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Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. More accurately, 2008 - 2012... In 2019 we won't be here... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Knightmare Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. So I take it you are one of the folks who believe the Mayan Calendar actually states that the world will end in December of 2012? Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome |
Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. Sooner or Later someone will predict the end, and they will be right! So who will care if they are right if we all are gone...... Live every day and don't worry if we are all gone 2012 2019 whatever... There is Absolutely nothing we can do about it.... IMHO |
Knightmare Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. Well said, Tim!!! :-) Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
More accurately, 2008 - 2012... In 2019 we won't be here... ;) Oh, that's gonna whiz off my credit card company BIG time. |
Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. Thank You Kind Sir! |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. I have read that 2012 will be the end on civilization. They relate it to the Mayan Calender. LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Dr. C.E.T.I. Send message Joined: 29 Feb 00 Posts: 16019 Credit: 794,685 RAC: 0 |
He believes the years 2008 through 2019 are likely to be the most horrendous so far in U.S. history. Mayan Calendar Converter . . . BOINC Wiki . . . Science Status Page . . . |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
I have read that 2012 will be the end on civilization. They relate it to the Mayan Calender. The Mayan Calendar predicts the end of an age, not necessarily the end of the world... Nobody has been given the autority to accurately predict the end of the world, however, the conditions are more than ripe for that too... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
I have read that 2012 will be the end on civilization. They relate it to the Mayan Calender. Here is one persons view of 2012 2012 LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Matthew Love Send message Joined: 26 Sep 99 Posts: 7763 Credit: 879,151 RAC: 0 |
Does Maya calendar predict 2012 apocalypse? By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Special to USA TODAY With humanity coming up fast on 2012, publishers are helping readers gear up and count down to this mysterious  some even call it apocalyptic  date that ancient Mayan societies were anticipating thousands of years ago. Since November, at least three new books on 2012 have arrived in mainstream bookstores. A fourth is due this fall. Each arrives in the wake of the 2006 success of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, which has been selling thousands of copies a month since its release in May and counts more than 40,000 in print. The books also build on popular interest in the Maya, fueled in part by Mel Gibson's December 2006 film about Mayan civilization, Apocalpyto. Authors disagree about what humankind should expect on Dec. 21, 2012, when the Maya's "Long Count" calendar marks the end of a 5,126-year era. Journalist Lawrence Joseph forecasts widespread catastrophe in Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation Into Civilization's End. Spiritual healer Andrew Smith predicts a restoration of a "true balance between Divine Feminine and Masculine" in The Revolution of 2012: Vol. 1, The Preparation. In 2012, Daniel Pinchbeck anticipates a "change in the nature of consciousness," assisted by indigenous insights and psychedelic drug use. The buildup to 2012 echoes excitement and fear expressed on the eve of the new millennium, popularly known as Y2K, though on a smaller scale, says Lynn Garrett, senior religion editor at Publishers Weekly. She says publishers seem to be courting readers who believe humanity is creating its own ecological disasters and desperately needs ancient indigenous wisdom. The convergence I see here is the apocalyptic expectations, if you will, along with the fact that the environment is in the front of many people's minds these days," Garrett says. "Part of the appeal of these earth religions is that notion that we need to reconnect with the Earth in order to save ourselves." But scholars are bristling at attempts to link the ancient Maya with trends in contemporary spirituality. Maya civilization, known for advanced writing, mathematics and astronomy, flourished for centuries in Mesoamerica, especially between A.D. 300 and 900. Its Long Count calendar, which was discontinued under Spanish colonization, tracks more than 5,000 years, then resets at year zero. "For the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle," says Sandra Noble, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies in Crystal River, Fla. To render Dec. 21, 2012, as a doomsday or moment of cosmic shifting, she says, is "a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in." Part of the 2012 mystique stems from the stars. On the winter solstice in 2012, the sun will be aligned with the center of the Milky Way for the first time in about 26,000 years. This means that "whatever energy typically streams to Earth from the center of the Milky Way will indeed be disrupted on 12/21/12 at 11:11 p.m. Universal Time," Joseph writes. But scholars doubt the ancient Maya extrapolated great meaning from anticipating the alignment  if they were even aware of what the configuration would be. Astronomers generally agree that "it would be impossible the Maya themselves would have known that," says Susan Milbrath, a Maya archaeoastronomer and a curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History. What's more, she says, "we have no record or knowledge that they would think the world would come to an end at that point." University of Florida anthropologist Susan Gillespie says the 2012 phenomenon comes "from media and from other people making use of the Maya past to fulfill agendas that are really their own." LETS BEGIN IN 2010 |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
Astronomers generally agree that "it would be impossible the Maya themselves would have known that," And yet there's the calendar, carbon dated and time tested... ;) (Sorta reminds me of another peoples and another writings, but we won't go there.) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Knightmare Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0 |
Tonight on Coast to Coast AM airing at 1am EST : Mon 12.10 >> Minister Lindsey Williams obtained access to oil company documents as a chaplain to the workers building the Alaskan oil pipeline in the 1970s. He'll discuss his knowledge of how the flow of oil has been suppressed and manipulated. First Hour: John Longenecker speaks about gun policy. Live stream courtesy of KFI 640AM Los Angeles Coast to Coast AM affiliates in the USA, Canada and XM Satellite radio Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome |
Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
Tonight on Coast to Coast AM airing at 1am EST : Sounds fun. BTW, I think tomorrow might be the conspiracy day on the Medved show. I'll update later if I find out. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
Knightmare Send message Joined: 16 Aug 04 Posts: 7472 Credit: 94,252 RAC: 0 |
Tonight on Coast to Coast AM airing at 1am EST : Tue 12.11 >> Astrophysicist and author Bernard Haisch will discuss his theory, supported by recent astrophysical findings, that the universe is a product of an intelligence. First Half-Hour: Dannion Brinkley reacts to a report of missing letters to wounded soldiers. First Hour: John Longenecker speaks about gun policy. Live stream courtesy of KFI 640AM Los Angeles Coast to Coast AM affiliates in the USA, Canada and XM Satellite radio Air Cold, the blade stops; from silent stone, Death is preordained Calm Chaos Forums : Everyone Welcome |
Jeffrey Send message Joined: 21 Nov 03 Posts: 4793 Credit: 26,029 RAC: 0 |
the universe is a product of an intelligence. Hmm... ;) It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . . |
Scarecrow Send message Joined: 15 Jul 00 Posts: 4520 Credit: 486,601 RAC: 0 |
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Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
Michael Shermer interview script This is an interview of Michael Shermer of Skeptic magazine. He's the author of 'Why People Believe Weird Things'. You may have seen him on numerous television appearances. CNN, Discovery Channel, etc. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
a contemporary european philosophy final fun test Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
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