2012- Where Ends Meet, and People Freak!?

[Mystic Zealot]

As a subject that many people have views on what are your views about it?
Google it if you dont know about it. Anyways Nostradamus is a very compelling concept to grasp ahold of and to interpret. Do you feel the world will end? Do you feel nothing will happen? Do you just not give a damn? Anyways whats your take on the subject of nostradamus, 2012, or world epic ends?

 

[Laurie]

If you look back there is always something that is going to "end the world"

This would be a good poll

 

[Mystic Zealot]

This would be a good poll

Touche! .... ah well lol

It is quite wierd how someone 100's of years ago predicted many things that have come true though, especially the whole jousting thing. But in other perspectives of people, when someone overthinks a concept, in a way it can relate to any and everything

 

[BerberElla]

No doubt some people will behave just as they did new years eve 1999 lol or all the other well predicted end of world dates that have passed time and time again.

Personally I can see myself waking up the following day and going through the regular motions just like any other day because I am not a believer, not by a long shot.

When it all turns out ok, people will say it is been misinterpretated yet again, push back the date to another date they are sure is the right one, and the cycle will repeat again.

What I find fascinating is mankinds need to have an end of world date. Where does that come from?

 

[Virtual ghost]

Touche! .... ah well lol

It is quite wierd how someone 100's of years ago predicted many things that have come true though, especially the whole jousting thing. But in other perspectives of people, when someone overthinks a concept, in a way it can relate to any and everything

First I want to say that I think that this 2012 thing is pure nonsense.



I don't think that this is that much strange since thousands for people were thinking and it is no mirracle that a few of them managed to guess.

One the other hand what they have guessed in most cases is not a guess.
They have only guessed that the world will be getting stronger technologically.

All of their hypothesises are just some generalistic statements that can be apply to many things that can happen in the next few centuries.

I am not impressed.



Plus I am sceptical that some of the things that are correct guesses were actually said by those "great" men. Since it would not be a problem to edit the idea through out the centuries.

 

[Mole]

As a subject that many people have views on what are your views about it?
Google it if you dont know about it. Anyways Nostradamus is a very compelling concept to grasp ahold of and to interpret. Do you feel the world will end? Do you feel nothing will happen? Do you just not give a damn? Anyways whats your take on the subject of nostradamus, 2012, or world epic ends?

Surely it's a religious view - if God created the world, God can bring the world to an end.

But most of all, it is a teleological view - that history has a direction and so a denouement.

But even deeper, it is a literate view - a book has a beginning and an end, and we follow each line from the beginning to the end.

The counter view, of course, is that the world is cyclical - it cycles the millennia over and over again so there is no beginning and no end.

But the reality is that no one can tell the future except, strangely enough, demographers.

 

[01011010]

What I find fascinating is mankinds need to have an end of world date. Where does that come from?

That should be a thread.


OP: It's garbage.

 

[Moiety]

Nostradamus was high on crack.

 

[Mystic Zealot]

Well i think that the people who interpreted that context put to much thought into it. my belief is that "the World we know is gonna end" doesnt mean that some comet we cant see is going to slam into earth, but more on a political or some worldwide reformation level. Something that integrates all our values into a worldwide standard, denotating the end of the world as we know it.

 

[tenINsFJ]

Well i think that the people who interpreted that context put to much thought into it. my belief is that "the World we know is gonna end" doesnt mean that some comet we cant see is going to slam into earth, but more on a political or some worldwide reformation level. Something that integrates all our values into a worldwide standard, denotating the end of the world as we know it.

Agreed. I see it exactly how you stated your thoughts too. If ANYTHING there is going to be a reformation, politically. Even then, who really knows?

In some other way that people are interpreting 2012.. seems like it's just another "OMG Hitler is the Anti Christ! The world is coming to an end!" "OMG! Y2K!!! When 2000 hits it's going to be over!" "OMG! Bush is the Anti Christ! The world is coming to an end!" You get what I'm saying. Haha. And I don't believe it will be the "end of the world." I hope not anyways. CARPE DIEM!!!!!!

