The doomsayers are out again.
THEY MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE IN THE DATE.
The new date is late September 2011
They are citing the floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, as indicators of not just natural disasters, or global warming – but a message of God’s wrath!
God even cracked the National Monument to make his point.
An excerpt from Godlike Productions says:
Now that the bogus rapture date has proven to be false let me be the first to officially predict the end of the world as we know it, not the end of the world in total nor of humanity, but on this date humanity will suffer an event that will wipe out the majority of souls living.
The event will occur between the 21st and the 28th of September 2011,
It is also around the date my Visa bill is due each month. And AMEX just before that.
I am waiting to pay them. If we are all gone, there will be no credit reports to say I was late.
Do you remember the imminent “earth changes” maps of the 80’s? They were “channeled” by psychics who presumably did not know each other but whose maps were remarkably similar.
- Florida, New York City – gone under water.
- California an island.
- Montana our most western state.
- The Great Lakes emptying into the Mississippi.
- Denver a beach town.
NOTHING HAPPENED.
But if the doomsayers are right, how are we to conduct our lives if we are so fragile to destruction?
We are saying, “Don’t bother me with talk of God’s wrath. He has no reason to be mad at me.”
The ordinary person is powerless about the problems in the world.
Our grass needs cutting this weekend. We are looking for that extra $20 to pay for a school trip for our son.
In the meantime, if this is the end of the world – so be it. We’re all going to die sometime.
So all we can do is live in this moment – and this one – and not worry about the future because it will happen with or without us. It is time to enjoy the time of our lives.
So, turn off the TV. Throw a few burgers on the grill. Enjoy your kids playing hoops in the driveway. There is a new baby in the family to enjoy.
And take the time out to smell the flowers now.
Just in case the doomsayers are right and the flowers will all be gone.
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Twitter: makegirlfriends
September 18, 2011 at 1:54 pm
My dear BFF Friend Corinne,
OH NO – not again for REAL????? There was another date of May 21st this year that didn’t happen…..what next? You see the FEAR that people try to enstill in us….WHY?
These are the words that I love most from your blog: So all we can do is live in this moment – and this one – and not worry about the future because it will happen with or without us. It is time to enjoy the time of our lives.
So I will take myself along with my adult daughter to the beach right now and walk, dance and breath!
P.S. Should I NOT pay my credit card bills that are due around that time too?
Love to you,
Nancy
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September 19, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Yeah, my dear BFF.
Pay the bills. And continue walking, dancing and breathing with your daughter.
This is mainly a spoof. I could not resist.
I read that Pastor spent over a million dollars on billboards. Think of all the poor he could have helped with that money.
This kind of thing is REALLY starting to p*** me off. People are being so triggered by fear. It has been ratcheted up year after year since 2001 and they can’t even see that they are being triggered.
If you check out the ACTUAL scientific research, there’s no more reason to be freaked out this year or next year than there was twenty years ago when we were obsessed with the hole in the ozone layer (remember that?) or thirty years ago when we were obsessed by the threat of nuclear war.
Theoretically, the summer we just went through was likely to cause mass tech failures, but it didn’t. That, at least, was based on solid scientific research. I’ve come close to death so often, and lost so many loved ones, that I’m never unaware of it, but I want to help people to stop swarming in fear, and take control of their own destinies again. It just makes more sense to me to do that.
Great post.
Rebecca.
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September 19, 2011 at 9:13 pm
You are right, Rebecca.
But the swarming in fear about so many things takes its toll on the world.
I don’t watch the late news anymore. Dr. Andrew Weil, the holistic MD says it is bad for our health and disturbs our sleep.
I think he is right.
And, I am going to pay my credit cards as usual – on time.
I don’t know if you read a post a month or so ago about my having identity theft. Now, that is scary. How did they get all my information? They could have bought a house – or a car.
But, we caught it. Accidently. It could have been a real mess. I must have have a smart Guardian Angel.
I think losing our loved ones or being ill ourselves makes us appreciate how precious every day is.
Twitter: MichelleVan
September 18, 2011 at 5:09 pm
I was looking forward to Denver being a beach town.
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September 19, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Well, Michelle, we have waited thirty years for that to come true.
Who knows? Maybe those maps will be right some day.
In the meantime, I have three beaches on my street. Come here before the Great Lakes pour into the Mississippi.
It would be amazing if we could live our lives as if this is our last day on earth, but without being destructive and putting others before ourselves instead of thinking that everyone owes us something.
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September 19, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Dear Ella -
We should all be living as though every day is our last.
We would call everyone we love and tell them.
But I think these nuts do cause damage – if only to make people nervous. The world is scary enough as it is – don’t you think?
I believe that when GOD created the world, HE did not create us just to destroy us. And no one knows when is the end of the world.
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September 20, 2011 at 9:12 am
Dear Charisma -
What a supremely intelligent observation.
Thank you.
All hype, nothing gonna happen.
It’s not happening first time.
I think 2012 was the greatest hype
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September 23, 2011 at 1:56 pm
Dear Kamil -
That’s the BIG date. The end of the Mayan calendar in 2012.
Stand by.
