So just over 2 weeks ago, the world didn't end as predicted. I have to say it was actually slightly disappointing.
Although, there was supposed to be a thing where if the world DID end, then there would be about 159 days of hell on earth. I have to say, sometimes when I am in work it actually does feel like the world did end and that I am in hell. Oh well, another 143 days of that to go.
It did make me laugh to read that thousands of people gave away their possesions in an act of goodwill hoping to be part of the 2% of people that the preacher Harold Camping who gave us this prediction said would get into heaven. These people would be "eternally alive" though I am sure that a lot of people would argue that this would be hell in itself. Some people quit their jobs to become "ambassadors" to go driving around to declare to everyone that "The end of the world is nigh"
Now before this prediction was made, I even asked the question itself whether the world was going to end soon but I didn't do anything different and wasn't worried that it might actually happen. It seems like these kind of predictions happen when there are times of uncertainty and when there is a lot of crisis in the world. Though major occurrences have happened, these kind of things seem to happen all the time.
I saw an amazing episode of The Simpsons (strangely, I've only ever seen this episode once) where after watching a film, Homer Simpson believes that the rapture is coming. He then starts to gather books to get more information (one book being "The rapture for dummies") and then goes on TV to spread the word. He quotes a message from the bible. A message saying that before the rapture happens "the stars will fall to the earth". Later, a blimp that is filled with celebrities, has an accident and causes the "stars" on board to fall to the earth. So of course, people believe him and he gets on a bus with them all and goes to Springfield Mesa. Is the rapture going to happen??.....................No. Everyone in town then gets annoyed and go back home, a few taking the mickey out of Homer who goes home himself and then realises that he miscalculated and that the rapture is in 30 minutes. Nobody believes him so he ends up going alone to Springfield Mesa and then the rapture actually does occur. After entering heaven and getting a personal tour, he asks what happened to his family and sees that there is hell on earth and his family are burning. So after having a natter with God who denies Homers' request to save his family, Homer ironically starts to raise hell in heaven. God then decides to make a deal with him and telle him that He will turn back time and put off the rapture. So Homer gets sent back to earth and then you see him rushing to find his favourite place to see if it is still there. It is. He goes into his local tavern and quotes "this is Heaven".
So the world not ending has given me the chance to do a list that I thought of just after my birthday over 2 months ago. I'm hoping to do a list that I wrote of "30 things to do before I am 30" in a bid to improve my life and also to make me feel better about myself. I am going to start another blog that will be me doing the things on the list-like a diary or something along those lines. I will post the link at the end of this post soon when I have started it.
It'll be just my luck that I'll be halfway through the list and then the rapture will occur.
