Critically examining the "End of the World"
Nostradamus 2012
The Problem with Prophecy
Jul 22nd
Doomsday prophecies are nothing new. Neither is a widespread desire to believe them. But in the end, they’re meaningless. The thing that most people fail to realize about “prophecy” is that it is ultimately open to interpretation. If an individual wants to believe a prophecy is true, whether as reinforcement for their religious world view, because they’re superstitious, or simply because the idea of a Universe in which they might actually be accountable for their actions is truly terrifying, it is a relatively simple matter to interpret specific lines as being relevant or in reference to actual historical events. The fact that the link between the event and the prophecy exists only in their mind is all too easy for them to dismiss.
Nostradamus is famous, or infamous, for a plethora of prophecies he wrote in his life time. He has been credited with predicting World War 2, the Atomic Bomb, and the 9/11 terrorist attacks of 2001, and more, but the truth is none of these things are actually explicitly expressed in his own words. Rather, he uses vague poetic images which people hundreds of years later have decided allude to events that transpired between the time of Nostradamus and their present time. This is like seeing a television with no signal, cluttered with snow, then suddenly seeing the image of a sailboat after somebody else tells you it is there. It is all to easy to fit the random elements into a pattern when you have a pattern you want or expect to see.
This same process holds true with “biblical prophecy.” Most “biblical prophecy” as espoused by the “Rapture Ready” is a crude hack job of biblical texts that has as much reason and consistency as William S Burrough’s “cut up” technique of writing. That is to say, they’ll take a few lines from one book, a few lines from another, toss them in a blender, set it to puree, and then pour out the sauce and go “literal interpretation of the ineffable word of God” despite the fact that for it to be the “literal interpretation of the ineffable word of God” it would a) have to be true for the present time, which would b) make it utterly meaningless and insensible for the 2000 some odd year history of Christianity. I have a hard time seeing how something “ineffable” can be right for the last 20 years, and wrong for the 2000 years proceeding it. That seems like a pretty huge and glaring error.
At the end of the day, the value of prophecy to those that believe in it is the concept that things are preordained. That they are not accountable, or for that matter, even capable of affecting the world in which they live or it’s future. It is in short a “bury your head in the sand” card. If everything has already been foretold, why make an effort to change it? This is why prophecy, despite being utterly bogus, is all too dangerous. If people at large do not make an effort to create positive change, to push for progressive reform that safeguards the environment while elevating the living conditions of human beings, then nothing will change. The status quo is not our friend. While what we know may be comfortable, it is anything but safe.
Nostradamus 12-21-2012 Predictions
Jan 16th
Much has been said about the events of 12-21-2012 and the perceived end of the long form Mayan calender. This has given light to many end of the world theories an predictions, but mostly from profiteers who want to take advantage of public fears. This doesn’t mean that we can not take a practical look at possible scenarios and what we can do to survive 2012.
Ironically enough Michel De 
Nostradamus was said to be born on December 21, 1503. Throughout his life Nostradamus was a renowned seer and in 1555 published a book of entitled “The Prophecies” where he gave his predictions of different major world events that would occur.
Since this time the writing of Nostradamus has been used by those looking to predict future events ranging from major world wars to natural disasters. Seldom has one book caused so much divisiveness and controversy among believers and skeptics.
Many people have been curious about the Nostradamus 12-21-2012 predictions and how he saw this conceived “end of the world” scenario. While there are no direct predictions for this date in his works many people believe that his prediction of a comet hitting the earth can be related to a realistic 2012 doomsday scenario.
Several excerpts many link to a Nostradamus 12-21-2012 prophecy include
Quatrain II.46
After great misery for mankind an even greater one approaches, when the great cycle of the centuries is renewed. It will rain blood, milk, famine, war and disease. In the sky will be seen a fire, dragging a tail of sparks.
Quatrain II.41
The great star for seven days will burn, The cloud will cause two suns to appear: The big mastiff all night will howl, When the great pontiff changes countries.
Quatrain II.70
The arrow from heaven will make it’s journey. Dead while speaking; a great execution. The stone in the tree, the pond nation brought down. The rumour of a human monster, purge and expiation.
These words have often been used to describe a doomsday scenario where a comet from space would strike the Earth causing massive devastation and the extinction of the human race.
How plausible is a Nostradamus 12-21-2012 comet scenario?
Many people may think that with December 21, 2012 fast approaching this scenario would not be possible. If there was a giant comet of asteroid on a collision course with Earth we would have seen it already, right?
This may be the scariest part of all. Currently it’s reported that NASA and several different independent agencies monitoring efforts are falling short of their goal to track 90 percent of all near earth objects between 140 meters and 1 kilometer in length. While these objects are too small to cause planetary damage, they’re still large enough to cause devastating damage to a local region, especially if they were to hit near a populated urban area. However, they are on track to meet their goals for tracking objects 1 kilometer or larger. These objects are massive enough that they could inflict major catastrophic damage on a planetary scale were they to impact the Earth
Wait, 2020? This means that currently NASA is currently way below this number if they’re not even on course to meeting the 90% mark.
What this could potentially mean is that an object with the size to cause massive devastation to major cities, infrastructure and the economy could sneak by without us even knowing. While there is no way to know for certain this has left many to ponder whether the Nostradamus comet predictions and 12-21-2012 are linked.
We’ll be delving further into this link in future posts as we go over different plausible doomsday scenarios.
i heard through the media that Nostradamus has predicted 2012 is the end do u believe ? ?
May 17th
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Nostradamus: 2012 – 1 (HD)
May 15th
Nostradamus: 2012 – 1 – History Channel’s 2009 documentary (HD) It’s a year that many have prophesied will bring a catastrophic end to life as we know it. Whatever is in store—a massive cosmic collision, a global environmental disaster, an Armageddon-like religious showdown, or a more subtle transformation—many believe that 2012 will mark a major shift in the history of our planet. But what is there to substantiate such fears? A detailed, historical investigation of this chilling prophecy is the mission of Nostradamus 2012, an exciting HISTORY special that casts the doomsday warning in a frighteningly modern context. December 21, 2012 is bearing down on us with alarming speed. Whether or not we are able to collectively heed the warnings and affect a course to avert disaster may be the defining moment of the modern age. Also can be seen at: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com (HD real!!!)
Nostradamus 2012 Pt8 of 11 History Channel
May 9th
This video has to be seen along with the discussion on the Pyramids in the topic titled: The People from Atlantis. This discussion can be found at the forum www.globalbk.socialgo.com Prophecies and other information on destruction 2012 and on Atlantis. For viewing by members of Global Brahma Kumaris Forum and for everyone else.
