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KNic19
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by DancinBarefoot
Whenever this question comes up, I am reminded of the following quote:
“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
So, no, I don't worry about it.
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
It all does concern me, but as many others have said, even if it IS the "beginning of the end times", that doesn't mean the world will end in our life time..."End Times" could encompass 5 years, or 500...there really is no way to know.
I do think that some things as we know them are going to change, some for the better, perhaps some for the worse.
For a while I was concerned, and even debated on having DC #2...but I can't live that way. I have to enjoy my life, and do things how and when they work for me, for my family. If the Lord wishes to end our world tomorrow, so be it...but at least I will have lived and loved and enjoyed my life.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." ~Matthew 6:34
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by emilylives
Posted by GoldenRod
Nothing going on lately is anywhere near as bad as it's been throughout history, and we're still here. We've survived the Black Plague, Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, the Chernobyl explosion, etc, etc, etc.... what's going on today just SEEMS bad since we're living in it, but compared to history, it's really not much....
I totally get what you mean, but weren't most of these one major event? In some ways that's different to me than hearing not-quite-so-major-but-still-pretty-horrifying events over and over and over again. One thing you can write off as a fluke. When it's happening everywhere, it just seems weirder to me. Not that I'm saying I think the world is about to end. But I do see this as possibly different.
I bet the Mongols thought it was the end of the world when they were wiped out not once, but twice in 8 years by a typhoon.
I'm with Shawn - bad things happen all the time in multiple occurrences all throughout history. The book 1492 is a great example.
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by Erica
Posted by emilylives
Posted by GoldenRod
Nothing going on lately is anywhere near as bad as it's been throughout history, and we're still here. We've survived the Black Plague, Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, the Chernobyl explosion, etc, etc, etc.... what's going on today just SEEMS bad since we're living in it, but compared to history, it's really not much....
I totally get what you mean, but weren't most of these one major event? In some ways that's different to me than hearing not-quite-so-major-but-still-pretty-horrifying events over and over and over again. One thing you can write off as a fluke. When it's happening everywhere, it just seems weirder to me. Not that I'm saying I think the world is about to end. But I do see this as possibly different.
I bet the Mongols thought it was the end of the world when they were wiped out not once, but twice in 8 years by a typhoon.
I'm with Shawn - bad things happen all the time in multiple occurrences all throughout history. The book 1492 is a great example.
I completely agree with GoldenRod and Erica. Another reason it seems so much worse right now as oppose to before is that we have so many ways of getting the news of events immediately as they happen that it just seems more intense and overwhelming. All of it was much different even 60 years ago, during World War II, which I am absolutely sure was a much scarier time than the one we all live in right now. People just weren't as aware of events as they were happening, even if the said events were taking place in the next town over.
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by emilylives
Posted by Andrewz00
well technically the world is coming to an end.... we are on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy.... but you have around 3-5 billion years.....
personally i think the Maya just never finished their calendar... i mean how many of you have planned events past 5,000 years from now? i dont even have my calendar ready for 2012 yet...
yeah, i don't put much stock in the 2012 theory, or any superstition like that. however, the weather is worrisome, and does seem more extreme and widespread than most of the comparable past occurrences.
well, regarding the weather, that's not really an apocalyptic mystery. that's man-made, and we knew it was coming (and that it will get worse) whether or not everyone chooses to believe the scientists.
the earthquakes and civil unrest in the "cradle of civilization" do give me pause, but what am i going to do about that except live my life?
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
I don't spend my time worrying about it, though I have thought about it. If it's going to happen there is nothing I'm going to do about it anyway. Life is never promised anyway. I could die at any moment from anything and not related to the end of the world. I live one day at a time and enjoy each new day that passes. If I worried about the future I would never really be enjoying life. So now I've learned just to enjoy my time with loved ones and live each day fully as if it were my last. Life is gift.
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
I don't really see the point in worrying about it. Any one of us could die at any moment. A plane could fall on your house right now. You and your family could be killed in a car accident. You could have a brain aneurysm rupture tomorrow. . . So if you want to start worrying about dying, it could really happen at any moment. I feel like it's such a waste of time and your life to dwell on this. Just try to live the best and fullest life you can, anything else is just pointless to me.
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| Posted 3/12/11 10:58 AM |
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by bookworm
Posted by emilylives
Posted by Andrewz00
well technically the world is coming to an end.... we are on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy.... but you have around 3-5 billion years.....
personally i think the Maya just never finished their calendar... i mean how many of you have planned events past 5,000 years from now? i dont even have my calendar ready for 2012 yet...
yeah, i don't put much stock in the 2012 theory, or any superstition like that. however, the weather is worrisome, and does seem more extreme and widespread than most of the comparable past occurrences.
well, regarding the weather, that's not really an apocalyptic mystery. that's man-made, and we knew it was coming (and that it will get worse) whether or not everyone chooses to believe the scientists.
the earthquakes and civil unrest in the "cradle of civilization" do give me pause, but what am i going to do about that except live my life?
agreed :)
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by GoldenRod
Even this century, hovering near the 1930s...
