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“End of the World” Poof, Bang, Shake, Rattle and Roll
On Thursday one of the senior ladies at our New Friends group asked me a question that I have mulled over ever since…

“Murray, what do you think of all these earthquakes and the storms that are coming now? IS IT the END of the WORLD?”

She is in her mid nineties and not in the best of health. But she does not miss a beat when it comes to keeping up to date with news around her. Her eyesight is not good so she listens to a lot of TV and Radio. The news of the many earthquakes has bothered her.

The news of the Volcano erupting in Iceland caught her attention as well. And it probably has caught your attention as well.

In the UK it certainly has caught folk off guard to say the least. With every airline that flies in and out of Britain each day no longer flying in or out of Britain and the whole of UK – it has been quiet.

I didn’t know that there are 7,500 aircraft each day flying over the UK each day. Now there are not. The number of aircraft over the whole of the Europe has been stopped as well. No one can move around with the freedom they had a week ago… because of the ash clouds that would potentially foul up the motors of jet engines and cause airlines to crash.

One person commented on this wonder for himself living in London, England… “Still so lovely without aircraft over London. Fabulous fog too. Or is it ash?”

I am not sure how close he lives to the air traffic core, but to not have any aircraft flying over head – suddenly it is quiet. This has not happened for a long, long time.

Just a while ago when they thought that the ash cloud produced by the Volcano was moving on, another layer is moving in and over the country now as I write.

The Scientists have no real prediction as to when this Volcano will subside or how long it will go on spewing the deadly gas and ash from the belly of the earth. Some have commented that this has happened before and in one case the eruption went on for years.

Another comment came from my reading is sticking in my mind. Not since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 has air traffic world wide been so deeply affected. This has a huge world wide impact all because of one volcano’s eruption in one strategic spot with dire consequences.

There are volcanoes in many parts of the earth that are even more active than this one in Iceland. The problem here is that it has taken place right in the path of one of the busiest places in the world.

When my senior friend asked the question about earthquakes and storms I became more aware of the news that is filled with more information than ever before… and I wondered why that is…

Volcanoes have been happening since the start of time… so has the radical weather. So why is there a difference now?

The senior lady has followed a certain train of thought from more documentaries on TV lately where the “End of the World” stories have been run more frequently.

“End of the World”
By Googling “End of the World” I got 26,000,000 responses. Many were religious nuts raving over their ideas of the end of the world. Having stated that out loud I also have to say that I am a bit of religious nut – BUT I am not like the ones that I have watched and listened too today on the Media.

The one thing this “religious nut” knows for sure after studying the bible for years is that “no ones knows the hour or the time except for the Father…” In other words no one will know anything until it happens.

But what about what Jesus said about the end of time when the preachers quote about the earthquakes reports of them increasing… is that a new sign that the predictions are being fulfilled?

I fall back on the best answer for me – “no one knows”.

But what I do watch with amazement is the immediacy of it all. No sooner does one of these world tragedies take place than it is reported on. The communication modes today are astounding with their abilities to keep people connected.

If there was another Pompeii Disaster today as there was in 79 AD, people would have been Texting from the Rooms they were hiding in as 66 feet of ash covered them in their town. People would have known what was going on immediately – rather than thousands of years later.

My point is that with the impact of communication it would appear that there are far more things happening. It may or may not be true… but I certainly know more about it sooner and can worry quicker.

December 12, 2012 or December 21, 2012
The recent End of the World predictions have been plucked or deduced from an ancient Mayan Calendar from what I have read… stating that the day is December 21, 2010 – or 12212012 – or maybe that is 20121221. And it is likely going to be at the 12th hour, the 12th minute and 12th second when it takes place. Some how someone will reach into the big bath tub of earth and pull the plug – or flip the switch… and it will be over.

One Web Site offers these words…
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HOW SERIOUSLY should you take the talk about an end of the world 2012 doomsday?

There are a number of December 21, 2012 predictions about the end of the world, earth as we know it. Some say that on an ancient Mayan calendar 2012 points to the end of the world: they pick December 21 2012 as the exact day as that is when the calender ends. Others speak of a Nostradamus 2012 doomsday prediction.

Some 2012 end of the world predictions are connect to each other, some are not. It has got to the point where the thought of a December 21 2012 doomsday is freaking some people out. Should you be freaked? We don't think so. For starters, given past doomsday predictions and prophecies about the end of the world, earth should have ended by now! Since the earth is still here, it would be fair to say then that, to date, all doomsday prophecies and predictions about the end of the world (before 2012) have failed!
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So what do we believe? What do I believe? What do you believe?

I believe there will always be doomsday people… and soothsayers. There will always be people that will make money and movies about the end of time… enough at least to sell one more book and a few hundred thousand tickets each weekend until a Gazillion Dollars are made off of it.

I know that I am glad that I don’t have tickets to fly to the UK this week – or that I am not stuck in the UK trying to get back to Canada. In either case it could be the end of the world for me… as I hate being trapped.

How do you comfort a 94 year old that can’t figure out what is happening in the world around her?

I think I will help her by suggesting that she turn off the TV… like I do.

Nostradamus and the Mayans will not get to me if I simply turn it off… I think….

~ Murray Lincoln ~
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Source:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8626765.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/stories/visualisations/planes.shtml
http://www.endoftheworld2012.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii