The end of the world predictions by the Mayan calendar are almost as much fun as the "Y2K" scare. Of course, with the Y2K scare, only our computing abilities were supposed to come to an end, whereas with the Mayan end of the world predictions, there is a whole lot more at stake.
Is the end of the world coming? Eventually, but I am pretty sure that it is not yet. For one thing, the Bible teaches that Christ will return, and there will be about 1,007 years or so of life on earth after that (the seven years of "tribulation," and the thousand year reign of Christ).
The fact that so many have already unsuccessfully predicted the end of the world has kind of negated my faith in mankind's ability to pick the day of their own absolute destruction. No offense to anyone who has a day picked out, but when you are right, I am quite certain that I will be quite impressed.
For another thing... I've got nothing. Ok, actually, I'm sure there are many things I could add, but if the end of the world is coming on Friday, I don't want to get caught up writing about it until it happens.
The world may meet a sudden destruction someday, but I doubt it will be on Friday.
As December 12, 2102 rolls around, just remember that the Mayan guy who was making the calendar could have been dyslexic. (Think about it for a minute.)
Until Friday, we can all take a bit of advice from Marvel and Disney.
In the words of Samuel L. Jackson's character, Nick Fury, from the Avengers movie, "Until such a time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on."
David H. Troyer
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1 comment:
The predicted world’s end on 21 December is irrational scare-mongering nonsense – but the ‘Millennium Bug’ was not. There’s a difference, and it’s important to the human race that we understand what it is. See my latest blog: ‘Mayan Catastrophe versus Millennium Bug’:
http://jondanzig.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mayan-catastrophe-versus-millennium-bug.html
Short link: goo.gl/nok1y
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