How is the world going to react to the 2012 end times prophecy?

[Renew Deal]

I watched a "Apocalypse 2012" show on CNBC. It's about all the stuff people are doing to get "ready." It showed all kinds of "survivalist" bullshit that's going on like underground bunkers and plans for suicide. One guy has weapons attached to his bunker to keep people out. Another guy plans on jumping off a cliff at the exact time of the solstice so he gets sucked up into some cosmic hole.

I wonder how many people are going to kill themselves before 12/21/2012. I congratulate those that are making money on 2012. Ripping off suckers can be profitable.

Here's some links:
www.2012supplies.com (notice Potassium Iodide is sold out)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1899&bih=1101&q=2012+bunker&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=
http://www.howtosurvive2012.com

[Terra Alta]

1. Sounds like we will have some Darwin Awards in the making.

It's really scary. I hope no one actually kills themselves, but there are some pretty crazy people out there.

[Drale]

2. Probably the same way they acted the last time the world was supposed to end

in 2000 because of Y2K, people will get worked up about it until the time comes then they will get made fun of by their families for the rest of their lives.

[Renew Deal]

6. Y2K was a manmade problem

And although it could have wreaked havoc, it really wasn't going to destroy the world.

[Drale]

8. When all the nuclear missiles launched it would have

I'm not kidding thats what people I know believed.

[Renew Deal]

10. You're right that nukes were a concern.

But that was a fixable and refutable concern.

[Newsjock]

3. Just wait till they find out

... the world didn't end, and their president is still a black man.

[Renew Deal]

7. That's the convenient thing about killing yourself.

You never find out you were wrong.

[Motown_Johnny]

4. there will be a few crackpots, but as it gets closer more and more people

will realize how very unlikely this is.

It is easy to accept the possibility when it is far off, but as it gets close reality sinks in.

[Merlot]

5. yawn. remember 1999?

[Renew Deal]

9. Not the same thing

Y2K was a manmade problem of poorly programmed computers. The world was never really in danger besides maybe the lights going out. 2012 is based on faith, and that's far more powerful.

[pnwmom]

11. The millennialists thought the end would be the year 2000.

Their were wrong then and yet they survived. When 2012 comes and goes they'll just figure out a new date to obsess on.

[Renew Deal]

12. That sort of has happened.

Those that can't wait until 12/21/2012 have chosed 5/21/11. http://www.ebiblefellowship.com/may21

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

38. " It will be on May 21st that God will raise up all the dead that have ever died from their graves"

so I get to meet Hendrix? That site rules!

[BlueJazz]

48. Great...We're Doomed.!...Doomed I tell you.

[Merlot]

15. Y2K was the modern version of floods, famine, and fire. World ends.

[Renew Deal]

21. Not really

There was the fabricated threat of nuclear death, but the entire thing seemed controllable. The planet wasn't going flip poles or spin in reverse because of a computer bug.

[Merlot]

24. "Gonna party like it's 1999"

There were people who actually thought the world would end. Had nothing to do with Y2K.

[a la izquierda]

20. And this is different from 1999 how, exactly? Whose faith??

2012 is a made up bunch of bull from whack jobs who think they have ONE FUCKING CLUE about indigenous religion.

ETA: grammatical error

[Renew Deal]

22. Y2K was a computer programming issue.

Most computer programming issues are fixable. 2012 believers think the world will spin in reverse, or the poles will flip, or some cosmic hole is going to open, or another planet will crash into the earth. It's completely based on faith, and when I say faith I don't mean religion.

[a la izquierda]

41. But the fear of both was manufactured.

I see what you're saying, completely, but there really was-at least to me- a concerted effort to freak people out. I think what's going on now is exactly the same, though I agree the situations are slightly different.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

37. Great song. I like Prince. -nt

[Marie Marie]

13. Always fun to sit back and watch the Crazy unfold

:popcorn:

[NYC Liberal]

14. Gonna be more fun to watch the Rapture idiots on May 22 this year.

The Rapture is supposed to be scheduled for May 21 so May 22 should prove to be quite hilarious.

[Merlot]

17. Nice of the Rapture to RSVP.

May 22 will be the day they announce that the world wasn't ready yet. Stay tuned for the next announcement.

Me, personally, I'm putting my money on spaceships landing!

[Renew Deal]

18. There is big money around May 21 as well.

I ran into a guy that was wearing a designer May 21 The End is Near jacket. We had time to talk and I asked him what he would do if he's still here on 5/22. He basically said it's part of the plan. :crazy:

[NYC Liberal]

25. They'll say something like God listened to their prayers...

but remember...they've been praying FOR the Rapture...it's supposed to be a good thing right?

[Renew Deal]

28. It looks like at least some of them plan to survive past 5/21

They have a seminar coming up. http://www.raptureready.com/zz-fc.html

The ladies luncheon sounds delightful. :D

[xmas74]

31. I think my aunt is going to this.

She said something about a conference in Branson during that time period in July. She's been planning on the Rapture for a couple of years now, which is why her credit card spending is out of control. She figures she won't be around to worry about it.

