Newsweek article

Newsweek article

Arin (guest) 04 May 2011 00:28

So it seems like everywhere I go I somehow run into the idea of the world ending, or the apocalypse happening. Guess what I saw in the magazine rack at the doctor's office today?

I would have been embarassed to pick it up and read it, because it would clearly show that I was scared of it. Unfortunately the truth is that I am scared of what it had to see. Not only the apocalypse idea but also finding atlantis. Could atlantis have actually existed? I figure this is offtopic because its more abut the general idea of the world ending rather than specifically 2012.

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Tomy2011 04 May 2011 00:41

More Pseudo? Nooo… :-(
Seriously, if they did find Atlantis it would be the greatest news of the history. But we just see dumb and lazy people making theories up.

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bikenbeer2000 04 May 2011 00:45

There's more about it here.
In my experience, these 'Atlantis Discovered' stories arise from time to time, attract a bit of interest and comment and are then quietly forgotten about. This seems to be the latest in that sequence.
I don't quite understand what there is to be scared of.

paul (guest) 04 May 2011 01:01

Aren't people always saying the apocalypse is now? They base there facts off signs when in reality its all about how you interpret these signs

"They've looked at natural disasters, changes in the weather systems that affect our world, the rise and fall of leaders and world orders, wars and financial crises and read into them signs of the end times which the bible talks about.

And we're still here, still speculating!"

Just a quote i think is true

Rita Sue 04 May 2011 03:23

Yes that's a great quote, Paul! As I always say… Folks need to calm down, take a deep breath, and try to remember the countless terrible things their parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and ancestors lived through before us. I swear some folks think we're the first generation to have to deal with rough times!

PS: Do y'all like the irony of the 'test' mentioned at the top of the cover, and the cover itself? LOL

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"FEAR: False Evidence Appearing Real" - Unknown
"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" - Carl Sagan
"Your leftovers called… They want their tin foil back." - Personal note to doomsayers.

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ThreeFangCat 04 May 2011 03:58

I think they title says it all:

"How Ignorant are You?
Apocalypse Now"

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Alene Y 04 May 2011 06:35

This is just another magazine cashing in on the big media sideshow. By the way, there have been claims of people finding Atlantis for many years and never anything to back it up. It is unlikely that Atlantis ever existed, but even if it had, why should that frighten anyone? Many civilizations have come and gone during human history. That doesn't constitute any threat to us.
All of the things they mentioned have happened before and most of them happen routinely. There is nothing new there and nothing to make the EOTW nonsense even remotely credible. Don't let this scare you. There is still nothing at all to suggest that the world will end anytime before 5 billion years from now when the Sun enters its first red giant stage.

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Adam (guest) 04 May 2011 04:50

I know that fear sells. I also know that poeople all over the world know about the 2012 stuff. But, could there be something to these reports? As Camping's date gets closer, my fear of all the proposed doomsdays in the next year are getting worse. How can we be so surwe that something isn't going to happen on 5/21 or 12/21? I'm 16. And I am absolutely terrified! Please help! Isnt Newsweek supposed to be a good source of info??

Alene Y 04 May 2011 06:43

Well Adam, Camping's May 21 date is (according to him) the rapture. When the 21st comes, just watch and see if people start disappearing. When they don't, you will know that he was wrong……again.
As I mentioned on another thread, if Camping were right, that would mean that Jesus was wrong when he said no one would know except God. Who do you consider more credible, Jesus or Camping?

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DieselHorseLAW 04 May 2011 05:22

Good source of info for what? Science? As with any news outlet, you get what they push and that is pure journalism. Newsweek may not be "The Sun" but I don't see why that makes them any more reputable for scientific material. They aren't quoting any peer reviewed papers or scientists claiming anything, it is just speculative journalism. There is a comment in the link at the bottom of the page that bikenbeer linked to by "Jason Colavito". I am not going to copy and paste his comment here but you should go to the page and read it, because what it says about the article is spot on.

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“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” - Oscar Wilde

Moo (guest) 04 May 2011 08:11

Ugh. Stop being afraid of things like this.

No, seriously. Did you bother to read the link bikenbeer gave you, or are you actually that afraid of the 'truth'? To sum it up, the Atlantis article given… is bogus. It doesn't even say we found Atlantis. It's pretty much presenting a "What If…" Scenario. What if Atlantis was consumed by a massive Tsunami? Will Japan become the next Atlantis? Or New Orleans?

Pretty much stuff like that. The entire thing involving that noise is a "What If…"

That and Plato said Atlantis was a metaphor and didn't exist, but those are details nobody likes.

As for the rest of it…

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You know, I can't find a dang thing about it? Godlike Productions bashes the ever living DAYLIGHTS out of it. They believe it's just fear-mongering and a debunking article.

The writer, Tina whatever, is apparently a… questionable lass. She's known for sensational articles *cough*, amongst other things. Not to be taken seriously, really. Regardless, the entire magazine, although not Newsweek itself, is pretty much eyerolled at. It's blatant fearmongering and cashing in the recent events. Nothing more.

That, and the header "How ignorant are you?" sums it up nicely. Just how ignorant ARE you to have purchased the magazine, expecting revelation and signs of the apocalypse?

I wasted a good hour on this. Do your own research, quit being a wuss.

The number of 'questionable' websites I went to is staggering. Betcha my lappy got a virus. Thanks, really. Let Me Not Google Things For You Ever Again.

Flip through the bloody thing next time, instead of posting a stupid cover to us with no information on what was within the article.

PS: The Newsweek sub-group that does this stuff, I think it's called the Daily Beast or some such, is also equally stupid. It's motto is "Read this, skip that". Do the math.

Arin (guest) 04 May 2011 12:36

Thank you guys for your reponses. They help very much. I think it is just scary a lot when I run into these things in the everday world. It doesnt seem to bother me as much when I am surfing the web. I am going to post another concern of mine in another thread.