What's up with the world ending?

[SabahTheLoner]

First the nitpicky stuff that just bothers me about this post about the "Aztec calendar "

No. No no no no no no no.

First. It was the Mayan Calendar, not the Aztec.

Second, and most importantly, the Mayan Calendar, contrary to the 2012 meme that has arisen, does not ever end. 2012 merely marked the end of one cycle and the begining of the next. Their calendar never actually ends. Essentially all that happened in 2012 from the perspective of the Mayan calendar was essentially a Super-Millennium. It was no different than Mayan Y2K, except it didn't even have potential to mess with our computers.

Absolutely nothing about Mayan beliefs implied the world would end merely because their equivalent of a millennium had passed.

It was never an apocalypse, it was a calendar.

For a more serious answer my own religion views apocalyptic texts as being symbolic of the end of cycles, and the beginning of new cycles. We view essentially all apocalypse predictions the same way the Mayans viewed their calendar. It's just a cycle.

Maybe the tendency for people to view a cycle, like the Mayan Calendar, as some sort of apocalypse is telling of the way humanity views cycles...

Sorry about that, I forgot about it being Mayan. Anyway many people misinterpreted that, is my point. Probably should have clarified that.

 

[ChristineM]

Those religious nutters have been predicting the end of the world for thousands of years and nothing ever came of it. It was just unfounded speculation, with no supporting evidence.

This time, though, it's the scientists predicting the end, and their prophesy is based completely on evidence and empirical data.

So long, been good to know ya...

I hear the earth is to be struck by an unknown, hidden planet. Ermm, unknown, hidden planet... How does anyone know.?

No, not scientists but one scientist, David Meade who actually is a research scientist who just happens to quote the bible to justify his prediction's

 

[Revoltingest]

You realize that If the world ends the internet will go down, right?

And vice versa!

 

[SabahTheLoner]

You realize that If the world ends the internet will go down, right?

But will there be a world to care about the internet?

 

[BSM1]

If my physician told me I would die tomorrow I would heave a huge relief sigh.

Sorta begs the question. Why not live like today is your last day?

 

[Rival]

Sorta begs the question. Why not live like today is your last day?

Because it probably isn't and that's a terrible way of living. I'd end up in the barry place faster than you can say, Go.

 

[Milton Platt]

Ragnarok is the prophecy of the end-times in Norse myth, where a new world rises from the ashes of a great war. The Mayan calendar ended in 2012 (when compared to the Georgian calendar) which people misinterpreted. Now apparently Biblical numerologists think the world will end two days from now.

Why do some care so much about when and how the world will end? How did the world not "end" already in the past? For all we know Ragnarok passed and we're living in it's ashes. And it's not like the world ending or continuing will change the fact that we're gonna die someday, predicted or not.

Honestly why worry so much about the world ending questions in the first place?

Just in case there are any numerologists out there who are reading this,if you a certain that the world will be ending, would you be willing to sign over to me any real estate and/or vehicles you might own? We can make the date of transfer to be the day after the world ends so you won't be inconvenienced.

 

[Sapiens]

The world is ending! The world is ending! (again) Sell everything you own, you will not need it! Send me all your money, you can't take it with you! DO THIS NOW! If you don't ... you are clearly not a believer, and you will burn in hell when the world ends!

 

[TransmutingSoul]

Ragnarok is the prophecy of the end-times in Norse myth, where a new world rises from the ashes of a great war. The Mayan calendar ended in 2012 (when compared to the Georgian calendar) which people misinterpreted. Now apparently Biblical numerologists think the world will end two days from now.

Why do some care so much about when and how the world will end? How did the world not "end" already in the past? For all we know Ragnarok passed and we're living in it's ashes. And it's not like the world ending or continuing will change the fact that we're gonna die someday, predicted or not.

Honestly why worry so much about the world ending questions in the first place?

The Old World did inded end in 1844 and a New World now rolls out on its stead.

Mankind rejected the requirements to cement the Most Great Peace and thus has brought many calamities upon our own selves. These Calamities are multiplying and will continue to subdue humanity until we again embrace Gods Laws.

Why worry? The future depends upon the choices we continue to make and we can now not stop the approaching calamity that will lay ruin to cities of the world. Materialisim had devoured our spiritual awareness and it in now apparent mans limbs need a great shaking.

What will wake us from our slumber?

Regards Tony

 

[TransmutingSoul]

Just in case there are any numerologists out there who are reading this,if you a certain that the world will be ending, would you be willing to sign over to me any real estate and/or vehicles you might own? We can make the date of transfer to be the day after the world ends so you won't be inconvenienced.