It's really going to suck for her when she's not Raptured and the bill collectors start calling.

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. The May 21st date is just from one particular cult that like the look of some numbers

Most of the Rapture cults aren't paying any attention to it. They'll probably be the first to denigrate the failed 'prophet'.

[Initech]

16. I will be laughing my ass off at these people in 2013.

Just like I did after Y2K.

[Drew Richards]

19. Boy arn't they gonna be surprised..they got the wrong date

I have calculated the end of days for the human experiment as Dec 12th 2012 at 10:12 Eastern Time.,, 12,12,12,10,12
At which time I will launch my ship and leave you hairless monkeys to your radioactive destruction.

US Predictions for 2011-2012 on page two of chat.

http://drewrichards2000.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/08/5793044-is-the-end-coming-but-they-dont-want-to-tell-us

[Renew Deal]

23. lol

:rofl:

[nebenaube]

32. I enjoyed that...

I would love to see the visualizations from your calculations...

[Drew Richards]

44. free animated track plotter Help

If you can help me find a free animated track plotter I'll set up a pretty bells and whistles map tracking the seismic waves.

:)

[Scottybeamer70]

26. Hopefully.......

all the crazies will wind up in an alternate universe and we will be rid of them for good!
Could we change the date to a bit closer to now?

[The Straight Story]

27. From a 'prophecy' point of view, I expect 2012 to be a bust - that is to be expected

Before the end there is supposed to be a falling away. This won't happen until Christians (et al) are broken. In order for that to happen they have to lose hope. 2000, 2007, 2012, etc have to come and go without anything happening.

Folks will fall away, faith will be lost, and then - and only then, will the end times come.

Preachers tend not to talk about that part of the end times...wonder why :)

[Motown_Johnny]

42. I don't think the Mayan prophecies had any Christian concerns

apples and oranges kinda thing

[RegieRocker]

29. So what killed the dinosaurs again? The many ice ages?

Yep the world will stay as we know it now forever! There are cycles within cycles. More than the earth, sun and moon cycles. It is far better to be prepared and nothing happen than be unprepared and something happen. Do I think for sure something is going to happen, no. Do you know for sure it's not, no. Will it be the end of the world, no that is naysayers nonsense. For those I have only one thing to say "keep thinking two dimensionally “. Remember this, those that are prepared if something does happen won't be laughing at you, they will have another emotion. Oh and remember radiation is good for you.

[xmas74]

30. I joined a group on Facebook

advertising a party for 2013. That's how I'm preparing for 2012-by sticking around to party in 2013.

[Logical]

33. Smart people, not at all. n-t

[Art_from_Ark]

34. I don't know if there's anything to this 2012 business, but

Living in the shadow of

a 9.0 mega-earthquake and hundreds of aftershocks,
a monster tsunami that ravaged hundreds of miles of coastline, and
a nuclear disaster that never ends,

all happening just a few months away from the official start of 2012,

I am not going to scoff at people who think that 2012 is going to be a BAD year.

[roamer65]

35. I think we'll be near or into the beginnings of WW 3 very soon, regardless of 2012.

Orwell was right on his theory of "Oligarchical Collectivism" in his book, "1984".

[SheilaT]

36. There seem to be plenty of people here on DU

who warn of the impending total meltdown of society, and how we'd all better be prepared to grow all of our own food and the currency will be totally worthless so we'd better have things to barter or good basic skills (like being a veterinarian perhaps) because all of civilization as we know it is just about to end. The only difference is that these people don't give a specific date for the end of everything as we know it.

Personally, I tend to treat those who are convinced things will end any time soon with contempt and scorn, which probably isn't very nice, but I've been listening to predictions of the End of Everything As We Know It for about fifty years now (yeah, I'm that old) and so I just have no patience any more with such nonsense.

[BlueMTexpat]

40. In my 67 years, I've lived through a lot of "end times prophecies."

Certainly, one day, one of them will be right. I doubt that this is The One.
In the meantime, I'll just keep on enjoying life as best I can. After all, any of us could have our own personal time ended tomorrow - heck, even in the next five minutes.
If the people described in these links are the only survivors of an "end times," then I sincerely hope that I will not be. I very much doubt that I will ever be among any of the "Raptured," however.
And that's just fine with me.

[Peacetrain]

47. I have lost track of the number of times the world was going to end

in my 60 plus years..but the funniest, and I mean the weirdest was the one in the late 60's when all the women were supposed to be taken by aliens..

:rofl: lots of standing on roofs is my guess

[BlueMTexpat]

49. LOL - and we're still here,

for better or for worse!

:hi:

[bvar22]

43. I've still got plenty of Duct Tape and Plastic from 9-11,

so I'm good!

[RegieRocker]

45. Use it to cover your windows and keep the radiation out!

[annabanana]

46. They will just keep on laughing their asses off. We have become a buffoon

of a Country.