1931 China flood 1,000,000–2,500,000 people died
1940 Armistice Day Blizzard - 4th worst blizzard in US
1918–1920 Spanish Flu 50,000,000–100,000,000 died worldwide
1850s–1950s Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague 12,000,000 died worldwide
1922 Swatow Typhoon (China) 60,000 died
1920 Haiyuan earthquake (China) 235,502 died
1923 Great Kanto earthquake (Japan) 142,000 died
1932 Changma earthquake (China) 70,000 died
1935 Balochistan earthquake (Pakistan) 60,000
1927 Gulang earthquake (China) 40,000 died
1939 Chillán earthquake (Chile) 30,000 died
1934 Bihar earthquake (India) 10,500 died
1929 Koppeh Dagh earthquake (Iran) 3,800 died
Soviet famine of 1932–1933 (Holodomor) 7,000,000-10,000,000 died
Chinese Famine of 1928–1930 3,000,000 died
1931 China floods 2,500,000–3,700,000 died
1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood (China) 500,000–700,000 died
1935 Yangtze river flood (China) 145,000 died
1919 Mount Kelut eruption (Indonesia) 5,115 died
Kursha-2 Wild Fire (Russia) 1,200 died
Plus, the Great Depression started in 1929....
I'm not saying you're wrong, because you're right that you're not looking at the much smaller occurrences, but these are almost all in different years. I'm talking about stuff that has all happened in the last 3 months. Let me just reiterate that I'm NOT saying you're wrong. I just don't really think that these facts demonstrate the counterpoint to what I'm saying.
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beachgirl13
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
no, I don't believe in all that hype. Natural disasters have been happening throughout history.
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I also agree that sh it has happened throughout history - there was no internet or media to spread the word so fast...
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by KNic19
Posted by DancinBarefoot
Whenever this question comes up, I am reminded of the following quote:
“Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
So, no, I don't worry about it.
Love it!!
Love it too !!
And I never worry about that since I have no control over it.
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Cheeks24
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by GoldenRod
Even this century, hovering near the 1930s...
1931 China flood 1,000,000–2,500,000 people died
1940 Armistice Day Blizzard - 4th worst blizzard in US
1918–1920 Spanish Flu 50,000,000–100,000,000 died worldwide
1850s–1950s Third Pandemic of Bubonic Plague 12,000,000 died worldwide
1922 Swatow Typhoon (China) 60,000 died
1920 Haiyuan earthquake (China) 235,502 died
1923 Great Kanto earthquake (Japan) 142,000 died
1932 Changma earthquake (China) 70,000 died
1935 Balochistan earthquake (Pakistan) 60,000
1927 Gulang earthquake (China) 40,000 died
1939 Chillán earthquake (Chile) 30,000 died
1934 Bihar earthquake (India) 10,500 died
1929 Koppeh Dagh earthquake (Iran) 3,800 died
Soviet famine of 1932–1933 (Holodomor) 7,000,000-10,000,000 died
Chinese Famine of 1928–1930 3,000,000 died
1931 China floods 2,500,000–3,700,000 died
1938 Yellow River (Huang He) flood (China) 500,000–700,000 died
1935 Yangtze river flood (China) 145,000 died
1919 Mount Kelut eruption (Indonesia) 5,115 died
Kursha-2 Wild Fire (Russia) 1,200 died
Plus, the Great Depression started in 1929....
Thank you for posting this!
To the OP, no I don't get freaked out. FYI the Mayan calendar DOES NOT END on Dec. 20, 2012. It goes much much longer than that!
Message edited 3/13/2011 9:52:07 AM.
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cjik
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Not really--too many day to day things to worry about, and this is utterly out of my control.
I do think global warming/environmental issues are causing many problems we are seeing, though I don't know about the recent earthquake, most likely no connection.
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by rojerono
It could be end times. It could happen next week or next year or in 100 years - or in 100 million years.
But you can't live your life with an expiration date as the focus.. or you aren't really living. Even if you knew for sure that the world would collapse in on itself on March 12th, 2011 .. and you could get hit by a bus on March 11th. And you might have spent your last moments fretting about the next day instead of enjoying what you have today.
The most basic principle to leading an adventurous, exciting and fulfilling life is the knowledge that nothing lasts forever. Permanence doesn't bring joy - moments bring joy.
Live life, enjoy it. Breathe it, revel in every second. 2012? Bring it.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
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GoldenRod
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Posted by emilylives
Posted by GoldenRod
Even this century, hovering near the 1930s...
... edited for length
Plus, the Great Depression started in 1929....
I'm not saying you're wrong, because you're right that you're not looking at the much smaller occurrences, but these are almost all in different years. I'm talking about stuff that has all happened in the last 3 months. Let me just reiterate that I'm NOT saying you're wrong. I just don't really think that these facts demonstrate the counterpoint to what I'm saying.