If that is what you really want, then the world has already eneded.

In the end we are but again dust.

We are called to higher thoughts.

Regards Tony

 

[TransmutingSoul]

One day the curtain will come down and this godforsaken act will be over.

Thank G-d. Thank G-d.

Yes we all face that day.

We have been granted life in G-ds Creation for a reason, we and creation are far from being foresaken by God.

Yes we are laying waste to it by our inaction to implement what is from G-d.

Regards Tony

 

[David1967]

Almost 6 Million views, so must be true.....

Hopefully they can reschedule as Saturday is my day off.

Watch them reschedule when the 24th rolls around.

 

[Eliab ben Benjamin]

such a worry, here where i live that day is election day.... of course i voted early as it is my Shabbat

 

[allfoak]

Ragnarok is the prophecy of the end-times in Norse myth, where a new world rises from the ashes of a great war. The Mayan calendar ended in 2012 (when compared to the Georgian calendar) which people misinterpreted. Now apparently Biblical numerologists think the world will end two days from now.

Why do some care so much about when and how the world will end? How did the world not "end" already in the past? For all we know Ragnarok passed and we're living in it's ashes. And it's not like the world ending or continuing will change the fact that we're gonna die someday, predicted or not.

Honestly why worry so much about the world ending questions in the first place?

The end o f the world is a misinterpretation of something that was written to describe an internal experience.

 

[Enoch07]

Ragnarok is the prophecy of the end-times in Norse myth, where a new world rises from the ashes of a great war. The Mayan calendar ended in 2012 (when compared to the Georgian calendar) which people misinterpreted. Now apparently Biblical numerologists think the world will end two days from now.

Why do some care so much about when and how the world will end? How did the world not "end" already in the past? For all we know Ragnarok passed and we're living in it's ashes. And it's not like the world ending or continuing will change the fact that we're gonna die someday, predicted or not.

Honestly why worry so much about the world ending questions in the first place?

Fear

The fear of death. Fear of the unknown. People with this fear worry about when death comes. So naturally the end of the world would bring about the same fear.

 

[idav]

I think people were rather humbled from all the decimation caused by the Y2K bug back in 2000.

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

First the nitpicky stuff that just bothers me about this post about the "Aztec calendar "

No. No no no no no no no.

First. It was the Mayan Calendar, not the Aztec.

Second, and most importantly, the Mayan Calendar, contrary to the 2012 meme that has arisen, does not ever end. 2012 merely marked the end of one cycle and the begining of the next. Their calendar never actually ends. Essentially all that happened in 2012 from the perspective of the Mayan calendar was essentially a Super-Millennium. It was no different than Mayan Y2K, except it didn't even have potential to mess with our computers.

Absolutely nothing about Mayan beliefs implied the world would end merely because their equivalent of a millennium had passed.

It was never an apocalypse, it was a calendar.

For a more serious answer my own religion views apocalyptic texts as being symbolic of the end of cycles, and the beginning of new cycles. We view essentially all apocalypse predictions the same way the Mayans viewed their calendar. It's just a cycle.

Maybe the tendency for people to view a cycle, like the Mayan Calendar, as some sort of apocalypse is telling of the way humanity views cycles...

A good analogy is an odometer on a car...it means nothing but that when it rolls over to all zeros again, you've got a car with LOTS of miles on it....

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Down side is that they only have to be right once...just sayin'.

and of course, once they're right, no one is around to care much, anyway...just sayin'

 

[beenherebeforeagain]

Fear

The fear of death. Fear of the unknown. People with this fear worry about when death comes. So naturally the end of the world would bring about the same fear.

I'm not troubled so much by the prospect of dying...as I am by the prospect of surviving the initial catastrophe and being faced with a slow and painful death from starvation, radiation, blast effects, etc....

 

[Fool]

Ragnarok is the prophecy of the end-times in Norse myth, where a new world rises from the ashes of a great war. The Mayan calendar ended in 2012 (when compared to the Georgian calendar) which people misinterpreted. Now apparently Biblical numerologists think the world will end two days from now.

Why do some care so much about when and how the world will end? How did the world not "end" already in the past? For all we know Ragnarok passed and we're living in it's ashes. And it's not like the world ending or continuing will change the fact that we're gonna die someday, predicted or not.

Honestly why worry so much about the world ending questions in the first place?

So it's not ending, its just renewing. you know the whole new heaven and new earth thang

basically a new attitude, perspective. Ecclesiastes 1:4

Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.