Is it true that the world will end in the year of 2012?

[Jeremy Mason]

Ignore it all you want, but everyone knows it's over when the fat lady sings.

:biglaugh:

 

[crystalonyx]

There's all this commotion about the end of the world approaching, supposedly in the year 2012 because that is when the Mayan calendar ends. I am trying to create a blog about the apocalyptic year 2012, and your comments, and your view would help me a lot to compile a great research. Please take a side on this debate whether you believe the world will end in that year or not, and briefly explain your point of view. Thank you

For many people, the world will end in 2012 (death).

 

[+Xausted]

Actually we tend to be more sloppy these days. The old timers were much more interested in accuracy than we are today, at least calendar wise.

Not that accurate as we are still here

 

[Caladan]

If this life is all you have hope for then you are to be pittied. That is rather depressing to me.

Thats a very medieval take on life- that life is a sequence of suffering and ignorance, and the Church- the world government of the dark ages is the promise of eternal salvation.

This life is an immeasurable phenomena, this planet is ripe with life, today people have access to education and information, people are not an insignificant worker in a feudal ant farm.

 

[Heneni]

Oh :yes:

I've not even light a firecracker before.

I wanna light one up. I wanna light one up. I WANNA LIGHT ONE UP! :bounce

The BIG ONE! :yes: I wanna light the BIG ONE up!

Can I? Can I? I'll be good. :namaste

Your so brave! I wonder what people will say when they look up into the sky..and see a huge fire ball as big as a mountain decend on them, and they have nowhere to hide? The sound itself will be probably burst their eardrums. Do you think some people would kill themselves rather than be burnt to a crisp? Or maybe they will get into their rubber dingy hoping a tidal wave doesnt get them.

Or maybe people will try and clothe themselves in their warmest winter woolies hoping that they can escape sub zero temperatures created by the perfect hurricane the size of a few continants?

Or maybe people will try to hide under whatever they can get a hold of while the earth splits in three. An earthquake so massive that huge parts of the earth will simply dissapear.

Or maybe people will hope that they can escape the pyroclastic flows of hundreds of volcanoes. If the pyroclastic flows doesnt get them, will their houses not burn to the ground?

Or maybe people will be able to get away to survive the direct hit by a meteorite, or even massive tidlewaves, volcanoes erupting, hurricanes raging but they wont be able to breath because the air will be like toxic gas. What kind of diseases will be rampant when billions of people are dead and we cant bury them fast enough..or burn the bodies fast enough?

Yes...its best to watch the fireshow and die rather than survive it.

 

[Heneni]

Thats a very medieval take on life- that life is a sequence of suffering and ignorance, and the Church- the world government of the dark ages is the promise of eternal salvation.

This life is an immeasurable phenomena, this planet is ripe with life, today people have access to education and information, people are not an insignificant worker in a feudal ant farm.

I'm sure that the new earth will be bursting with life. But before the new earth comes, the old is first destroyed.

Like a tree that decays...this earth is wearing out its garment. Sure there will be life again. Life always triumphs over death. But life on the new earth, can have no eliments that bring death. And since no being who does not have the life of god in them, be that a medieval life...is basically screwd...but thanks for your thoughts anyway...they are a bit...odd but ill let you have your point of view anyway.

 

[gnomon]

What's the source of all these groups claiming 2012 as a prophetic date?

:biglaugh::biglaugh::biglaugh:
I can't believe I asked that question.

 

[gnostic]

Your so brave! I wonder what people will say when they look up into the sky..and see a huge fire ball as big as a mountain decend on them, and they have nowhere to hide? The sound itself will be probably burst their eardrums. Do you think some people would kill themselves rather than be burnt to a crisp? Or maybe they will get into their rubber dingy hoping a tidal wave doesnt get them.

Death comes to us all. It is the way of this world. Whether it comes now or later, there's not much neither one of us can do anything about it. So why waste time fearing the inevitable, because I am in no hurry to meet death, so enjoy life as it come.

ps. If you read the exchange between me and BalanceFx, then I was only monkeying around, Ms Doom and Gloom.

