The Coming Apocalypse: Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Bird Flu and Politics

[Elspode]

Okay...someone had to do it...someone had to start an End of the World Thread (tm), and it might as well be me. Over in the discussion on gas prices, TW has launched the "divine retribution" missle. Radar, in most posts, stops just short of calling the USA a police monarchy. We have Cellarites in the path of Hurricane Rita. We have Cellarites with damage to their homes and economies from Katrina. Mt. St. Helens and Yellowstone Park are bulging. Jihad is afoot in the Middle East. The Red Sox won the World Series.

Surely, these are all signs of the impending Apocalypse. So...what do *you* think, gentlefolk? Is it coming? Will the J-Man return, or is it just another phase of geological time? Have the Illuminati finally shot themselves in the foot?

This should make for some spirited discussion.

[dar512]

Dogs and cats living together.

[dar512]

Actually, I think we've just been living well for a long time, and things are going to take a downturn. I don't think it's the end-of-the-world, though.

[Clodfobble]

Tell you one thing, I don't wanna be around to see the grocery store if the Apocalypse is approaching. By all accounts, we're going to get nothing more than a little heavy rain this weekend from Rita, but it was a fuckin' madhouse this afternoon--and the aisles that usually house bread, peanut butter, bananas, juice, and water were all completely barren.

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Tell you one thing, I don't wanna be around to see the grocery store if the Apocalypse is approaching. By all accounts, we're going to get nothing more than a little heavy rain this weekend from Rita, but it was a fuckin' madhouse this afternoon--and the aisles that usually house bread, peanut butter, bananas, juice, and water were all completely barren.

Why bananas? The other stuff is pretty non-perishable. Is it to go with the peanut butter? The same with milk. I would think that people would get non-perishable stuff to drink, like Gatorade or even apple juice.

[tw]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Why bananas?

Banana float? They are easy to find in brown oily water?

[Tonchi]

You mash them up and put them in your hair, remember?

[tw]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Will the J-Man return, or is it just another phase of geological time?

Can you imagine the disaster if the J-Man returns and calls himself Mohammed? And what happens if he is born on 6 June 2006? Fear not for I seek more temptation. It's time for a beer.

[Kitsune]

Originally Posted by tw

Can you imagine the disaster if the J-Man returns and calls himself Mohammed?

He's just the kind of guy to play that kind of joke, too. Oh, Jesus, you're such a card!

[Hobbs]

On the record: Let's not overlook the birth of the red heffer and the possibility of Isreal rebuilding the temple. These plus all the natural disasters, technology allow the mark of the beast, wars should be enough to dust off your bibles and bone up on your redemption.

Off the record: I occationally lead a bible study group, and I teach kindergarten "Sunday school." Despite this, I have a hard time totally buying into the "sign of the times" concept. It's always typical of us humans to mold so called "signs" into a convient concept that suits the current idea. There have been killer storms for centuries. There have always been wars, starvation, etc. One of the reasons why we are more aware of it is becuase we live in an age where information can reach us the second it happens. CNN, internet news. Plus the news outlets love to spread bad news. Flavor of the day. How much information are we recieving from Bagdad as of late becuase of the hurricanes?

Something else we do as humans is put God on a time schedule. Time is a manmade concept. God follows his own clock, time means nothing to him. We can't predict anthing biblical, that's why we're told to always be ready.

I guess what I am saying is, I am not totally discounting the "signs", and sometimes rain is just....rain.


Jeeze, I'm starting to sound like TW, maybe it is the end of times .

[Pie]

Originally Posted by Hobbs

should be enough to dust off your bibles and bone up on your redemption.

So then, what's a good little Athiest to do? Perhaps you'd say I'm part of the problem.

[Hobbs]

Originally Posted by Pie

So then, what's a good little Athiest to do?

That's the thing about being an Athiest, you can do whatever you want.

[wolf]

The world is gearing up for the Earthchanges promised by a variety of cultures, based on the timetable nicely provided to us by the Mayans.

These are the days of chaos and confusion. Wait until this cycle completes, you won't know what hit you.

The Earth prepares for 12-21-2012, the end of the calendar, and the dawning of the Sixth Sun. We are in the time when the choices are made, the people, by the way their lives are lived decide if they will enter the Sixth Sun.

[Cyclefrance]

I prefer to look at the logical reason - tamper with the laws of nature/physics (and we do a lot of that - be it green house gases, raw materials extraction, interfering with genetics, interfering with cultures, etc) and you'll get an appropriate reaction/correction. We're just feeling the correction reach a stage where it is more noticeable and evident than before - just shows how much we have been interfering...

[Pie]

I've already laid in my supply of N95s, food rations, water, hand-crank radio, etc. etc. etc. I had to promise my mom I'd do it -- she's sure the world will collapse in the next year or so from H5N1. (She's no nut -- she has a PhD and is a cancer healthcare advocate.)
Now I'm just trying to decide if it's worth trying to survive. I mean, if the New World Order favors someone of Wolf's training, I'm not sure I want to be there to see it.
Listen to this presentation at the Woodrow Wilson Center for more postapocalyptic fear...