It's The End Of The World As We Know It - Page 2

melon · 05-21-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lemonfly

Funny thing is we can all laugh at this, but come the morning of December 21 2012 I think I'll be ever so slightly nervy. Strange how a pagan Mayan prophecy can make you slightly unsure, yet an interpretation on the Bible sounds completely ludricrous.

It's not the end of the world even in Mayan eschatology. I think they set the date for hundreds of thousands of years in the future. "2012" was just an arbitrary date set into their distant future for their calendar. I'm pretty sure had their civilisation survived, they'd have just written a new calendar with another distant, but arbitrary end date.

lemonfly · 05-21-2011, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by PhilsFan

If the Mayans really had it all figured out, do you think they would be extinct?

Haha good point. But I dig the Mayans. Their long count calender ends abruptly next December and (most likely) they thought it would usher in a new age of spiritual enlightenment. The whole "end of the world" thing is a largely Western construct. They studied the heavens and planetary alignments and apparently there's going to be a very rare alignment next year. Interesting shit.

jay canseco · 05-21-2011, 02:36 PM

Hey folks, I hate to break it to you but the rapture did happen today. It's just that the rest of us are all doomed to damnation. The sad part is that so very few were saved......

corianderstem · 05-21-2011, 03:13 PM

You know, what if the Rapture actually happens tonight, and it happens while U2 is onstage in Denver?

What if it takes Bono but nobody else in the band? Aaaaawkward!

Earnie Shavers · 05-21-2011, 03:25 PM

You'll get Van Diemen's Land and Numb ("Don't get raptured on stage.") Result!

Pearl · 05-21-2011, 03:33 PM

Well its 4:30pm EST and the sky is getting dark now. I guess God likes drama and big lead-up to the actual event.

Axver · 05-21-2011, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Earnie Shavers

You'll get Van Diemen's Land and Numb ("Don't get raptured on stage.") Result!

Now I'm going to start hoping the Rapture really DOES happen about three seconds into the gig.

kramwest1 · 05-21-2011, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by corianderstem

You know, what if the Rapture actually happens tonight, and it happens while U2 is onstage in Denver?

What if it takes Bono but nobody else in the band? Aaaaawkward!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earnie Shavers

You'll get Van Diemen's Land and Numb ("Don't get raptured on stage.") Result!

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Originally Posted by Axver

Now I'm going to start hoping the Rapture really DOES happen about three seconds into the gig.

OMG totally!!!

The all-Edge show--I'm quitting working and hitting every NA date!

PhilsFan · 05-21-2011, 05:34 PM

Maybe the Mayans didn't mean for the calendar to end in 2012. Maybe they only got that far because they suddenly became extinct.

INDY500 · 05-21-2011, 10:58 PM

The world didn't end today but something just as bad DID happen.

A French-Canadian won the pole for the Indianapolis 500.

Quelle horreur !!

BoMac · 05-21-2011, 10:59 PM

AchtungBono · 05-22-2011, 01:43 AM

*opens eyes and blinks*..

Wha...?
Who???
Where am I?.....in another universe??

What??? I'm still here??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I want my money back!!!!

heehee

See you all in December 2012.....or maybe I won't....

Have a nice day!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eal4fep7pK4

corianderstem · 05-22-2011, 10:54 AM

I sang Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" at karaoke last night.

Should have gone with Blondie's "Rapture."

MrsSpringsteen · 05-22-2011, 10:55 AM

The heck with you failed Rapture-all kinds of bad crap happened yesterday and I blame you

blueeyedgirl · 05-27-2011, 08:40 AM

So Camping's going with third time lucky?

MrsSpringsteen · 05-27-2011, 08:49 AM

Yeah-now it's October

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05-21-2011, 02:36 PM	#23
jay canseco War Child Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 796 Local Time: 11:53 PM	Hey folks, I hate to break it to you but the rapture did happen today. It's just that the rest of us are all doomed to damnation. The sad part is that so very few were saved......

05-21-2011, 03:13 PM	#24
corianderstem Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 64,498 Local Time: 11:53 PM	You know, what if the Rapture actually happens tonight, and it happens while U2 is onstage in Denver? What if it takes Bono but nobody else in the band? Aaaaawkward!

05-21-2011, 03:25 PM	#25
Earnie Shavers Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London/Sydney Posts: 6,609 Local Time: 06:53 AM	You'll get Van Diemen's Land and Numb ("Don't get raptured on stage.") Result!

05-21-2011, 03:33 PM	#26
Pearl Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 5,741 Local Time: 02:53 AM	Well its 4:30pm EST and the sky is getting dark now. I guess God likes drama and big lead-up to the actual event.

05-21-2011, 05:34 PM	#29
PhilsFan Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South Philadelphia Posts: 19,218 Local Time: 02:53 AM	Maybe the Mayans didn't mean for the calendar to end in 2012. Maybe they only got that far because they suddenly became extinct.

05-21-2011, 10:58 PM	#30
INDY500 Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The American Resistance Posts: 4,754 Local Time: 12:53 AM	The world didn't end today but something just as bad DID happen. A French-Canadian won the pole for the Indianapolis 500. Quelle horreur !!

05-22-2011, 10:54 AM	#33
corianderstem Blue Crack Distributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 64,498 Local Time: 11:53 PM	I sang Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" at karaoke last night. Should have gone with Blondie's "Rapture."

05-22-2011, 10:55 AM	#34
MrsSpringsteen Blue Crack Addict Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 28,231 Local Time: 02:53 AM	The heck with you failed Rapture-all kinds of bad crap happened yesterday and I blame you

05-27-2011, 08:40 AM	#35
blueeyedgirl Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bottom of the earth Posts: 6,776 Local Time: 04:23 PM	So Camping's going with third time lucky?