So its been awhile since Ive blogged and Ive been busy... Been working on my Adventures in Retail book .. just writing some stuff here and there.. slowly putting it altogether. I didnt want to totally stop my blog or neglect it so Ill just jot down some random thoughts...
I have to admit.. all of the goings on around our world have been on top of my mind lately. I mean who can blame anyone for thinking about it? Seems there is something horrible happening around every corner.. Now trust me, I know that we live in an information age and as my Journalism Prof once told me .. "Bad news sells."
However, I cant help but wonder just where alot of this stuff is leading.. Kind of scary when you start to think about it all. I guess maybe if I was more into faith like I was when I was a younger man I might just leave it to that and not be concerned. In fact, Ive been thinking alot about whether or not I should attempt to get back to that in some way shape or form.
Everyday you read about different species of animals in large groups dying... (birds, fish, insects, and dolphins were the latest I read) seemingly without any scientific explanations. (at least good ones) ... These huge earthquakes occurring in Japan and other areas...Huge solar flares striking the earth... Unbelievable stuff... which of course triggers all kinds of End Times, End of the world theories, etc, etc... There is even a website based on 2012.. showing maps of where to move to and which areas would be the best to live in when the BIG ONE finally hits...
Now obviously you cant dwell on any of this. You say your prayers for the victims, shake your head in disbelief and you move on with your day. Nothing else you really can do.. If you start making stuff like this a part of your daily life it makes things way too depressing.. You really do have to live for the moment and day to day... not like its anything that any of us really can control. I was watching a show on the Discovery channel about earthquakes and disasters and they mentioned how Japan was one of the most prepared countries for something like this. They build their skyscrapers with weights on either side to make them sway and not fall in the event of an earthquake. They send their children to classes to learn what to do in the event of a disaster. Yet what did it all do? Is it good to be prepared? What do you even prepare for? I learned that we live over a fault line that usually has quakes every 100 years or so... and they said we are overdue for one. We are lucky but will we always be?
A scientist was asked what we can really do to prepare for events like these? He mentioned to pack a bag with a battery operated radio, flashlight, some bottled water and w loud whistle (in case you get buried under something and need to be found).. interesting... what i find almost funny is that all this awesome technology we have and we rely on battery operated devices and a whistle...
Many have said that knowledge is power... maybe just opening your eyes and ears to these situations is a good thing. The other thing I wonder is ... would YOU like to be a survivor? I know that we all have an underlying need to survive no matter what but would you want to live in a whole new world? Maybe with alot of devastation, ruins... struggling to find food, water, the most basic elements you need to live. Many would probably answer depending on who they survived with... and thats probably the best answer you can give. TV shows like the walking dead (great show btw) are certainly horrific and far fetched but the dilemma those people face (minus the zombies) could be very real at some point in time. Personally, I hope Im not around to have to live through or see it...
So friends of my Blog.... What would your choice be? A survivor in a potentially hazardous new world or not? respond with your answers.. oh and sorry if I bummed anyone out...I had to get this off my chest...
I have my own theories about 2012. The first one? The Mayans just ran out writing space, so that's where their calendar ended.
ReplyDeleteOr, you could make the argument that they didn't even see the Spanish coming, so forget predicing 500 years into the future.
Either way, whatever happens, happens. There are all kinds of doomsday predictions out there, and there have been since the beginning of time. OK, so not literally, the beginning of time, but...
The Christian Scriptures (New Testament), when interpreted literally, appear to record many predictions by Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ) that God's Kingdom would arrive within a very short period, or was actually in the process of arriving. For example, Jesus is recorded as saying in Matthew 16:28: "...there shall be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." In Matthew 24:34, Yeshua is recorded as saying: "...This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." Since the life expectancy in those days was little over 30 years, Jesus appears to have predicted his second coming sometime during the 1st century CE. It didn't happen.
End of the world predictions were made for the years 90, 365, 500 (love the round number), 992, 1000 (despite what you're thinking, it had nothing to do with a Y1K computer disaster), 1033, 1186, 1284, 1306, another dozen significant dates since then, and I'm not even including the current lunatic fringe (see http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/skeptic/predictions.shtml predictions).
At any rate, if I'm wrong, I'll be dead. I'm going to die sometime anyway. And like you, I got away from the church many years ago, but my mother is an uber-Catholic. I like to call her St. Elaine. If anyone is getting into heaven, she is. And if heaven is truly a place where you get whatever you want, she'll surely want me there. It's like getting into a fraternity because your brother or father was already in. "I'm legacy. They have to take me".
Without answering your question, that's my two cents, your mileage may vary, just what I think I think.
Well joe to sum my feelings up in short. Disasters happen all the time throughout history. It just so happens that we have all of this now ( blogs, internet, news in a sec) which makes everyone see it so much quicker. Our stupidity kills off the other species. THe world isnt going to end in 2012. Enjoy life and live it up you only get one!!!
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