Post by KG on Jun 11, 2009 11:13:07 GMT -5
I really hope you are wrong about it being so devistating Kata, but that doesn't mean you are. I don't suppose anyone in their right minds would want you to be correct on it, and if you are there is little we can do about it. Personally I think humanity will survive in some form though.
Most of my skepticism though, and my ability to belive it too, come from living through so many doomsday dates. In general this is not the first time I've considered the nearing of the appocolypse. My dad said it was the same in his day, and in his father's before him. People have always run around saying "the end is near." In the year 60 AD people expected it. In the year 1000 AD people expected it and that scare was really huge. People died just from fright and mass hysteria! It made them vernerable to plague because they were stressed and it caused riot type behavior, and just a lot of problems.
I really feel that whatever happens will happen, and though some things we could try to avert, try to prepare for, or move to avoid... I just don't see anything we can do about this, past praying. Prayer works though, so lets try that.
Other than praying though, the best thing we can do is continue our normal lives, and do the best we can while we are here towards whatever we consider to be really important. We should always live each day as if it could be our last, but also planning for the future in case nothing does happen.
Churches spread this stuff constantly. They always think Jesus is coming back any moment. I've known several people who really were harmed by believing this kind of thing. I knew a kid who's parents blew his college money on preparedness... and this was back in the seventies. They were freaking out and trying to convince the kid that he would never see adulthood anyway, so what did it matter. I drove him home from youth meeting one night and he opened up to me about it. He said he didn't want to die young, and he was very afraid. He wanted to grow up, go to college, or even if he didn't get to now that the savings was gone, he'd still like to get married, have a family and a life. It was really sad, and I spent the evening explaining to him that no one knows when the world will end... and that everything would probably be OK.
In the late eighties, early ninties I became convinced the time was approaching, and I bought up canned goods, and stocks of various things we might need. My husband was freaking out about it, and going overboard buying stuff of different kinds. I got into physical fitness for a while, and marched my girls around the property leading them on long hikes, for miles every day. I encouraged them to read survival training manuals. My oldest asked me if I thought this was the end of modern society. I told her, "I don't know, what will happen, and you never know really, but I want you to be ready for whatever happens in your life. Whether you are using your brain to advance your career in an office, or hunting down rabbits with a knife, I want you to know how to survive in any environment. Either way a strong body and a few survival lessons will be good for you."
In general doom is always a possiblity, either for us as individuals or for the whole world, but it does no good to worry about it. It always pays to be prepared for emergencies, and I am a firm beliver in keeping a good stock of food on hand. Our ancestors did, and it is just wise. Unemployment is more likely than doom, and if you are jobless it is good to have plenty of groceries already bought. Whatever happens having a good pantry is important, just remember to rotate the stock so things don't go bad. It is good to know how to snare a rabbit too, or how to build things... as many carpenter skills, mechanical skills, emergency medical skills etc. as you can rack up, learn them. It is useful in any kind of lifestyle. Other than that, just go about your business, and do what needs to be done. Don't get caught up in fear, and keep working towards a 'normal' future at the same time.
One should try to be ready for a possible disaster, while planning as if they would live to see 100. It's just common sense, and people should always live this way. Other than that, if you can do nothing about something, what is the point in worrying about it. Do all you can to get ready, but don't waste time worrying.
Kim
Most of my skepticism though, and my ability to belive it too, come from living through so many doomsday dates. In general this is not the first time I've considered the nearing of the appocolypse. My dad said it was the same in his day, and in his father's before him. People have always run around saying "the end is near." In the year 60 AD people expected it. In the year 1000 AD people expected it and that scare was really huge. People died just from fright and mass hysteria! It made them vernerable to plague because they were stressed and it caused riot type behavior, and just a lot of problems.
I really feel that whatever happens will happen, and though some things we could try to avert, try to prepare for, or move to avoid... I just don't see anything we can do about this, past praying. Prayer works though, so lets try that.
Other than praying though, the best thing we can do is continue our normal lives, and do the best we can while we are here towards whatever we consider to be really important. We should always live each day as if it could be our last, but also planning for the future in case nothing does happen.
Churches spread this stuff constantly. They always think Jesus is coming back any moment. I've known several people who really were harmed by believing this kind of thing. I knew a kid who's parents blew his college money on preparedness... and this was back in the seventies. They were freaking out and trying to convince the kid that he would never see adulthood anyway, so what did it matter. I drove him home from youth meeting one night and he opened up to me about it. He said he didn't want to die young, and he was very afraid. He wanted to grow up, go to college, or even if he didn't get to now that the savings was gone, he'd still like to get married, have a family and a life. It was really sad, and I spent the evening explaining to him that no one knows when the world will end... and that everything would probably be OK.
In the late eighties, early ninties I became convinced the time was approaching, and I bought up canned goods, and stocks of various things we might need. My husband was freaking out about it, and going overboard buying stuff of different kinds. I got into physical fitness for a while, and marched my girls around the property leading them on long hikes, for miles every day. I encouraged them to read survival training manuals. My oldest asked me if I thought this was the end of modern society. I told her, "I don't know, what will happen, and you never know really, but I want you to be ready for whatever happens in your life. Whether you are using your brain to advance your career in an office, or hunting down rabbits with a knife, I want you to know how to survive in any environment. Either way a strong body and a few survival lessons will be good for you."
In general doom is always a possiblity, either for us as individuals or for the whole world, but it does no good to worry about it. It always pays to be prepared for emergencies, and I am a firm beliver in keeping a good stock of food on hand. Our ancestors did, and it is just wise. Unemployment is more likely than doom, and if you are jobless it is good to have plenty of groceries already bought. Whatever happens having a good pantry is important, just remember to rotate the stock so things don't go bad. It is good to know how to snare a rabbit too, or how to build things... as many carpenter skills, mechanical skills, emergency medical skills etc. as you can rack up, learn them. It is useful in any kind of lifestyle. Other than that, just go about your business, and do what needs to be done. Don't get caught up in fear, and keep working towards a 'normal' future at the same time.
One should try to be ready for a possible disaster, while planning as if they would live to see 100. It's just common sense, and people should always live this way. Other than that, if you can do nothing about something, what is the point in worrying about it. Do all you can to get ready, but don't waste time worrying.
Kim