But the Mayans are so natural and pure so naturally they must be correct! They even made a movie showing how it was done!FalloutJack said:
So can someone relieve my fear about the 21st?
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Well they are saying its the rapture...but its taught that God says "You, shall not know the time or day of my coming." ....so the people saying it are full of themselves and join the club of people who say the world is ending. Plus this guy who "predicted" the end also predicted it back in the 90's so he doesn't have a good track record.SaneAmongInsane said:
If you predict enough stuff, the likelihood is that some of it will become true. Nostradamus is quite guilty of this and because he predicted the rising of the Third Reich and a couple of others over the last hundred years, some people believe him. But he predicted the end of the world on several occasions. The last one was just a few years ago.
2012 has developed some standing because it was probably the only date the Mayans 'made' inadvertantly. But as far as I know, it's just as far as they had made up a calendar. I can't keep a diary for more than two weeks. Maybe the Mayan is charge of making up the diary forsaw the computer and thought 'Meh, some other Mayan can do it then'.
Sure, there have been more than a few natural disasters this year and it sucks, but some years, it appears that there have been very little. The fact is, they hit Austalia, New Zealand, Japan and the US. Big countries the rest of the world 'care' about. Stuff like this happens in Bangladesh etc. quite often but no one really puts up the same amount of effort to cover it.
I blame the media.
2012 has developed some standing because it was probably the only date the Mayans 'made' inadvertantly. But as far as I know, it's just as far as they had made up a calendar. I can't keep a diary for more than two weeks. Maybe the Mayan is charge of making up the diary forsaw the computer and thought 'Meh, some other Mayan can do it then'.
Sure, there have been more than a few natural disasters this year and it sucks, but some years, it appears that there have been very little. The fact is, they hit Austalia, New Zealand, Japan and the US. Big countries the rest of the world 'care' about. Stuff like this happens in Bangladesh etc. quite often but no one really puts up the same amount of effort to cover it.
I blame the media.
Relieve your fear? Easy: It's not going to happen.
Oh, you want a bit more.
Like many above me have pointed out, almost every day is doomsday for some nutty cult. Nobody has ever been right. Try looking up 'the great disappointment' in google for a laugh.
Now, should the world actually end, you should not worry either. Because if it ends, there's nothing you, or anyone of our limited power, can do about it. So live with few regrets, and live to not make other peoples lives miserable, and you'll have a happy life, no matter when it ends.
Oh, you want a bit more.
Like many above me have pointed out, almost every day is doomsday for some nutty cult. Nobody has ever been right. Try looking up 'the great disappointment' in google for a laugh.
Now, should the world actually end, you should not worry either. Because if it ends, there's nothing you, or anyone of our limited power, can do about it. So live with few regrets, and live to not make other peoples lives miserable, and you'll have a happy life, no matter when it ends.
The sun will rise, but difference is will there be someone seeing it.
Maya calendar ended on 2012 because the Maya's were slaughtered, they couldn't continue them.
And if you look trough the information we have of Inca culture, 2012 is not the end of the world it is the end of era, a point where they need to start a new calendar. If they would have seen the end of the world coming they surely would have marked it down somewhere.
Also; there been a end of the world proclaimed aprox every 58 years starting from year 200. WHy would the next one be right?
Get yourself dentist appointment for 23rd day, the end of the world wont happen then. Just remember we are ALL relying on you. Do you dare to prove me wrong or right.
Maya calendar ended on 2012 because the Maya's were slaughtered, they couldn't continue them.
And if you look trough the information we have of Inca culture, 2012 is not the end of the world it is the end of era, a point where they need to start a new calendar. If they would have seen the end of the world coming they surely would have marked it down somewhere.
Also; there been a end of the world proclaimed aprox every 58 years starting from year 200. WHy would the next one be right?
Get yourself dentist appointment for 23rd day, the end of the world wont happen then. Just remember we are ALL relying on you. Do you dare to prove me wrong or right.
ive never understood why people bother with doomsday predictions, the only possibilities are:
-your wrong and the world is still here, everyone laughs at you
-your right and no one will care because they would be dead.
my suggestion, let it happen and laugh the next day because their never right.
-your wrong and the world is still here, everyone laughs at you
-your right and no one will care because they would be dead.
my suggestion, let it happen and laugh the next day because their never right.
Well here's the current reasoning for it.
1. According to Camping, the number five equals "atonement", the number ten equals "completeness", and the number seventeen equals "heaven".
2. Christ is said to have hung on the cross on April 1, 33 AD. The time between April 1, 33 AD and April 1, 2011 is 1,978 years.