Twitter: happymakernowco
September 20, 2011 at 12:30 pm
I’m with Michelle. Denver as a beach town. This would be cool!!!
I am going to enjoy every day, because we never know when anyones time is up, but if God decides to take it all, I don’t think I really don’t blame him at all.
If my children acted like many of us people running around I would take them out. Infact now that I think of it, when my children were teenagers, I told them that I brought them into this world and I could take them out. I know I was bad.
I just hope that when God decides to end it all. Whatever hit hits where I am so it is quick!
Yes, people try to put fear in us, but they are pretty much making fools out of themselves and so I’ll let them do that. Maybe they are just trying to be famous, but forgot that there wouldn’t be anyone left to say, “Boy, you got that one right Mr.—–!
Fun post Corinne I do appreciate you adding some smiles and laughs to my day. Thank you, sweet lady.
Hugs,
Debbie
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September 21, 2011 at 9:04 am
Dear Debbie -
I had to laugh at your teen threat.
I raised four boys – yes, four – and somehow, I survived the teen age years. There is no manual for training until you hit it.
I think the Pastor who did all those billboards was a kind of a nut. He based it on the Bible and numerology.
Both can be interpreted many ways.
I liked this part of your comment – and I would like to apply it to the end of my life – no matter how it comes.
“I just hope that when God decides to end it all. Whatever hit hits where I am so it is quick!”
I think you are profoundly wrong. I think ordinary people are not powerless about problems in our world – especially if they will join with others.
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September 21, 2011 at 9:09 am
Dear Evan -
Ordinary people are not powerless if they join with others. It is then that we can influence the power brokers.
Alone, we are pretty much impotent.
I think that is what many of us – including you – are doing with our writings on our blogs.
We have to keep it up and support each other.
We do that. Thanks for the good comment, Evan.
Twitter: andrewrondeau
September 21, 2011 at 1:20 am
Corinne
I’ve got to admit, I don’t follow any of these type of activities/people. All rubbish to me.
What do they say as to why the date was missed and we are all still here? Am I right in saying they just provide a new date?
Andrew
Twitter: miraclady
September 21, 2011 at 9:21 am
Dear Andrew -
There is another group which bases their prediction on the Mayan calendar which was written on the wall of the temple in Chichenitza in Mexico.
I have been there and seen it.
That calendar ends in 2012 and is viewed by the “woo-woo” community as the real thing..
My personal feeling is that they just ran out of wall space.
I’ll write another “rubbish” post on that for you when that date passes.
Seriously, I think everyone should have your attitude and dismiss it all.
Unfortunately, people don’t. And it just adds to the fear of the world over.
9/11 just passed with all the threats.
There were many high government officials here in the US warning travelers in Europe to be alert to their surroundings.
I have to admit I was glad to hear you were home safely after your trip.
I heard this already before this is not true. Only god knows when is the end of the world… This is great post…
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September 22, 2011 at 4:54 pm
I agree, Samantha.
The scary part is that they think they know.
We have enough fear in the world already, don’t you think?
It was amusing for me to expose them.
Oh come on, I’d finally memorized all my passwords. Now really? No need for them. Stinks! You’d think they coulda given up more than a weeks notice. …darned inconsiderate.
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September 23, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Dear Kathy -
Keep all your passwords in your head. You still need them.
The big deal is 2012 when the end of the Mayan calendar arrives.
See my message to Andrew about that.
I always don’t believe about what other people saying with the date of the end of the world. Crazy they are indeed!!! How can they site or predict the date, year or month about the end of the world? they’re not GOD. I am not afraid in fact I will prepare myself if time might come that the LORD GOD might take his place back. Prayers and faith.
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Hi Corinne,
I m the new boy in town.
Love the way you put all the doom Sayers into their rightful place. We are all heading to our doomsday, it is just a matter of different times in our life. They do have a good message for us, ie cherish what we have and start doing the things you want before time runs out. That is exactly what you have proposed – throw the BBQ, play with the kids, write that book, see the world and savour as much before our doomsday come.
Cheers
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September 30, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Welcome, Jimmy – “the new boy in town.”
We were all you at one time. With some work and persistence – your words will resonate and grow.
Don’t expect much at first.
Just do the work you were destined to do.
Keep coming back here. We look forward to hearing from you.
I don’t believe in the end of the world, because GOD created us with love, and HE never said and give a date that HE will be coming to destroy us. And I believe that GOD truly loves all mankind.
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I do agree with Kaithlyn, there no one can tell but only GOD the creator.
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October 21, 2011 at 8:12 am
AND HE’S NOT TELLING!
Twitter: pertnerd
November 11, 2011 at 4:48 am
I was just talking to my grandkids about this at the mall. We walked past one of those calendar kiosks, and I flipped to the last page of a Britney Spears calendar. It ended on something like April or May 2012. I said “Oh my God, there aren’t any more pages after May 2012! The world is going to end then!” Okay, well, *I* got a kick out of it.
Twitter: miraclady
November 11, 2011 at 6:09 am
Dear Barney -
The “end of the worlders” have cried wolf once too often.
I look at it this way. If it happens, I will never have to pay another mortgage payment.
That’s a good thing.