Will the world end today Dec. 21, 2012 as Mayans predicted?
Here in the Virgin Islands most persons didn’t seem to be bothered while others shared their views quite privately.
Among the speculations, however, was that there were many “signs of the end time” and the prediction needed not to just be brushed aside.
One person commented that the recent fatal accidents in the Territory were uncommon and this could be considered as one of the “signs”.
Another person made mention of the recent slaying of some 20 children and six women by a lone gunman in a small town in Connecticut, USA. For them, their world has already ended.
Virgin Islands News Online solicited a few comments from persons in the VI community including the popular Bishop John I. Cline, who said “I heard of it. I believe the bible… it says that no man knows the date nor the hour when such a time will come so I don’t know much about [the Mayan] culture… what I will do is stick with what my faith says… we just don’t know but we must be always ready for that time to come so that we live as it was our last day, everyday… so that when the time comes, whenever it is there will be no regret.”
First District Representative Hon. Andrew A. Fahie, who is known to be a very spiritual individual, said “only God knows such information and that is all that needs to be said on the top as far as I am concerned.”
The few words of Preacher Claude Skelton-Cline were “I believe in the bible not the Mayan calendar.”
Radio personality Paul Peart aka Gadiethz commented that “the superstition is catching on to the fact where people are taking it seriously… they’re making doomsday preparations all over the world. I personally don’t succumb to those things. It’s just another ploy… another hype. I don’t really see it as anything that is destined to happen but as far as the religion thing goes, it is just a time when people need to be serious with souls… My programme [yesterday] was all about ‘If the time should come and we are ready to go, are we prepared to meet our maker?’ I think the Mayans were trying to say certain things were going to change. We are going to enter into a different way of approaching things. That’s just all they were trying to say to us…”
Radio talk show host Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru said “I expect to wake up in the morning and do everything that I have to do… I advise people to live everyday like it’s their last. Some people go by the belief that Jesus is coming, and he could come at any time, so everybody should be ready… either for the end of the world or their personal end. Make the most of everyday because you don’t know when your life will end or when the world is going to end. Just make sure that you’re at peace with yourself and with all those around you.”
December 21 is regarded as the end-date of the more than five thousand year long cycle of the Mayan calendar. Some believe the end of the calendar will coincide with the end of days.
Historians, experts at NASA and even the Mayan people themselves, have said there is no need to prepare for the end of the world.
Nevertheless, and ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long Count" Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials were reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival shelters in America. In France believers were reportedly preparing to converge on a mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them.
The precise manner of Armageddon remains vague, however.
The day is here, December 21, 2012 and if you would have read this article then all seems to be well thus far!
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25 Responses to “Will the world end today Dec. 21, 2012 as Mayans predicted?”
All you people who talk about the world ending on December 21 2012, need to seriously take a chill pill and relax! I am so sick and tired of all the media hype and scare tactics. I understand, that while planet Earth is not always the most pleasant place to live in, constantly talking about the world ending, is not going to make our heavenly father come any faster. If people want the world to end, they should keep it to themselves, and quit trying to scare the rest of us out of our wits. All I'm saying, is you should enjoy life, and stop worrying about the end of the world. Enjoy life, and show love and appreciation to your family, friends and help out others whenever you can. The people who tell us this end of the world crap, are just a bunch of overpaid scientists who don't know what they're talking about. As someone else commented, only God knows when the world ends.