Will somebody please 'splain to me where they predicted "the world was coming to an end" ???
All I know is that their calendar ran out.
My calendar runs out every year, I don't get that excited about it.
The date is slightly off, but if Obama is re-elected, and I think he will be, that’s an apocalypse to me.
One Word: Obama
Maybe the Mayans predicted when the socialists would run out of other peoples MONEY...
"Apocalypse" means "disclosure" or "revelation."
the mayans are extinct... how smart could they possibly have been?
It’s when the serpent of light finally settles down in the Andes
Apocalypes means and "unveiling" or a "revealing". That's why the last book of the Bible is titled "Revelation". Armageddon means the mountain of Meggido. Armageddon is a place not an event.
Massive catastrophes DO happen on occasion. Be it as abrupt as whatever ended the dinosaurs or Noah’s flood, or as gradual as a[n| mini] ice age or expansion of the Sahara, or as deliberate & social as extermination of several chunks of the 100,000,000 lost to 20th Century politics, disastrous stuff happens. The degree of survivability may vary.
Point is all these actual events, coupled with human propensity for making & believing predictions, mean something “apocalyptic” _will_ happen - albeit depending on your definition thereof, timescale involved, and how close you are to not surviving it.
And, dang it, predicting & fearing & preparing for “the apocalypse” is FUN.
I remember the lecturing we Americans were getting from the EU’s biggest promoters in Europe, about their “better way”. They kept telling us, and themselves, that yes, initially, there would be some big public and private capital transfers, from north to south, underwritten by EU guarantees, to “lift” the lesser developed new EU members up to standards of it’s strongest members.
Then, with the backdrop of the current EU financial crisis. I read a Wall Street Journal article today that was saying how yes, there are examples of those EU-backed plans all over the southern tier nations, like for instance hundreds of miles of gorgeous new highways traversing Italy, known today for their modernity and beauty, and for how few cars are on them.
I then reflected on the lectures, back in the 2001-2005 period, we Americans were getting from our own “experts” on how we needed a EU-style government aided capital transfer plan, just like the EU’s, to raise the living standards and finamcial health of Mexico. I wonder where those American “experts” are today.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)