| What do you know about the doomsday predictions | | | | someone who chooses not to believe that the end of |
| of 2012? Do you know enough to convince someone | | | | the world is near and frankly that is a little extreme. |
| who is a non-believer and thinks it is a bunch of | | | | There will be those that just won't believe no matter |
| nonsense? | | | | how much information you put in front of them. Those |
| Those of us who do believe will inevitably encounter | | | | people would rather choose to put their head in the |
| those who do not and be asked to "prove" or | | | | sand than acknowledge that anything will happen as |
| "defend" our position. | | | | predicted on December 21, 2012. If those naysayers |
| As we try to get the word out so as to enlighten and | | | | are your loved ones, this could be very difficult to |
| educate others, we will be confronted by our spouses, | | | | accept. |
| peers, co-workers and many others who tell us that | | | | However, fortified with the right information you can |
| we're wrong and that there is no merit to the | | | | feel confident that you laid it all out there and that you |
| doomsday predictions. After all, there are websites | | | | put forth the effort necessary to show them the way. |
| and Facebook pages that exist to bolster their | | | | The truth is naysayers exist and they live happily in |
| arguments against the likeliness of any of the | | | | ignorance. However, ignorance during these times is |
| prophecies and predictions ever coming true. | | | | not bliss. Ignorance is ignorance. |
| The doomsday predictions of 2012 have been likened | | | | Education is the key and knowledge is powerful. |
| to the hype that existed in 1999 with the Y2K scare. | | | | Knowing not only the facts that exist but also knowing |
| We all know how that turned out. But what if the | | | | what exists to refute those facts is equally important. |
| non-believers are wrong? How do we as "believers" | | | | Ultimately everyone will have to decide for themselves |
| convince those "doubting Thomases" we encounter? | | | | what the "truth" is. |
| The simple answer is knowledge. We have to | | | | I've been researching this subject for quite some time |
| educate ourselves and learn all that we can to be able | | | | and have myself discovered many differences of |
| to explain the concepts, facts and history to others. | | | | opinions, facts and myths. However, through the |
| Research is paramount. You have to know what you | | | | course of my research I've come to understand and |
| are talking about in order to convince others to listen to | | | | believe that knowledge and education is the key to |
| you. | | | | surviving through whatever will happen. |
| Don't get me wrong, you may never convince | | | | |