Different Beliefs rooted from different religions.Religion has vastly influenced every aspects of our lives. The way we think and the way was influenced by our religion. Would you believe if they say that the world is going to end?
The hottest talk these day are the upcoming Judgement Day. They said that the world will end in December 21,2012. Of course we wouldn't want that to happen right? There are a lot of things that we want to accomplish. They based this theory on the specific dates on the bible. It would be a hard task but they have a proof.
What i read on:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/05/16/by-the-numbers-how-may-21-2011-was-calculated-to-be-judgment-day/. The radical Christians has came to support their beliefs because of this evidences:
The Great Flood Struck in 4990 B.C.
Family Radio president Howard Camping determined the date of the flood by cobbling together information from the Bible. Starting with the exodus of the Jews out of Egypt, commonly thought to have occurred in 1447 B.C., he counted back through each generation to
form a timeline, reaching the year 4990 B.C. for the flood.
The accuracy of this date is paramount to Camping’s argument, but he seems to be one of a minority group in arriving at this number. Other biblical scholars say the flood happened around 2000 B.C.
Seven Days’ Warning of the Great Flood
“Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.” (Genesis 7: 4)
People had seven days to prepare for the great flood — an apocalyptic event in that time. This number serves as a benchmark.
Seven Days Equals 7,000 Years
“But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.” (2 Peter 3:8)
Using the seven-day warning as a benchmark, Camping’s calculations take this passage to heart. He added 7,000 years to the great flood date of 4990 B.C. (accounting for the fact that Year Zero doesn’t officially exist in the Gregorian calendar we use today) to determine the date of the next destruction of humanity. But isn’t this number a bit contrived? After all, no other biblical event used a multiplier of 1,000. So why this one?
Month 2, Day 17
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.” (Genesis 7: 11)
The great flood occurred on 17 Iyar of the then standard Hebrew calendar, which 7,000 years later corresponds to May 21 in 2011.
Taking this evidence into account, Camping and his crew predict that earthquakes will shake the world at 6 p.m. on May 21. But many nonbelievers of the prediction, particularly religious ones, refute Family Radio’s claims using other biblical evidence. After all, would God truly reveal his plans in a calculated manner?
“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.” (Matthew 24: 36)
And it appears that not even Camping truly knows. After all, he predicted the same situation before — in 1994 — and 17 years later, we’re still here. He later blamed that failed prediction on a miscalculation. Will he have to draft a similar excuse after Saturday?
Of course these evidences sure makes sense. Also, they based it on the bible so we have to believe it because it's the word of God. But what I can say is, He didn't directly said it. There are a lot of hidden message in his words but all of that is for us to live in a more efficient way. Not because they said it came from the bible, I would believe it automatically. I believe in God's words and what I believe is his verse in bible : Matthew 24:36 : "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father". It is enough evidence for me to not believe on what others say. So what I will do is to continue believing on Him and just ignore what they say. God wouldn't lie to us right?
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