So can someone relieve my fear about the 21st?

[Defenestra]

Why in Cthulhu's name are people breaking out Bible quotes to reassure someone who is worried about superstitious bullshit?

That's like giving a big bowl of poutine to someone who is scared of gaining weight.


If someone says they know that the end of the world is coming soon, you can smile and nod, and thank them for letting you know. You do this instead of asking them if they have some insight that the last ten thousand delausional assholes who made the same claim had somehow managed to miss because they have obviously just gone through a messy divorce from reality, and it may be some time before they get over it.

And you can just get on with your life, and save your worrying for things that are actually dangerous. Take a statistics course, and you'll find yourself much better equipped to know when you should worry about something. Scared of terrorist attacks? Run the numbers, and relax, being hurt in one is less likely than injury during things you do all the time without worrying at all.

Scared of plane crashes? Do some research, and learn that child fatalities from vehicle collisions went up when airlines started requiring that babies be in their own seats because people were driving more to avoid the added cost.

Scared of an apocalypse prophesy? Look at the cubic crapton of doomsday prophecies that have completely failed to manifest. Tip: Most people(who expected the end of the world at all) who lived through the times that are (however loosely) documented in the Bible expected it to happen in their own lifetimes.

Didn't happen back then, won't happen on Saturday. Make plans for next week like it's gonna be another Y2K. Which is to say, just another ordinary day.

 

[Spencer Petersen]

The same guy who predicted this was also wrong 17 years ago and I see no indication that this will be any different. Hes operating on complete nonsense logic, metaphors being taken as truth and testimony from a text that has been translated, rebuilt, reviewed and rewritten and then translated a few hundred more times. You have nothing to worry about.

 

[Torrasque]

I'm not one with a faith. And logic tells me the chance of such a thing happening is the same on any given day, and that it's astronomically low.

Still, everytime I hear one of these doomsday predictions it DOES freak me out to a certain extent. A couple years ago during my senior year of high school it was some twat with a book saying a giant tsunami would hit the east coast, I was freaked out all school day. Hell during the oil spill some half-baked loon came up with a story that a methane bubble would be released from the gulf and wipe out the planet in a giant fireball, that kept me up all night after reading it.

It's silly to worry about such things. True or not. I know this. Anyone wanna take a solid stab at reassuring me the sun will still rise the 22nd? Because I'm sure I'm not the only one with just a tinge of anxiety about doomsday predictions.

Alrighty, lets look at this shall we. It's a Christian Group correct? So that just means that the Rapture will START. During the rapture their will be a large disappearance of people overnight, if this happens in conjunture with widespread plauges and two christians getting stoned in the street. THEN you know it happening. But during the christian rapture all the living humans on earth have the chance to repent many many times.

I'm an atheist that was formerly a Christian, if you see the signs, and repent you are okie. Also consider this is the god that was perfectly fine with killing the newborn children of an entire country to stop his favorite group from being held in slavery BY THE LEADER of that nation. But then commanded all his people that murder is wrong, just days later. (also is perfectly fine with priests molesting children in his temples, without taking any action, and continuing to let those same priests preach his word and hurt more children)

BRB stoning some Christians. Does anyone have a plague for sale? I can offer you the soon-to-be-corpses of two Christians. They are pretty lanky though since they thought their god was the only sustenance they needed. LAWL!

 

[Wintermoot]

because the world will end after a few million years (by the sun expanding and evaporating a tiny planet called "earth")
people throughout history said the world is going to end (remember the Y2K bug) and believe me the sun is still going to rise on 22 May and 1 January 2013
the WORST what might happen is that allot of people are going to panic and we might have few riot,s that,s it!

 

[Callate]

There are at least two events I'm aware of that could wipe out most of life on Earth with little or no notice. But their coming will not be anticipated by the latest gang of goons to think they've gotten a little something extra out of the Bible that no one else was able to eke in the last couple thousand years.

Clinton wasn't the Anti-Christ. Neither was Bush. Nor were Madonna, Britney Spears, or Lady Gaga the Whore of Babylon.

It's going to be okay.

 

[warprincenataku]

Well, something's got to kill us.

 

[HotFezz8]

I'm not one with a faith. And logic tells me the chance of such a thing happening is the same on any given day, and that it's astronomically low.

