Monday, December 27, 2004
I love the History Channel, they have such great shows on. Last night I watched a show called Countdown to the Apocolypse. If I spelled that right. It was really quite interesting.
Apparently, according to the bible, there will come four horsemen to end time. The first one will be white, and will be bent on world domination and war. It will be the antichrist. I'm thinking this one is Bush, he fits the criteria quite nicely. There's no doubt in my mind that Bush is trying for world domination. Of course he's a "good Christian man" and all that, but I believe he's decieving us. The History Channel once did a show on Bush a few years ago. It revealed that he was once (if he's not still) a part of an organization called the Skull and Bones. This organization is known for human sacrifice and demon worshiping. I'm not certain there is much human sacrifice going on these days, as that would be hard to cover up, but the demon worship does not surprise me in the least. Although, there are many government officials who are part of this group, so perhaps that makes it easier to cover up any sacrifices. No, I don't think Bush is a "good Christian man", I think he's pure evil.
The second horse is the Red Horse who will bring war and chaos. I think this is a symbol not of one person, but of humanity. Without order (as the White Horse will fall), humankind will go into a murderous state, killing for no apparent reason. Slaying one another, mass destruction.
The Black Horse will come of this. The world will be a wasteland from the wars. Famine will strike. More will die of hunger. Humankind will be thinning.
The final horse is the Ashen Horse, a pale horseman named Death. I do not think, however, that it means Death in the literal sense. This too, is symbolism. The Tarot card Death does not mean literal death. It is actually possitive. Death in the Tarot means a clearing of the old to make way for the new, to make way for the better. I believe that this Death rider in the bible is a symbol of the end of the dark times. The beginning of a peaceful time. And why not? After such wars and so many deaths, there will be plenty of room for everybody. There will be no need to fight over territories. No, I don't think humanity will be wiped out completely. Some will remain. And those few will live in peace and prosperity. The thousand years of perfect peace.
Now, I don't believe in the bible completely, nor am I Christian. But I can't help but be drawn to biblical prophecies. Because, bible or not, it is still a prediction of the future. I think that some of these prophets might not have necessarily wanted to be part of the bible, but due to the power and dominion of the church at the time, they had to be, or they would die. Granted the church never "technically" killed anyone due to the inquisition, it was the sheriffs of the towns at the time. But the church suggested it be done. Strongly. So, to my reasoning, some (not necessarily all) of the prophets were forced to put their visions into biblical terms, in order for them to be preserved and taken seriously. Like Nostradamus for example, he had to obscure his writings so that he would not be persecuted by the church.
Really it's quite sad, the times back then. Back when the church was not beautiful but terrible. Because so many of the great prophets could not write too clearly, for fear of being tried as a witch. But we cannot judge the present-day church based on the church of the past.
There is also mention of a beast. A great beast from the sea with seven heads and ten horns. A beast that is terrible, but decieves the people. A beast that the people commend instead of condemn. The deciever that all people follow, from all the world. This, too, could be Bush. For he is decieving. I lean more towards this than the white horseman. Or could he be both? It's possible. This beast will make people wear a mark upon their right hands or foreheads to show their allegiance to him. 666 is the mark. In all honesty, I would not be surprised if Bush one day made people do that.
This is a quote from Bush himself: "A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it." —George W. Bush, July 27, 2001. Now tell me he's not trying for domination. This is in no way simple bitterness for Kerry's loss, it's the truth as I see it. I don't believe that we actually elect a president anyway. At least not in this case. He was chosen to be president. Not by God, but by a few men behind the scenes.
I believe that the end of time as we know it will soon come to an end. Nostradamus predicted it for sometime after the year 3000, I can't remember the exact number. But something's happened to change that, I can feel it. History has been altered before it has been made. I truly believe that we will see it within the next 20 years. Ancient Mayan calendars abruptly end in the year 2012. Why did they make them in the first place? And why did they not continue? I believe the actual date was something like either Novermber or December 20 in 2012. I can only think they stopped because they saw visions of the destruction of time as we know it. Maybe they just got sick of it... but why would they abruptly end in the middle of a month on such an odd year?
