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07-09-2009, 02:20 AM | #192 (permalink) |
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This is why cynics >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> optimists.
And yeah, it's a pretty bad state of affairs when so many people are "optimistic" about the world coming to an end. It's one thing that disgusts me about a lot of Christians, because they not only think the world is gonna end, they want it to happen, they want Jesus to come and take them away while everyone that is different from them burns in hell forever. And it's also the excuse they use to not really give a f*ck about trying to solve all the problems the world is facing. Global warming? North Korea? Sinking economy? Who cares? Let's not worry about it, Armageddon is coming anyway, right? |
07-09-2009, 04:23 AM | #194 (permalink) |
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Well now they're saying there's a million people affected with it in the US but it's not fatal if properly treated.
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07-09-2009, 04:28 AM | #195 (permalink) |
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they're saying it's killed 3 here. What they conveniently omitted was the extenuating circumstances.
one had morbid obesity, one had a heart problem and one was asthmatic. I wonder what they would say if someone crashes into a pole in their car and it turns out they have swine flu......the 4th death from it? |
07-09-2009, 06:37 AM | #196 (permalink) | |
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07-12-2009, 01:45 AM | #197 (permalink) |
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Jesus, have you skeptics even been reading the posts in this forum?
Boo Boo, it's very clever to say "Oh well, the Mayans couldn't even predict the collapse of their own civilization, so-". The funny thing is, they did accurately predict the fall of their own civilization........several hundred years in advance........and whom would conquer them. I wish you cared more to read up about this stuff. If you're not going to be objective, then why partake in this discussion? Veridical, at nowhere in that video did D.W. say the world is going to come to an end. I'll give you credit for at least trying to watch the video, although, since you resorted to name calling within 2 sentences of your critique, it really shows how open minded and objective you were willing to be on him. I don't think the world's going to end in 2012, and neither does the guy in that video. I guess all of you who are so ravenously maligning any theories regarding 2012 are obviously scared that something might happen in 2012. Otherwise, you'd just skip over this thread. There are more theories than just the doomsday ones. Also, DH is right, it's only the end of the Mayan calendar, and they never said it would be the end of the world. Mayan elders have said those codices have been skewed and twisted by modern interpreters. All, I'm saying is the science of it is pretty freaky. After the initial terror that the world might come to an end, you turn to optimism. I find a lot of optimism in the video The 2012 Enigma. Veridical, obviously you don't see it that way. People will believe what they want to believe. You already made your mind up about the video before you watched it. Please get your facts straight before you come on here trying to make us 2012 believers look like conspiracy nuts, when you guys don't even seem to know what you're talking about.
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07-12-2009, 01:56 PM | #198 (permalink) |
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Actually, I find the concept of everyone just instantly turning into hippie douchebags to be way more frightening than the world just blowing up, the latter is actually highly preferable.
And look, it's not like knowing all of the "facts" would really make a difference or change our minds. We understand what the general idea is, I have yet to see any evidence to back it up including the so called 'evidence' that has already been given. Like you said, people are gonna believe what they're gonna believe, and to be honest, you didn't pick a good place to convert people to your beliefs, I for one think this is all absolutely ridiculous and for the most part it just plain depresses me that people actually buy into this stuff. I mean the world was supposed to end at least 3 or 4 times during my lifetime alone. It was supposed to end in 1988, it was supposed to end in 2000, and then people said it was 2001, and then it was 07, and the Christian kooks have been postponing the end of the world ever since, they said it would end in 08, and then 09, now they're saying it will be 2010. And when 2013 comes along, it'll all be about 2016, and then it'll be 2019, and then 2036, and it'll go on and on and on. It's a never ending cycle perpetuated by the extremely gullible and the lucky sons of bitches who get rich off of it. You'd think the mere fact that people can't even make up their minds about what exactly is going to happen might be a clear indicator that this is just bullsh*t. Maybe when this day comes and nothing happens, that'll be the day when everyone finally wakes up and realises how f*cking useless religion is and how it hampers the progress of all mankind. Maybe that's the big event. |
07-12-2009, 03:46 PM | #199 (permalink) | |
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but if 2012 is just a date and all you people are "believing" in is just a number with some astrological phenomena attached (which I'd more readily agree with), then what's the big fucking deal? If that's what you're pushing, what's next... start a cult conspiracy about the fact that water is clear in its natural state? Give me a break. The David guy, I can't even figure out what the hell his point was. MY point was that regardless of whether that idiot thinks the world is going to end in 2012 or not... if you lend credibility to the crap that guy thinks he knows, you're just as delusional as he is. It's proven when you can watch those videos and extrapolate some kind of meaning from it, not to mention being able to sit through all of it with a straight face. Seriously... where did you go to school, the Koresh compound? Btw... I wasn't actually trying to be objective. My mind was made up before I watched the videos, back when this stupid 2012 crap came out. I was hanging the video out to dry, Einstein. Yea, I resorted to making fun of the guy within 2 minutes of watching the first video... I think he deserved every bit of it, and I probably went easy on him. In fact, if you have any kind of theory as to what the hell it is you're actually "believing in", I would like to hear it so I can cut it all down and make some good jokes in the process. Don't come to a logical environment with that bullshit and complain about the resulting friction.
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