Jesus had already predicted that the arrival of the Last Judgment was imminent in year 30. Martin of Tours reaffirmed those predictions a few years later, adding that the world would end before year 400. Days before the 6th of April 793, the monk Beatus of Liébana prophesied the second coming of Christ and the end of the world on this date. People, believing the world would end, fasted overnight. Pope Innocent III said the world would end 666 days after the rise of Islam.
William Whiston, an English theologian, historian and mathematician, advocate of the periodicity of comets, held that comets were responsible for past catastrophes in earth's history, and predicted in 1736 that the world would end on October 16 of that year because a comet would hit the earth, causing widespread anxiety among London's citizens. Meteorogist Albert Porta said in 1919 that an alignment of the planets would cause the explosion of the Sun. Housewife Dorothy Martin from Chicago reported receiving messages from aliens by automatic writing. Such messages claimed that the world would end due to a great flood before dawn on December 21, 1954. Lots of people foretold that computers would no longer work at the beginning of the year 2000, leading to failures in the control of nuclear warheads and in all systems controlled by computers, causing doomsday.
OK. According to Mayan predictions (which might be misinterpreted), the Judgment Day is scheduled for tomorrow. But, after analyzing the history of the "doomsday dates", should we actually believe, once and for all, that the world as we know it will end tomorrow? Because we could go further with the analysis: Sir Isaac Newton proposed, basing his calculations on data from the book of Daniel, that the Apocalypse could happen after 2060.
Let us think a little...
Anyway, I love these occasions. Seriously, I love them. They make me think about how I've lived so far. And not in a nostalgic way, but from a global perspective. And you know what? If the hypothetical case of The Day of the Lord taking place tomorrow was true, I think it would be OK for me. I mean, I've gone through really deep emotional states, I've felt true love, friendship and infinite passion. I tried everything that this world gave me, and was thankful for everything I got. I lived far away from the people I love, and I fell down and got up countless times. I have learned another language and understood other people's mind. I have enjoyed every single moment of the years, and I did not let one year be worse than the previous one. I have laughed to tears, I have cried until the tears turned into laughter. I sang, danced, jumped, ran... I always got carried away by the flow of life. Anything I regret? Nothing.
So, Doomsday, you don't scare me. In fact, you make me happy. Because you show me how lucky I am. Cheers!
William Whiston, an English theologian, historian and mathematician, advocate of the periodicity of comets, held that comets were responsible for past catastrophes in earth's history, and predicted in 1736 that the world would end on October 16 of that year because a comet would hit the earth, causing widespread anxiety among London's citizens. Meteorogist Albert Porta said in 1919 that an alignment of the planets would cause the explosion of the Sun. Housewife Dorothy Martin from Chicago reported receiving messages from aliens by automatic writing. Such messages claimed that the world would end due to a great flood before dawn on December 21, 1954. Lots of people foretold that computers would no longer work at the beginning of the year 2000, leading to failures in the control of nuclear warheads and in all systems controlled by computers, causing doomsday.
OK. According to Mayan predictions (which might be misinterpreted), the Judgment Day is scheduled for tomorrow. But, after analyzing the history of the "doomsday dates", should we actually believe, once and for all, that the world as we know it will end tomorrow? Because we could go further with the analysis: Sir Isaac Newton proposed, basing his calculations on data from the book of Daniel, that the Apocalypse could happen after 2060.
Let us think a little...
So, Doomsday, you don't scare me. In fact, you make me happy. Because you show me how lucky I am. Cheers!
1 comment:
Your post is very good! I am certain that Mayan people didnt wrote the end of the world as we see it, nevertheless they were the civilization that knew most about astrology, what they meant was the end of an astrologycal cycle. Nobody will know the exact date of the Final Judgment, the Holly Bible says. I really liked your post and it is so good young people like you think so well about life!.....send you a smile!
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