There are signs of impending doom all around us. Two volcanic eruptions can happen at any time. Two huge volcanic eruptions, ones that would destroy a great area of land surrounding them. One is in either Europe or Africa, and will cause a great chunk of land to fall into the sea. The land falling into the ocean on the other side of the Atlantic would cause a massive wave of ocean to strike the east coast of the Americas. Up to 20 miles inland from the shore will be devastated. The other is Yellowstone National Park, here in the U.S., and will cover most of the mid-west states in layer upon layer of ash. This would cause the Mississippi River to turn into a giant muddy ashy muck, instead of the great river that it is.
There is also still the issue of Global Warming. The polar ice caps continue to melt at a frightening rate. The ocean level has risen significantly, and the temperature of the ocean is also rising. It is also becoming more dilluted, as it is fresh water melting into salt water. This will cause the usual oceanic movement patterns (not sure what they're called, but kind of like the jet-stream of the atmosphere) to either cease or change. This might not sound like much, but it will have a devastating effect on the world. The Oceans contribute greatly to the temperature of the whole world. When (not if, when) these streams change, the world will be plunged into another ice age. The expert on the show said that we can expect things like the Hudson River freezing solid. Yes, he mentioned the Hudson specifically, I didn't pull it out of my butt because I once lived there. And not just freezing over, like it does most every year, but freezing completely solid, all the way down to the river-bed. It certainly would be like something out of the movie "Day After Tomorrow", although that movie is not completely scientifically correct.
I don't mean to be pessimistic, or to try to frighten anyone. I'm pretty much just mulling over the information. It's a lot to take in. I believe some of the biblical prophecy, but not in a literal sense. I believe that if this end of days has anything to do with good and evil, religion will not be an issue. There could be evil Christians who will die, and there could be good Satanists who will live. No, I don't think that only Christians will survive. I believe that if you are a good person, you will live. I don't think the Lord and Lady much care about what religion you call yourself. I also don't believe that the evil people will burn in a hellish place for all eternity. Sure, there will be punishment. And only when they learn will they walk in peace. But the point is, they will walk in peace. For there is no sense in continuing punishment after the lesson is learned. Not in life nor the afterlife.
Hell is simply a scare tactic used by the early church to scare people into coming to church and giving them money. Really, the original church was not about God at all, but about power. It was a monopoly. Kind of like the Stewart's situation in C-town, but on a larger scale. They buy out everyone else around and have complete control over the industry. Unfortunately, many churches are still about money instead of God. Granted, there are good priests out there who are uncorrupt, but they are few and far between.
There have been many followers of biblical prophecy who thought their time was the end time. The time came and went with no event. This time, however, there are more signs than there were in the past. Middle Eastern prophecy says that the end of time will come with attacks from the west. What's west of the Middle East? The United States. The bible speaks of a deciever starting the end. We have a deciever among us. Mayan calendars drop off in 2012, which is just around the corner. An expert on the History Channel said we can expect a dramatic increase in destruction due to natural disasters within one to twenty years. There is also a strain of influenza threatening to spread from Chinese farms, a strain for which there is no vaccine. A new strain, mutated. It would spread like SARS.
I really hate to sound like one of these doomsday criers. But all the signs add up to one thing: mass world destruction due to war and nature, followed by a dramatic decrease in the number of humans.
From the looks of things on the news, it seems we'll be invading Iran soon. Now we know Iran has nuclear weapons. The United States sold them to Iran. We know what Iran is capable of. And Iran is not afraid to use them. This means nuclear war. Prophecies have told of hot gases burning the flesh off corpses before the corpse can hit the ground. Both nuclear weapons and volcanic eruptions can cause this to happen.
There is also a prophecy of the world viewing the dead bodies of war. The entire world. This was not possible until the invention of Television.
I forget the name of the battle field, but the bible says the final battle will be fought in this valley. It actually exists, and has been the site of more battles than any other parcel of land. It's in the Middle East. Where are we figting now? The Middle East. In all probability, this battle will take place, and in that very valley.
Hmm... I'm not sure what else to say. I know I probably sound like I've cracked. But when you look at all the information out there, everything at our disposal, it's nearly impossible to ignore. You'd have to be living under a rock to not know what's going on in the world politicaly, let alone biblicaly. I'm just really hoping to get out of here before Yellowstone blows. Because it could happen literally any day. I'm not obsessing over it. I don't think it's going to happen within a few months, though it's entirely possible. For the time being, I'm pretty safe. I don't know... maybe I have cracked. All I know is that the more I hear about biblical and other prophecy, the more credit I put to it.
