went with no doomsday. Many others predicted that we dead certain we weren't going to make it to the year 2000. These were not Biblical, just people making a buck to cash in on all the HYPE.
Back to the point, The world COULD END, and then again, maybe not. We just don't know. Jesus said that no one knows the day or the hour except God himself.
So don't let the media do what they do best, cash in on PARANOIA, and suck in the masses to believe their hype.
2007-06-06 05:21:22 · answer #2 · answered by fortheimperium2003 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh gosh, don't fret, it's all just so much chatter, or, if you like, babble. Such "end of the world" announcements come along about once every decade. Wacko preachers and other suspects profit from them. The human species, nor any other species on Earth , is going to be around forever, but, hey, we probably have a few dozen centuries before we begin to say goodbye to this pretty blue rock. When it happens, our kind isn't going with a bang but a whimper. Remember, at present there are 6 billion (billion with a B) now living on Earth. Look ahead to epidemics and more and more stupid wars and nuclear exchanges. First, as things are going now, between Iran and Israel--and the USA. Still and all, the species will not go poof right away.
2007-06-06 05:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2012, yep the end of time and the world as we know it. Seeing as we are infinite beings that cannot be destroyed, I reckon we won't become extinct, we'll just perceive the world differently or something like that, or we'll retun home to Mother,.. I mean God.
Nobody really knows, but I buy into 2012 a tad, just beacuse the rest of the news is boring, and the prospect of something happening in 2012 fascinates me no end.
2007-06-06 05:02:43 · answer #4 · answered by claracruzz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not the end. I remember I was reading some article or something and it had all these "apocalyptic" dates leading back to the 1960's. I don't think this one will be any more accurate than the previous ones.
2007-06-06 04:51:56 · answer #5 · answered by Zach H. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you're into omens, that London 2012 logo is definitely a sign of the end times... yeesh.
It's a bunch of baloney, just like all the previous Ends Of The World (tm).
2007-06-06 04:50:56 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is the year that the Mayan calender ends
and many have attributed this to the end of the world
but lets face it .... how long can a calender go on for ?
2007-06-06 04:57:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you referring to the London Olympic Games with the fascist logo that sensible people are condemning.
Sebastian Coe, you must be an eejut to agree to this!
2007-06-06 04:52:11 · answer #8 · answered by Iain 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope it's not the end. Just another apocalyptic date.
2007-06-06 04:57:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It won't be long now, we're going to find out for sure.
I Cr 13;8a
2007-06-06 05:07:10 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