Still, everytime I hear one of these doomsday predictions it DOES freak me out to a certain extent. A couple years ago during my senior year of high school it was some twat with a book saying a giant tsunami would hit the east coast, I was freaked out all school day. Hell during the oil spill some half-baked loon came up with a story that a methane bubble would be released from the gulf and wipe out the planet in a giant fireball, that kept me up all night after reading it.

It's silly to worry about such things. True or not. I know this. Anyone wanna take a solid stab at reassuring me the sun will still rise the 22nd? Because I'm sure I'm not the only one with just a tinge of anxiety about doomsday predictions.

sure... *SLAP* don't be so fucking stupid!!

does that help? ;-)

OT: no we can't help, panicing over events which you have no control over is human. and you have said you know it to be illogical and therefore riddiculous. just work to get over it yourself based on that.

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

Whenever I hear about a Doomsday Prediction, I think one thing. "It isn't an end of a world, its a beginning of an Age."

Do not worry. If such a thing does come it will come, and you being human will stand defiant to the end no matter the cost. That is what will begin the new age, the Age of Loss, the Age of Cost, the Age of a New Horizon.

Now if you really want to piss yourself laughing, theres a english television program about 10 ways of their being an apocalypse, funniest thing ever, and they make sense.

 

[RowdyRodimus]

I was listening to the radio a few weeks back and Neal Boortz was on, anyway he mentioned the guy who made this prediction was offering to do interviews, but the only day he had available to do one was May 23. Yeah, he's scheduling interviews for 2 days after his prediction. Even he knows he's pulling stuff from his ass.

 

[Snotnarok]

It's only the millionth time someone predicted doom, and it'll go by like all the rest.

 

[Woem]

I thought you were afraid of turning 21. Seeing that you're afraid of the May 21st apocalypse, let me tell you that #failpocalypse will be trending on Twitter that day.

 

[headshotcatcher]

I'm not one with a faith. And logic tells me the chance of such a thing happening is the same on any given day, and that it's astronomically low.

Still, everytime I hear one of these doomsday predictions it DOES freak me out to a certain extent. A couple years ago during my senior year of high school it was some twat with a book saying a giant tsunami would hit the east coast, I was freaked out all school day. Hell during the oil spill some half-baked loon came up with a story that a methane bubble would be released from the gulf and wipe out the planet in a giant fireball, that kept me up all night after reading it.

It's silly to worry about such things. True or not. I know this. Anyone wanna take a solid stab at reassuring me the sun will still rise the 22nd? Because I'm sure I'm not the only one with just a tinge of anxiety about doomsday predictions.

"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
- Matthew 24:36

(Christian) Doomsday prophets are always false, because of this line. At least, until you actually see the four horsemen and the like to be able to logically explain that armageddon is indeed upon us

(Crap I've been ninjad)

 

[freaper]

The Bible also says that the world won't end until Peter leads us again, so until popes call themselves Peter, we're golden.

 

[StellarViking]

The same guy who predicted this was also wrong 17 years ago and I see no indication that this will be any different. Hes operating on complete nonsense logic, metaphors being taken as truth and testimony from a text that has been translated, rebuilt, reviewed and rewritten and then translated a few hundred more times. You have nothing to worry about.

Thanks a lot for pointing out that 1994 was seventeen years ago. I remember things that happened that year and now I feel ancient.

OT: There isn't anything to worry about. The world'll keep right on turning and life will keep going on.

 

[acosn]

People have always looked at the world around them and decided that it must be ending soon because it can't possibly get any worse.

 

[irani_che]

it better because i going home on the 21st. and if i dont get there i will personally shit-kick god himself

 

[willsham45]

OK so did the last lot of supposed dooms days end up being fakes or something.

 

[Sinspiration]

When people make Doomsday predictions, I tend not to listen to it. Frankly I look forward tot heir predicted day of judgement. Once it passes I pat myself down, look around and simply say,
"Well waddya know? I'm still here!" and go about business as usual.

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

no dont worry man, the end of the worlds not till next year. Duh!

 

[Airsoftslayer93]

I forsee the world ending in the year 5698 on the 14 of quark (use a different calender in the future) my prophecy is no less valid than anyone elses, so now you neednt worry, because the world isnt going to end until then