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Laughing Man Posted: Wed, Oct 21 2009 4:51 PM

I'm just wondering, does anyone actually believe that 2012 will be the end of the world? At least we won't have to hear anymore complaining about 'climate change'

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Spideynw replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 4:58 PM

No.

At most, 5% of the population would need to stop complying to bring down the government.

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Shakaman replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 5:05 PM

Nope. Thank "god" for Neil degrasse Tyson

There are lots more videos of Neil debunking other doomsday claims.

One of the best talkers in physics :-)

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No, although it would mean the end of irritating internet debates.

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Yes

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Snowflake replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 5:43 PM

Laughing Man:
I'm just wondering, does anyone actually believe that 2012 will be the end of the world? At least we won't have to hear anymore complaining about 'climate change'
With the federal reserve, anything is possible.

Also obama will be re-elected in 2012.

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Snowflake:
With the federal reserve, anything is possible.

haha touche!

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Praetyre replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 6:19 PM

Crackpot religious cults misinterpreting the Mayan calendar aren't my thing, personally. As others have said, the only thing that will happen is an end to gullible internet trolls hyping this nonsense and I personally think Obama will be voted out.

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Laughing Man:

I'm just wondering, does anyone actually believe that 2012 will be the end of the world? At least we won't have to hear anymore complaining about 'climate change'

Sure extinct civilizations with 1/1,000,000th of our knowledge are always right

All the statists and Keynesians will look up and shout "Save Us!" and I'll wisper "No." 

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Stranger replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 7:28 PM

The end of the world, unlikely. The end of an epoch, I certainly hope so.

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abskebabs replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 7:50 PM

This reminds me a lot of the Y2K scare.

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Daniel replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 7:52 PM

Laughing Man:

I'm just wondering, does anyone actually believe that 2012 will be the end of the world? At least we won't have to hear anymore complaining about 'climate change'

No. As someone else said, the end of an epoch. Although there are powerful religious cults that welcome and are striving for Armageddon. I'd rather believe the conspiracy theory that evangelicals in power, like Bush II, were trying to bring the end of days. I think it actually makes more sense that people like Bush II and his religious fellows are purposely trying to get into a nuclear war with Iran to end the mankind and, thus fulfill the Revelations, than believe that the Iran wants to nuke Israel because they hate Jews.

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Daniel replied on Wed, Oct 21 2009 7:55 PM

abskebabs:

This reminds me a lot of the Y2K scare.

The Y2K scare was overblown. Only a few, really old computers were to be affected.

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The Late Andrew Ryan:

Sure extinct civilizations with 1/1,000,000th of our knowledge are always right

"Apolinario Chile Pixtun is tired of being bombarded with frantic questions about the Mayan calendar supposedly “running out” on Dec. 21, 2012. After all, it’s not the end of the world.

Or is it?

Definitely not, the Mayan Indian elder insists. “I came back from England last year and, man, they had me fed up with this stuff.”

...Chile Pixtun, a Guatemalan, says the doomsday theories spring from Western, not Mayan ideas."

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or it's New Age crap of "our knowledge".

 

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The Late Andrew Ryan:
Sure extinct civilizations with 1/1,000,000th of our knowledge are always right

Well just to be clear, I don't think it means the end of the world. We obviously have yet to reach communism so therefore human history must continue...DUUUHHH! Stick out tongue

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Blueline976:

No, although it would mean the end of irritating internet debates.

There will always be more irritating internet debates. Even the end of the world wouldn't stop that.

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