 

[Willamena]

We can only hope.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No, the world is not ending. People just apparently like to scare themselves, and are do not do research well.

 

[Heneni]

No, the world is not ending. People just apparently like to scare themselves, and are do not do research well.

I dont know if people believe that the world will end to scare themselves. I dont think in actual fact that enough people are 'scared' of it in the first place. Nobody is ever scared until the paw paw hits the fan. That when you get really scared. We just like to tell ourselves that the paw paw will not hit the fan. Its hit the fan before. Its very likely to hit it again.

From the bible's perspective, revelations cerainly predicts it. The bible and of course some other civilizations. I think if we look at ancient civilizations they seem to have had quite a nack for the spiritual. Be that the spiritual 'darkside' or spiritual 'light'.

I think as humanity becomes more and more self-centred it becomes harder and harder to see that were are on the brink of disaster here.

If someone from say...4000 years ago, who had some incling about god, would revisit this planet and have good look at it...and give us an analysis of our spiritual condition, i dont think that the report will be a thumbs up. In fact i think such a person would be completely horrified.

We are not horrified of course, because we have become accustomed to it all.

heneni

 

[Falvlun]

God was rather sure that most people would pay very little attention to end time prophecies. He wouldnt say that most people would be going on with their lives like nothing is going to happen...if thats not the way it will be.

Even this infatuation that people have with 2012 is just that. It will wear off. All the other 'doomsday' scares were just that...scares. And now people are not taking any 'scare' seriously. I remember this 'story' in the bible where noah went around for hundreds of years warning the people. By the 400th year people must have stopped listening. And so they did, and then the flood came.

Heneni, I am sure you are familiar with the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. I think it sheds a rather applicable light on this subject.

It is generally considered morally wrong to "cry wolf", because it is essentially telling a lie.
It is also self-destructive, since people will likely not help a person who has cried wolf, because they will assume it is just another instance of crying wolf.

Essentially, Christians have "cried wolf" for ages regarding the end of times. If our heathen hearts are hardened, it is only because we have been duped before.

 

[Heneni]

Death comes to us all. It is the way of this world. Whether it comes now or later, there's not much neither one of us can do anything about it. So why waste time fearing the inevitable, because I am in no hurry to meet death, so enjoy life as it come.

ps. If you read the exchange between me and BalanceFx, then I was only monkeying around, Ms Doom and Gloom.

Of course you believe that death comes anyway. But the death predicted in revelations isnt very 'natural'. Its rather the culmination of events that will make the whole world, and not just one family, shiver in their boots. The panic and the mayhem of such events can only be imagined.

Most people at that point in time will try to hold on to their life. Why? Because they would feel that they are not ready to die. Or they will be frightened about what will happen to them when they die. Escpecially because these events have been predicted by spiritual texts. And then the sun will set on the age of 'denial'.

What to do..when you see the son of god come in all his glory? Hide? Hate him? Fight against him? Repent quickly hoping there is still a window of opportunity open to do so...pleading, bargaining with god...all the way to hating him for not coming to save the world, but to destroy it.

And all of these emotional things going on while the world around you is falling apart.

And yes...most people really dont take 'end of the world' prophecies seriously, and that is exactly what is suppose to happen. Just when the world thinks they have gotten 'rid' of this god and they have mocked him, blasphemed against him, rolled around with the pigs, ignored him, and all the likes....just when they are on a high....feeling free....comes the judge. And everyman gets what he deserves. Which is what? What exactly has man done to deserve honor and praise and glory and justification? There is no one good other than god. Where does that leave the rest of us?

Heneni

 

[Beaudreaux]

Heneni, I am sure you are familiar with the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. I think it sheds a rather applicable light on this subject.

It is generally considered morally wrong to "cry wolf", because it is essentially telling a lie.
It is also self-destructive, since people will likely not help a person who has cried wolf, because they will assume it is just another instance of crying wolf.

Essentially, Christians have "cried wolf" for ages regarding the end of times. If our heathen hearts are hardened, it is only because we have been duped before.

Couldn't agree more. A commedian once put it this way. If you were wating at a bus stop for a bus to arrive, and after 2000 year it hadn't come......wouldn't you start to get the idea that it wasn't coming?

 

[Heneni]

Heneni, I am sure you are familiar with the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. I think it sheds a rather applicable light on this subject.

It is generally considered morally wrong to "cry wolf", because it is essentially telling a lie.
It is also self-destructive, since people will likely not help a person who has cried wolf, because they will assume it is just another instance of crying wolf.

Essentially, Christians have "cried wolf" for ages regarding the end of times. If our heathen hearts are hardened, it is only because we have been duped before.

Ok...i do understand what you are saying about 'crying wolf'.

In noah's days...he cried wolf for four hundred years. Thats pretty much an eternity. And that is gods kindness....warning LONG before the time. In fact we have recieved a two thousand years warning this time around. Thats pretty long. But if we just go back 400 years from today...i think you will find that there were fewer spiritual people who felt it in their core being. By 'it' i mean they have personally recieved revelation that the end is here.

The church yes, have used this unfortunately to scare the masses into paying tithes and come to church for years. And most of the members just went along with it, not having any real revelation of this themselves, but besides that, the warning still stands.

From what i can gather...there is really a LOT of christians who are not necessarily 'afflicted' with religion who can feel that there is definitely reason to believe that the end of our four hundred years warning...or be that 2000 years warning...is about to become a reality. And not because the pastor says so, and not because internet doom sites say so..but because god, which is a very personal god, has given them that revelation. That is gods faithfullness to them. Warning them of things to come.

heneni

 

[Don Penguinoini]

You are SO right! The world will come to an end at Midnight, January 1, 2012. Only the faithful will see God in heaven at that time. I have made it my mission to help people show their faith and make it to eternal life. To that end, I strongly urge you to sign everything you own over to me on or before Dec. 31, 2011. Trust me, you won't need it after then and your gesture will prove to God that you are one of the faithful.

For a minute i thought you were being serious until i saw your religion

 

[England my lionheart]

There's all this commotion about the end of the world approaching, supposedly in the year 2012 because that is when the Mayan calendar ends. I am trying to create a blog about the apocalyptic year 2012, and your comments, and your view would help me a lot to compile a great research. Please take a side on this debate whether you believe the world will end in that year or not, and briefly explain your point of view. Thank you

Personally no,the Doomsday clock will still be at 3 mins to in hundreds of years time,however it is interesting to note that some scientists believe the actual year 2009 to be out by 9 years which if true it is only the year 2000.
The other interesting thing is that there is a theory that the ancient City of Tyre in the Lebanon is the land of the anti Christ,i do not believe any of it,however Mankind has the ability to put a huge dent in its population and we are still practising that.

 

[BucephalusBB]

however it is interesting to note that some scientists believe the actual year 2009 to be out by 9 years which if true it is only the year 2000.

Wich would mean the "2012 end of the world" hype will repeat itself in 2021..

 

[England my lionheart]

Wich would mean the "2012 end of the world" hype will repeat itself in 2021..

LOL thats ok then

 

[gnostic]

In noah's days...he cried wolf for four hundred years. Thats pretty much an eternity. And that is gods kindness....warning LONG before the time. In fact we have recieved a two thousand years warning this time around. Thats pretty long. But if we just go back 400 years from today...i think you will find that there were fewer spiritual people who felt it in their core being.

I don't know where you got it from, but that's not what happen in the bible.

Noah didn't fortell nor warn anyone of the coming flood. All it say is that Noah were instructed to build the ark, take his family and animals into the ark, and that's that. There's nothing that say that Noah had tried to warn the people of their destruction and that no one believe it.

Where did you get this from? Where did you get this 400 years business of crying wolf?

If you actually read the book, you would know that even Noah didn't know about the Flood until he was instructed to build the ark, when he was 500 years old. From that point on, he knew of the Flood.

So where did you get this from? When did he warn anyone?

You must have gotten it from movies, or other books, or somewhere else. It is certainly not in the bible.

I am not mocking you. I am seriously curious where you got your information from.