Credible Sources

There was a recent news brief on Radio Netherlands about the belief held by some that the world will end in 2012.

The actions being taken by the “thousands” of people in the Netherlands who believe a “worldwide catastrophe” is coming are puzzling to me.

“Many are buying survival rations and even boats - which will come in handy during flooding - or are preparing bunkers in foreign countries.”

Because apparently some foreign countries will not be affected by the “worldwide catastrophe”.

Hmmm. I wish they had listed those foreign countries in the article so I would know where on earth to go to avoid the “worldwide catastrophe”.

Seriously, I don’t believe we’ll know when the world will end. Jesus says in Matthew 24:42-44 that we won’t know. And, really, does it matter? Shouldn’t we be living life as God intended us to, to the fullest, each and every day? Whether my life ends in the apocalypse, from a fatal disease or from just plain old age I guess I need to be ready to go at any time.

Later in this news article, a believer in the 2012 apocalypse proves that perhaps the logic of this particular group of people might be flawed when she says, “You know, maybe it’s really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed. I don’t like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse.”

Uh-huh.

And this, boys and girls, is why it is essential to check your sources to make sure they are credible. You can find all kinds of irrationality if you just look long enough…five seconds or so should do.