 

[Mystic Zealot]

man i remember the y2k hype that was an "lol fail event" in my opinion but i think that world reformation would do the world good, it could have its drawbacks but i think that it has good point and bad point just like everything else does in life. I remember when i had a conversation with someone random about the pope being the anti christ, it was a very intersting conversation mind you.* I like the idea how the people interpreted the predictions the nostradamus made such as the twin towers falling and everything. That and also the way he did his predictions by going into some kinda of trance and stuff lol.

*= no pun intended, not meant to offend anyone

 

[Anja]

I love that stuff too. The Bible Code hoax is particularly fascinating to me. We've got the Lucifer Code (bar code 666) and all kinds of interesting things going on.

My mom told me a story once about some settlers in a town nearby us whose minister preached to them the predicted end of the world and they were to give away all their earthly goods and wait on the Lord. After the date passed they had to depend on the kindness (and rationality) of their neighbors to subsist.

Geez, we all know it doesn't work that way at all.

Our earthly goods will be taken away from us! Heh.

 

[Grayscale]

the entire earth and life as we know it could be destroyed in a blink of an eye by some sort of solar energy or space matter, why would this scare anybody? when we have far more advanced technology now that finds no reasonable explanation why we should expect some major even in 2012, i dont see why anyone would give so much credit to a mystic or an ancient calendar system.

even if something does happen, there is no way for us to know what it would be and therefore no reason to think about it until it happens.

 

[heart]

It's just the new age flavor of rapture.

 

[rhinosaur]

Let
A = Credible people predicting that the world will end within a certain timeframe.
B = Credible people predicting that the world will not end within the same timeframe.

If
A/(A+B) >= 0.5
Then
Panic
Else
Continue

 

[nolla]

What I find fascinating is mankinds need to have an end of world date. Where does that come from?

It's a relief to know that it is ending and there is nothing to do.

I think it would be best if they found out that some big rock is heading this way and it will be here in a week. It would appear on the night sky and we could just watch it and see how pretty it is. Everyone would be free of all worry, since it is too close and there isn't enough time to react. Drinking wine on a sofa on the backyard. That's the way to go.

 

[Shaula]

I'm sure that the birth of my grandmother caused the Titanic to sink in 1912 so I wouldn't be surprised if her 100th birthday caused an apocolypse. Other than that the 2012 thing is a hoax.

 

[Prototype]

It's a relief to know that it is ending and there is nothing to do.

I think it would be best if they found out that some big rock is heading this way and it will be here in a week. It would appear on the night sky and we could just watch it and see how pretty it is. Everyone would be free of all worry, since it is too close and there isn't enough time to react. Drinking wine on a sofa on the backyard. That's the way to go.

It's funny that you mention that!... A "new" comet is orbiting the sun right now,(Comet Lulin)and it's closest approach to earth will be in roughly two and a half weeks from now... Hmmm

As for the end of the world as we know it in 2012,... Bring it on, we need some change. As far as I know, or from what I have read the Mayan calender is supposed to end on December 21st, 2012. Coincidentally it is the same time our Solar System will travel through our Galactic plain, or what the Mayans called "The Dark Rift"... I also read somewhere that the Mayans were lunatics!... *No pun intended*

 

[Snow Turtle]

the entire earth and life as we know it could be destroyed in a blink of an eye by some sort of solar energy or space matter, why would this scare anybody? when we have far more advanced technology now that finds no reasonable explanation why we should expect some major even in 2012, i dont see why anyone would give so much credit to a mystic or an ancient calendar system.

even if something does happen, there is no way for us to know what it would be and therefore no reason to think about it until it happens.

A magnetic flip would be rather awesome and devasting at the same time.
Otherwise... Yeah I just view it as the changing of the age. Mystic maya would say moving into the age of the aqarius.

 

[Mystic Zealot]

It's a relief to know that it is ending and there is nothing to do.

I think it would be best if they found out that some big rock is heading this way and it will be here in a week. It would appear on the night sky and we could just watch it and see how pretty it is. Everyone would be free of all worry, since it is too close and there isn't enough time to react. Drinking wine on a sofa on the backyard. That's the way to go.

I think that a event such ass that would bring the world together as a whole, because we would all know that were F***ed, i wouldn't think of a better way to go than chilling with friends, and partying for a week watching our very own demise. I agree with everything that you said...... FTW hahaha

Honestly what would you do in that event? Seriously!