3. If 1,978 is multiplied by 365.2422 days (the number of days in a solar year, not to be confused with the lunar year), the result is 722,449.
4. The time between April 1 and May 21 is 51 days.
5. 51 added to 722,449 is 722,500.
6. (5 × 10 × 17)2 or (atonement × completeness × heaven)2 also equals 722,500.
Still paranoid?
1. According to Camping, the number five equals "atonement", the number ten equals "completeness", and the number seventeen equals "heaven".
2. Christ is said to have hung on the cross on April 1, 33 AD. The time between April 1, 33 AD and April 1, 2011 is 1,978 years.
3. If 1,978 is multiplied by 365.2422 days (the number of days in a solar year, not to be confused with the lunar year), the result is 722,449.
4. The time between April 1 and May 21 is 51 days.
5. 51 added to 722,449 is 722,500.
6. (5 × 10 × 17)2 or (atonement × completeness × heaven)2 also equals 722,500.
Still paranoid?
Can't be helped that fear won't go away. If you have no religion, but logic can't convince you then you're screwed. You could try budisme, which is a lifestyle not a religion. Using Budisme and meditation I'm sure you can get over fears like that.
Owh and about the whole 2011 thing, I think the Mayjas predicted the sun, the earth, and a black whole being on one line. And after that their calender ended. Now the Mayjas were creat at astronomogy, so if they predicted the sun, the earth and a black whole being on one line, they are probably right. There is no reason to asume that will be the end of the world though. The nearest black whole is so incredibly far away that there is no way it could have any influence on earth.
Owh and about the whole 2011 thing, I think the Mayjas predicted the sun, the earth, and a black whole being on one line. And after that their calender ended. Now the Mayjas were creat at astronomogy, so if they predicted the sun, the earth and a black whole being on one line, they are probably right. There is no reason to asume that will be the end of the world though. The nearest black whole is so incredibly far away that there is no way it could have any influence on earth.
On one hand I could say that the predictions are bullshit giving that they're based on a 2000 year old book. On the other hand I could also say that there's a chance we're in a false vacuum which could collapse at any second. Let's also not forget about black holes which could destroy the entire solar system. Honestly, I share your fear. I suffer from GAD so it's to be expected. Still, the fear passes after a few days. Try doing things that distract you from the doomsday predictions like playing a game or masturbating.
Alright, this might scare you off a little bit, but i'm also often got freaked out by the whole end of the world thing, but this really helps, in my religion, it says that the world will end on a friday, and guess what day is the 21st december 2012? but then it also says that god will never let a human know when the world will end. and i think that it is impossible for human to outsmart God. so no need to worry, the world will end when the G-man says so.
P.S. i will be 21 years old in 21-12-2012
P.S. i will be 21 years old in 21-12-2012
Look at this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#Date_setting
All of them so far have turned out to be false. I don't think you even need that much of a reason though. It's obviously such a stupid idea that there's no point considering it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture#Date_setting
All of them so far have turned out to be false. I don't think you even need that much of a reason though. It's obviously such a stupid idea that there's no point considering it.
I was raised with a die-hard skeptic and I'll never forget what he said to me regarding doomsday predictions, "People have been saying the world's gonna end since the dawn of time so what makes *insert theory here* any different".
Really there's nothing that can ease the fear of disaster from striking, potentially tomorrow could bring some new disease or war or natural disaster that screws the planet up for the next few years and there's the same chance of that happening as there of it happening on the 21st so all you can do is hope for the best and live life so you won't have too much to regret if doomsday does rear it's head unexpectedly.
Really there's nothing that can ease the fear of disaster from striking, potentially tomorrow could bring some new disease or war or natural disaster that screws the planet up for the next few years and there's the same chance of that happening as there of it happening on the 21st so all you can do is hope for the best and live life so you won't have too much to regret if doomsday does rear it's head unexpectedly.
Just wanted to say that I completely sympathise with how you feel. I'm a Christian, not that my religion has anything to do with this or the world ending etc but I get a twinge of worry every time I hear these things too so I completely understand how you feel. There's that one part of your brain that will always be worried, despite so much proof that these doomsday reports mean sod all.SaneAmongInsane said:
I spent my entire teenage years hating my life and wanting to die. Now I have two beautiful children who I am terrifed of losing.
People are right, we've all got to die sometime but if it teaches you anything just let it be that we should all live our lives to the fullest whilst we're here
I'll be sure to send you a message if I see the sun rising on the 22nd x