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We didn’t need Julie Rowe or Doomsday Preppers – we just needed a new apostasy and baptism policy. Today my facebook overflows with “Preparing for the Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord.” One ward member posted a video, I skipped and told myself, “You don’t have a dog in this fight, don’t worry.” A few hours later another lady set up a “Fast and Pray for President Monson”. When you click to it, it talks about him needing strength to take us through these end of days. I presume these little droplets are just the beginning.
As a good Latter Day Saint, I ran directly to LDS.org to get my supply of thoughts on the matter. If you want them, feel free to borrow them. Both are from Elder Boyd K. Packer.
2011 General Conference – Counsel to the Youth
Quote:Sometimes you might be tempted to think as I did from time to time in my youth: “The way things are going, the world’s going to be over with. The end of the world is going to come before I get to where I should be.” Not so! You can look forward to doing it right—getting married, having a family, seeing your children and grandchildren, maybe even great-grandchildren.
Quote:The second and similar piece from his book
Truths Most Worth KnowingQuote:“It is a marvelous time to be alive. The world is not going to come to an end anytime soon. You are going to have time to stand, as I stand now, talking about your children and your grandchildren and your great-grandchildren. You decide!
“…I bear witness that Jesus is the Christ. He lives. We know Him. He directs this Church. The gospel is true. The plan is a great plan of happiness. May you look forward to a marvelous life in the greatest work that has ever been on the face of this earth.”
That’s All.
If doomsday fanatics spent half as much time working on fixing the problems of the world as opposed to chanting about its demise, we would live in a much better place. I have less and less tolerance for individuals sitting around wringing their hands over the supposed evils of the world and do nothing but complain. I find it interesting they take about the end of the world in the New Testament. 2,000 years ago. And still counting. The fixation on the end of the world by some LDS is a pet peeve of mine. I think it fills some youth with a sense of hopelessness and “why bother” and I think it excuses poor decisions such as stockpiling weapons. It also promotes a feeling of smugness because of the idea that I’ll survive the great and and dreadful day because I’m wonderful and righteous. On the positive side, I don’t think I’ve heard as much of this speculation since Y2K, although there’s been a resurgence recently.
Nearly all societies have believed they live in a cataclysmic time and have used end of the world rhetoric for motivation. It does nothing for me, but it helps a lot of people, so I don’t begrudge it – unless it gets ridiculous and harmful.
I don’t believe in it. As Heber said, the early Christians thought it was going to happen soon, and the early Latter-Day saints said it was going to happen soon. And it still hasn’t happened. But one thing is for sure — one Jewish phrase is that “if you save a life, you save the world”. the world is personal, and it ends when we do.
We ALL are going to see this world end in the next 100 years or sooner. I can predict that with certainty. Our personal lives will end, and that’s just as bad as the entire world ending. In fact you could argue the entire world comes to an end once every 100 years. Every 100 years (actually sooner), the everyone on this planet is erased from the face of the earth.
Heber13 wrote:I find it interesting they take about the end of the world in the New Testament. 2,000 years ago. And still counting.
This! I grew up in a household filled with dread about the possibility of nuclear wars and worrying about the millennium and the second coming. As I grew up and started to realize that people have been waiting for the Savior’s return since the day after he ascended to heaven. At this point, I like to always think that he is coming tomorrow. As in, tomorrow, the day that never actually comes. I do my best to live my life right now, and not worry so much about the future. I only get one shot at this earthly life, so I am going to do my best to be happy here now.
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azguy wrote:At this point, I like to always think that he is coming tomorrow. As in, tomorrow, the day that never actually comes. I do my best to live my life right now, and not worry so much about the future.
:thumbup: Might as well…it won’t change whether the end of the world is near or not.
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