By the way, Hell is on tonight. At 9 PM on the History Channel. It's a thing about Devil worshipers in the United States. Seems interesting enough. A lot better than something like Survivor or some crap.
So there you have it, my musings on the world's situation and prophecy. Tear it apart at will.
Niki ran away at 12:35 p.m.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Matt had his wisdom teeth out today. He's not a very happy camper. Seeing how they have to cut into the gums, it's a little hard to stitch it up. So it just bleeds for hours. His face is all numb, which naturally makes you drool, so I've been wiping pinkish red drool off his face.
I feel so bad for him, he's in a lot of pain. Well, thanks to pain killers, it's not as bad. He's sleeping like a baby right now, I just hope he's not hurting too bad when I get him up.
He has to leave gauze in to help stop the bleeding, so it makes it just a lot difficult to take a sip of water, let alone swallow some big horse pill.
He should be alright in a couple days. For now, he's not supposed to try to chew, or it'll make the bleeding worse. He's also not supposed to brush his teeth. The only time I've heard a dentist tell someone not to brush.
So yeah, that's about it. Still no word on the case. I don't think we'll be there for Christmas or New Year's, unless it comes in sometime this week and they call him. Or the beginning of next week, in which case we won't make it back in time.
Niki ran away at 02:05 p.m.
Thursday, December 9, 2004
I GOT MY GUITAR!
Yes, it finally came. Just now. Seems to be the UPS guy delivers in the evenings. Which is just fine with me, it means I don't have to get up early.
I can't believe it finally came, this makes me so happy! ^.^
Now I can be all cool'ish because I have a guitar.
God, I'm such a geek
In any case, this is a pic of it ^.^
Not a very good one, as the lighting in here is bad and the web-cam is fuzzy, but good enough. You can see the purdy color, that's all that matters.
Now I just need to figure out how to tune the darn thin o.O
Niki ran away at 05:20 p.m.
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
This is quite the informative site. Unfortunately, it does denounce Paganism, as will any Christian organization. But it holds to what my opinion of True Christianity should be. Seems like someone studied their bibles.
My only problem is that they don't have contact information. I'd like to speak with the creator of this site about the End Times. Not that he/she would likely humor my heathen ass, but it would be worth a shot.
Niki ran away at 06:00 p.m.
Friday, December 3, 2004
I fucking hate it when you call a company, and they put you on hold for an exceedingly long period of time. I've been on hold to the Stephen King Library for over ten minutes now, and it's really starting to piss me off.
Aparantly they think I need to pay them .32 for a book that I returned. At least, that's what the statement I just got is implying. It's fucking bullshit. I'm trying to get ahold of a real person instead of this crap-ass "easy listening" music that they play. Aparantly they think it's going to calm whatever angry customer happens to be on the line, when in fact it's just pissing me off even more.
If they want me to calm down, they can answer the fucking phone. Instead of jerking off in the back room, or getting high, or whatever the fuck they happen to be doing.
The original balance was .32, and they just charged me a 4 dollar "late fee". I want to find out if they're going to charge me for the book I returned or not, and an answer would be appreciated soon. There's no way in hell I'm going to pay up over twenty bucks for something I didn't even open, let alone something I just returned.
Any fucking day now, really.
I keep getting this automated voice interrupting said "easy listening" music, saying "thank you for continuing to hold, your call will be answered by the next available representative.". It's said that about 20 times now, and I'm really getting pissed.
ANY FUCKING DAY NOW!
Niki ran away at 02:35 p.m.
Thursday, December 2, 2004
Christmas shopping for Matt is done. I'm proud of me. I did it all today.
Of course, that means I had to get up at like, 6 in the morning. I haven't done that since... I worked at Stewart's.
I got him new slippers, because his are falling apart. WalMart is wonderful like that, not only are they cheap, they actually come in his size "boat". I got him a bath robe, the one he was drooling over (WalMart again), and a new electric can-opener that's also a knife sharpener and bottle opener. You guessed it, WalMart. I also got him an Emily The Strange fleece blanket (I thought he would have to change his underwear when he saw it in the store), and a bottle of English Toffee syrup stuff. He drools over it every time we go into Gloria Jean's, but he won't buy it.
He's coming out of the shower now, gotta go
Niki ran away at 04:48 p.m.