It's the end of the world as I know it, and I feel fine!

"About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamour and opposition." Sir Isaac Newton

Does that sound a little like the current state of things in our world? Maybe a few politicians feeling the need to turns things back a millenia or two. Maybe a group of people that are completely intolerant to anything but what they have been taught. Yep, take a book literally! and people die over something that silly.

Now, if you believe in "The teachings", or "The good book" .... well good for you. In general they offer a good way to structure your life, but they aren't to be considered the only "right" way to go through life. Most of the conflicts we have are based on religious beliefs ..The problem is that people take these book literally or make up literal meaning to justify themselves.


UGH!

My position

.Use protection!
.Think of ADOPTION before ABORTION...remember that lots of people can't have children and this would be quite a gift!
.Stem cells AREN't a baby!

.Be good to others!

That is all!


OH, WAIT, about the world ending!

Doesn't it appear that we are a few short years from complete chaos? you already see it happening now, the only difference is the "it'll never happen to me" attitude most people have nowadays. That and the fact that people don't have any interest in anything else but themselves and the game of "whoever has the most wins!". I wonder why people think that life is about what they own. Sure, I like toys, but when I wake up in the morning I don't think about "making my mark", at least not financially. As long as people remember me when I leave, remember when I laughed, cried and sung a song WAY off key, that's all that matters!

Haven't we all noticed the wild ways in which this world is changing, and at an every increasing rate? How habitats are being eaten up by development? How every bit of this earth is being scavenged for anything we can use, with almost no thinking as to the reprocussions. How the climate is warming up at 10x the rate it was 50 years ago. How the polar ice caps and the glaciers may be all gone in our lifetime, and how the gulf stream is showing some very disturbing trends to do with warming and movement of the currents.

Can you say mini ice age .... or maybe an accidental nuke that destroys a huge portion oif the worlds population. I don't think the question is will it happen it WHEN!

Howz this for a headline? How many years until we've destroyed everything this planet has?

'Only 50 years left' for sea fish

"There will be virtually nothing left to fish from the seas by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a major scientific study."http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm

and I really thought the end of the world had to do with Britney Spears recent breakdown:-)