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January 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 02/02/2010 8:33 AM Page 25 2012: The Nonsense of It All 25 2012: The Nonsense of It type scenarios have happened at times in the destruction and evil. Why not at least predict All earth’s long existence. There have been proven good things that have or will happened throughout this world’s history? It is because eradication of many civilizations in history, such as the ancient Druids and the Mayans, as sadly, man himself lives and thrives on fear well as complete destruction of certain life itself, a waiting for the evil end to come. This Written by David P. Kuhlman forms on earth other than humans, which paved trait seems to be as much part of the humans’ the way for new beginnings of life on this make-up as is the red blood that flows through In the world in which we live, money planet. One of the most recognized of these is his veins. Lets take a look at the past regarding and the power of the almighty dollar have the demise of the giant lizards or dinosaurs that speculation of the end of the world, as we know always been at the forefront. It seems the more inhabited this planet for millions of years. It is it, and the selling of utter worldly nonsense, money a person makes the more socially clear that man existed sometime after this age which led to fear and chaos. attractive a person becomes. This has led people and that the time of man was a new era in the The year was 2800 B.C. and the oldest from all walks of life in search of the quickest earth’s timeline. Could have man existed surviving prediction of the end of the world was and simplest ways to make their fortune. In without the destruction of the dinosaur? found inscribed on an Assyrian clay tablet. It 2009 the United States suffered one of the most Possibly, but it was not in the great plan of read, “Our Earth is degenerate in these latter crippling economic crises since Black Monday earths development, at least it isn’t a part of our days. There are signs that the world as we know in 1929. The country went from a free spending current knowledge. Possibly one day we may it is speedily coming to an abrupt end. Bribery economic giant, to a frugal and meek money find that man did indeed exist with these great and corruption are very common.” In 1284, hoarding nation reeling on its heels from the lizards of prehistoric times, but for now we have Pope Innocent III predicted the second coming devastating blow of a society that was no evidence. We know there have been many of Christ was at hand in this year. He based this uncontrollably over-spending. I must say that changes over time, this is very evident, but is it on the date of the inception of the Muslim faith, there have been numerous institutions and possible for one to predict such events for our then he added 666 years to that, what is known products that folded under the strain, which I future, the demise and eradication of all as the ‘Mark of the Beast’ in the Bible. never thought would. People stopped buying the mankind? We speculate that the dinosaurs’ reign In 1524, some 20,000 people panicked products they all were so use to, and was cut short on earth by a giant asteroid that by predictions made by a group of London unnecessary buying was halted immediately. impacted the earth’s surface, which forced an astrologers abandoned their homes and fled to The things we think of in the sense of ice age and the immediate cessation of life, or high ground in anticipation of a second great buying are usually material and tangible goods. was it something else? The worries of this flood that was predicted to overflow from the We saw a major decline in this area of spending. happening again still exist today, and they are Thames River. In 1648 a close study of the Most every market that sold these items were used as a hypothetical end of life scenario for all kabbalah, the Turkish rabbi Sabbatai Zevi shaken hard, and if they did not collapse they mankind. The dinosaurs’ extinction however predicted that the Messiah would make a had to seriously rework their agendas to bypass was not a predicted event due to the evident miraculous return, and that his name would be the near inevitable crash. One thing selling absence of any form of written communication. Sabbatai Zevi. The year 1666 brought much however was unaffected by the turmoil of There is one event that was predicted however, anxiety and false predictions due mainly economics, a product that has been selling for and it has been proven to have taken place just because of the evident number 666 in the date. years to people all over the world. In times of as accounted. This event was the great flood, as In 1792, the Shakers predicted the end of the hardship this product gains in momentum in reported in the Bible. God used water to level world, as they knew it. Throughout history sales rather than falls, and the seller continues to the earth, to cleanse it from the wickedness that many individual groups and faiths have rake in money at other peoples expense. The had found its way into mans life, to start a new speculated about the end of days. The Jehovah’s item for sell is fear itself. beginning. Could there be another ending in Witness group have predicted this many times. In our society it seems most are suckers store for us all? Predictions were made in 1914, 1915, 1918, for the extreme of speculation and raw We can use history to look back at many 1919, 1920, 1925, 1941, 1975, and as recent as propaganda. Aren’t we? We are never content 1994. In 1844 Baptist preacher William Miller with just life, which already holds its own set of people throughout time that could ‘see the predicted the return of Christ and the rapture in mind-blowing moments and problems that we future’, and make ‘historic predictions’ of upstate New York on October 22 of that year. all must deal with everyday. No, we need more! calamity and chaos that would befall humans in This has become known as the “Great Most humans are not happy unless they have the coming ages. One of the most recognized of Disappointment” in history. placed more confusion and extreme uncertainty these people is Nostradamus, 1503 to 1566, the Some of the most memorable upon their lives in daily doses. Why? Do we great so-called prophet, who supposedly predictions of the end of the world made within thrive on gloom and doom? This type of predicted many of the futures great catastrophes my lifetime, and that I can recall from behavior has been going on since man has been and uprisings. Included in Nostradamus experience began in the year 1988. In this year in existence. The need for extreme concern or predictions was the rise of Adolf Hitler and the there were many predictions made by many worry in practically trivial situations during Third Reich as well as the modern day events of separate groups and individuals as to why the otherwise calm times ushers in fear in people all the twin towers destruction of September 11, world would end in this year. A major book that over the world and has been the norm; today it 2001 in New York by terrorist attacks. Many, was written was titled “ 88 Reasons Why Christ is no different by far. Why do people upon many claim that the writings by Will Return in 1988”, by Edgar Whisenant. In continuously indulge and worry about such Nostradamus clearly show his gift of predicting 1994, Harold Camping wrote a book titled “ Are irrational events even though we have no proof future events, however a closer look at his You Ready?” It predicted Christ would return of their legitimacy? This is the million-dollar writings show that many of his writings can be in September 1994. Oddly enough, this same question and it makes no sense at all. Humans linked in a loose way to many events and not to man has set a new date for apocalypse since his live their lives not looking for the good life has any one in particular. In fact, his writings or first one missed its mark. The date for the doom to offer now, but what may or may not lie ahead visions were so openly written that you could of man has been rescheduled for October 21, to cause a complete catastrophe for all the relate just about any disaster or change of 2011! inhabitants of planet Earth…a global significance throughout history with his memos. The year 1997 will be remembered well awakening. It is my belief as it is others too, that by many because of the extremes that were gone Throughout time, in many of our recent Nostradamus was more a false prophet than to regarding the possible end of the world. This past, there have been those who rise out of the anything else. There were many upon many was the year of the comet ‘Hale-Bopp’ and it ashes to predict irrational and destructive predictions made by him that you rarely hear of gave rise to many end-of-the-world theories. All scenarios that mankind will unavoidably have to that were never related to anything or came to of these scenarios were based on a mistaken face. The apocalypse. A time of complete chaos pass in any shape or form. People can read into observation by amateur astronomer Chuck and unspeakable cataclysm, that will leave all of any situation or prediction what they want, no Shramek. earths civilizations either extinct or on the brink matter what the situation may be. At this point of complete demise, an event of global let me comment on another area that I think is of proportions. I will not argue the fact that these importance. Every time a prediction is made it seems to always involve gloom, doom, (Continued on Page 26)