OK, let's focus in on just 1929
On August 16, Palestine riots broke out between Arabs and Jews over control of the Western Wall. The rioting, initiated in part when British police tore down a screen the Jews had constructed in front of the Wall, continued until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs were killed.
Early in 1929, the Afghani leader King Amanullah lost power through revolution and civil war to Amir Habibullah II.
China and Russia engaged in a minor conflict after China seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway.
The Fascist government in Italy took control of the authorization of all textbooks, all secondary school teachers were required to take an oath of loyalty to Fascism, and children began to be taught that they owed the same loyalty to Fascism as they did to God.
Germany began the crumbling of the Republican government in favor of Nazism. In 1929, the number of unemployed reached three million.
In May, Joseph Stalin consolidated his power in the Soviet Union by sending Leon Trotsky into exile.
The timber market in Finland began to decline in 1929 due to the Great Depression.
Politics in Lithuania was also very heated, as President Voldemaras was unpopular in some quarters, and survived an assassination attempt in Kaunas.
In November, the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake occurred off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean. It registered as a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake centered on Grand Banks, broke 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggered a tsunami that destroyed many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula area, killing 28 (as of 1997, Canada's most lethal earthquake)
The Mexican Cristero War continued in 1929 as clerical forces attempted an assassination of the provisional president in a train bombing in February.
January 6 – King Alexander of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovene's suspends his country's constitution (The January 6th Dictatorship)
February 14 – St. Valentine's Day Massacre: Seven gangsters, rivals of Al Capone, are murdered in Chicago.
October 25 – Former U.S. Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall is convicted of bribery for his role in the Teapot Dome scandal, becoming the first Presidential cabinet member to go to prison for actions in office.
November 1 - An annular solar eclipse is seen around the world.
1929 Bahamas hurricane 51 died
The 1929 Koppeh Dagh earthquake took place at 15:37 UTC on May 1, 1929, in the Kopet Dag region of Iran. It caused 3,800 casualties along the Turkmenistan-Iran border and devastated the epicentral area.
The 1929 Arthur's Pass Earthquake occurred at 10.50pm NZMT on 9 March 1929 (11:20 GMT). The sparsely settled region of the Southern Alps shook for four minutes.[1] Tremors continued almost continuously until midnight and sporadic strong aftershocks were felt for several days. (as of 2009) this is one of the ten largest land-based earthquakes to strike New Zealand since European settlement
The 1929 Murchison earthquake, occurred at 10:17 AM on 17 June. It struck the Murchison region of South Island, with an estimated magnitude of 7.8, and was felt throughout New Zealand. There were 17 casualties, mostly as a result of landslides triggered by the earthquake. The rumbling sound of the earthquake was loud enough to be heard at New Plymouth, more than 250 km away
The tornado at Rye Cove, Virginia was the deadliest among a potent tornado outbreak that swept from southwest to northeast along the Appalachian mountains from Alabama to Maryland in May 1929. This outbreak is notable as one of the worst to affect the states of Maryland and Virginia, and as one of the few observed, intense tornado outbreaks affecting Appalachia.
The Rye Cove tornado is the deadliest in Virginia history. 13 people were killed and many others were injured when the tornado struck and destroyed the community school at midday, including 11 students and two teachers. All of the fatalities and most of the damage from the tornado occurred at the school.
On May 29, 1929, a series of explosions in the sewers of Ottawa, Canada, killed one person and caused a great deal of destruction.
March 21, 1929 - Kinlock Mine explosion, Parnassus, PA;46 Killed.
Newfoundland Tsunami - November 18, 1929
The worst flood ever recorded, at that time, in the state of Alabama took place in Elba in March of 1929.
This site has a long list of local tragedies and disasters: http://www3.gendisasters.com/taxonomy_menu/4/235
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Here's the way I see it...
The Earth itself is not going to explode or 'end' all of a sudden. We forget that the Earth has been around for approx 4.5 BILLION years before the blip that is human life even came to exist. And during those billions of years the planet has evolved many times over, sometimes violently, into what it is today and it will by no means stay this way. Human beings will eventually disappear from the face of this planet, there is no question. The only question is WHEN. But when that time arrives, human life won't disappear in one day or one year.
I think that there are only two events that could occur that could see humans wiped off the Earth in a short period of time.
1. A giant meteor impact - something similar to the one involved in the dinosaur extinction theory.
2. Nuclear holocaust. A global nuclear war would certainly see most of the human population erased.
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Re: a lil crazy but with all these earthquakes, flooding, birds dying etc...
Actually, I DO think there will be an "end of days" killing off all life fairly quickly.... in 1 to 5 billion years, depending on which model you look at.... that's why I'm stocking up on supplies now! 1 billion years goes by pretty quick! 
(even then, it will probably take a few thousand years at least for the overheating of earth to occur....)
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