Posted on December 30, 2008 - by MG
Is the 2012 prophecy linked to the economy?
I never do this, but for once I’m going to reference something else in the blogosphere and comment on it.
Yes – me – taking an interest in public affairs! Me peeking out from my self-imposed coccoon/ivory tower!
Well it’s 2012, is what it is. I keep an eye out for juicy 2012 stories and I liked the cut of this one’s jib.
In his Ten Economic Predictions for 2009 writing for the stock investment tip Website Seeking Alpha, Jason Hamlin lists ten predictions, some of which seem startlingly precise to the untrained eye (gold rising to up to $2,000, for example). It’s gloomy doomy, as you’d expect although Jason tries to see the bright side: we’ll all be better for it in the long run.
Well sure, that’s the conclusion historians often make about terrible historical events. The Black Death in the European Middle Ages did wonders for class mobility, by all accounts. I’d still sooner not have been one of those that died of black death to make Europe a better place, however.
The 2012 connection comes in the conclusion: the world’s economy may hit rock bottom in 2012. If there was ever an event that might change the whole world’s outlook on life, a broken economy might do it. That’s what Jason reckons. Is this what the ancient Maya foresaw? That the finances of the world could only continue for so long and then blam. It was all bound to fall to pieces. Probably around 2012. Dec 21st or 22nd. Round about teatime.
That’s some pretty fine soothsaying, if you don’t mind me saying so. Economic mysteries revealed in celestial events like the precession of the galaxy…wow.
So, we have now officially considered our first bit of 2012 quackery.
As Bill Clinton’s election campaign team liked to say, it’s the economy, stupid.
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December 30, 2008
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Now I feel really cheered up! I’ve been convincing myself that things will be bad in 2009 but will recover in 2010 – I’m not sure I could cope with things getting worse all through to 2012!
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December 31, 2008
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Just a thought!
A slight adjustment/recalculation on the date, making it 20/12/2012. (I don’t know whether the original date is a prediction from the past looking at the future, or a prediction from the present looking at the past.)
The number similarity within the date is apparent. Further, adding the numbers up would bring you to the number 1, which is not only the end of a count DOWN, but also the beginning of a count UP.
After that, I have a mental breakdown!
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January 6, 2009
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I’m not so worried about the end of the world, financial disaster, and all the schizzle. I’m more interested in the fact we get to be there at the end of the calendar – whether it’s something or nothing.
How amazing to be around at the end of an era and the beginning of a new! However short-lived (tee hee) or insignificant.
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January 8, 2009
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Interesting.
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October 2, 2009
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First, I just want to say that in this world of sinners (such as myself) anything and everything is very possible. Prophecies may be fortold and true but there is no way to know for sure what will really happen. God the father of heaven and earth is the only one who can truely forsee all. What’s going to or not going to happen in 2012 is totally unpreventable if this is what God wants. All I can say is to enjoy what you have today and the people you love and have in your lives. Live life to the fullest and repent whole heartedly and pray that YOU are saved. The world as we know it WILL one day come to an end but not when we say so, but when He says so.
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August 5, 2010
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I think there is more to this and something is wrong. Bill gates and lots of other rich people like rockerfella etc donating a lot of their wealth to charity. Keep hearing 2 years for the economy to resolve. Thats 2012 folks. What do they know that we do not. Seeds and plants being stored in Norway in sealed caves. Somethings very very wrong here.