The chaos about the Apocalypse

I'm not going to talk about the "End of the World" or the "Apocalypse" or any calendar or writings that lead up to December 21, 2012.  What I want to talk about is the chaos that these types of "predictions" bring.


People have heard about the end of the world, or apocalypse, for many years but it hasn't been until recently that it "sunk in" to many.


Let's look at what these kind of predictions cause us:

• Spend money that we don't have on extra food, shelter and guns.
• People see the end of the world and decide to end their lives before it happens
• People see the end of the world and decide that they are going to have a mass suicide so they can avoid the doom of the day.
• People see the end of the world and go on a killing spree to "save" the world.

These kind of predictions are dangerous.  They lead to thoughts of doom, destruction and despair...which, honestly, we've had enough of the last ten years.

Instead of thinking this "may" be the Apocalypse and spending time with loved ones people spent time preparing for it so they could survive.  Stores are robbed, people are robbed and killed...all because we took 21st "thinking" on understanding 16th Century drawings and writings.  We can all interpret anything old (before knowledge of our solar system) and use our knowledge of it to decipher whatever we want it to say.  We claim that we have discovered the "secrets" of what they meant.  

Let's look at this in a perspective that we will all understand:  Back in the day, horse and carriage day, when men drank they drove.  If someone back then would have written down, "Don't drink and drive" your horse drawn carriage....our thoughts today would be "wow they knew we would no longer use horse and buggy....they knew we would have automobiles and they were warning us not to drink and drive."  When in all actuality they probably wrote "don't drink and drive" your carriage because that person hurt his horse because he was drunk while riding in his buggy.  No future thoughts of tires, engines, gas pedals, steering wheels, etc....just don't hurt your horse.  But we have to read more into it....that person KNEW something and he was warning us FIVE century's later of our impending doom.

What scares me is the rush to get the last minute supplies and the danger these people become. Fights break out over a toy this time of year....imagine the thoughts running through people's heads about canned food and dying.

We need to be more responsible in our "predictions" and take into account there are many who will believe anything they see on television.

I looked at it this way...if it was true...nothing I could do to stop it.  If it was true I didn't want three months of food just to starve four months later OR have someone kill me for it.

We have reached "THE DAY" and survived.  Let's get back to what the holidays are supposed to be about...and that is family, love, kindness and, hopefully, doing something for someone who is less fortunate.

Merry Christmas and hoping everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday!

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