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NASA Attempts To Assuage 2012 Fears
eldavojohn writes "The apocalyptic film 2012 has dominated the box office, taking in $65 million on opening weekend. But with all those uninformed eyeballs watching the film, NASA has found itself answering so many common questions that their Ask an Astrobiologist blog offers calming, professional reassurance that there is no planet Nibiru, nor will it collide with Earth (although I do recall a massive solar storm forecast). NASA's main site even offers a FAQ answering similar questions. NPR has more on NASA scientist David Morrison and his efforts to calm the ensuing public hysteria, but survivalists are already planning for the big one. Pretty funny, right? Not according to Morrison: 'I've had three from young people saying they were contemplating committing suicide. I've had two from women contemplating killing their children and themselves. I had one last week from a person who said, "I'm so scared, my only friend is my little dog. When should I put it to sleep so it won't suffer?" And I don't know how to answer those questions.'"
>>>I just wonder how the hell did some of these people reach adulthood
Government took care of them. (1) School (babysitter). (2) Then the easy diploma (entrance to job). (3) And finally welfare, food stamps, and cheap housing, to add extra money on top of the job earnings.
In our society people don't have to grow-up. They can live in perpetual childhood until the day they die.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
stupid people breed stupid people.
Paying taxes to buy civilization is like paying a hooker to buy love.
Ooh.. I thought it was the church:
(1) Sunday school, indocrti^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H church school etc.. (2) You get a job working for the pastors business partners. (3) Soup kitchens, women's circles, retreats and shelters, payola from the congregation and increased social status so long as you are subservient.
In such a society there is never any need to think. They can live in perpetual retardation till the day they die.
"Oops, I always forget the purpose of competition is to divide people into winners and losers." - Hobbes
I hate to tell you, but it's real, and very very real. Unfortunately, not quite as the movie depicts it, but I could see how when NASA plans to crash their satellite into the moon to see "what happens"...it may be a catalyst that could effectively break off part of the moon
and then being that its orbiting the earth, that part could come crashing down on earth, as well now that the moon is not a full moon, the effects on the earths climate and atmosphere could change for the worst.
Slashdot covered the story of NASA crashing their junk on the moon, supposedly to see what the impact would cause in terms of crater size...but I say, any time mankind has the idea to blow stuff up, nothing good comes of it....especially the item in question is responsible for our atmosphere, and our tides and currents in the sea, giving life (to sum up) to the whole planet.
Call e crazy, but I do not see us out of the woods yet.....
ps- Also, can anyone tell me why the international council has not stepped up and asked the Amercians (NASA) why they think they have the right to crash things into the moon...it isn't just theirs to do as they wish with!
It seems obvious to me that these fears have nothing to do with the magical date of 2012. They are manifestations of peoples' subconscious realization that they live in a diabolical empire on its last legs on the world stage. America is losing its wars in the Middle East, having a mockery made of it by Israel's colonization of Palestinian land and destruction of their homes, and is collapsing economically like the Soviet Union. People may not consciously realize that their empire is at an end and their way of life finished, but their conscience revolts and such fears as these bubble up to the surface.
You are well and truly finished, finished like the Mayans. You shit the bed and now you have to sleep in it. You have waged wars of conquest, you have allowed your politicians and bankers and military contractors to loot you with barely a whimper, you have ruined your environment, you have abandoned your fellow human beings and you have abandoned God. It should be no surprise that some people feel guilt more acutely, but misunderstand why they feel guilty and how they will reap what they have sown.
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
Before that happens he'll move to San Francisco
All theory is gray
Perhaps they'll issue a mass Darwin Award.
Now imagine the irony if "Intelligent Design" supporters (as good examples of "take everything literally" ignorant) are among its winners !
"Sufficiently advanced satire is indistinguishable from reality." - [Tips: 1DrYakQDKCQ6y52z6QbnkxHXAocMZJE61o ]
If they have faith in the capitalized God, the word subverted to mean the Christian god then of course they are open to ridicule.
If you want to be an agnostic deist, go right ahead. But if you have faith in the vile fabrication that the Christians, Jews, and Muslims worship as a god, then expect to be attacked. If your "faith" means supporting a religious construct that endorses genocide, rape, and slavery, but you "only pick out the parts of the bible we agree with" then what good IS that faith?
It's nothing more than fire insurance.