Something is BIG is coming aka the sourge of C2C

[henge0stone]

Bible prophecies, so called prophets, The Quickening, Y2K and changing weather can all be summed up as 'some big change is coming!'

I think its safe to say that all these things are the sourge of Coast. The 2002-04-29 Hal Lindsey - Bible Prophecy show really was the last straw. Hal names all the 'signs' of the Apocalypse and Art jumps in saying "we have all that now! omg!"

I'm sorry but there is no famine and pestilence in 2002. yes there was war but there is usually always war. To think that famine and pestilence fits the best in 2002 is simply ridiculous. Does Hal/Art realize that all the signs of the apoclypse were much more severe in later parts of history? I think  1300s would best fit that one, you know with the plague and all.

Then Lindsay read something about how terrible the children born during the end times. For younger people it was downright insulting (the actual chapter in the bible 2 Timothy 3 wasn't talking about just kids) and ended up sounding like a bunch of old men sitting around saying "KIDS these days!" and shaking their fists. They also lamented on the times wishing they were in the 1950s. Well I'm sure if you were a black American you wouldn't be lamenting the pre-civil rights America. And who doesn't miss a good duck and cover so the bombs won't kill you! yes things were so much better than.

What causes all of these topics to resurface over and over and over again?
1 Arts pessimism
2 The news giving negative stories over and over again and Art reading them
3 Bible thumpers wanting airtime
4 false prophets wanting air time

People throughout history have historically thought the end of days was upon them due to the same prophecies. In the year 1000 people thought the world would end then again in 1666 because it was the mark of the beast. If Art bothered to read history and realize that things are not 'getting worse!' and actually studied how people lived and how brutal and cruel society was in the past (lets go see the stoning! Lets go watch criminals kill each other in the arena! ) he would realize that people have always been pretty cruel and over all your chance of dying a violent death nowadays has dropped significantly. Diseases were way worse (2/3 of Europe dead in 14th century) and being killed by another human was more frequent. yes we don't live in a utopia but to say that things are getting worse is simply ignoring historical facts.

Just had to vent there because the topic comes up A LOT on C2C

[albrecht]

Bible prophecies, so called prophets, The Quickening, Y2K and changing weather can all be summed up as 'some big change is coming!'

I think its safe to say that all these things are the sourge of Coast. The 2002-04-29 Hal Lindsey - Bible Prophecy show really was the last straw. Hal names all the 'signs' of the Apocalypse and Art jumps in saying "we have all that now! omg!"

I'm sorry but there is no famine and pestilence in 2002. yes there was war but there is usually always war. To think that famine and pestilence fits the best in 2002 is simply ridiculous. Does Hal/Art realize that all the signs of the apoclypse were much more severe in later parts of history? I think  1300s would best fit that one, you know with the plague and all.

Then Lindsay read something about how terrible the children born during the end times. For younger people it was downright insulting (the actual chapter in the bible 2 Timothy 3 wasn't talking about just kids) and ended up sounding like a bunch of old men sitting around saying "KIDS these days!" and shaking their fists. They also lamented on the times wishing they were in the 1950s. Well I'm sure if you were a black American you wouldn't be lamenting the pre-civil rights America. And who doesn't miss a good duck and cover so the bombs won't kill you! yes things were so much better than.

What causes all of these topics to resurface over and over and over again?
1 Arts pessimism
2 The news giving negative stories over and over again and Art reading them
3 Bible thumpers wanting airtime
4 false prophets wanting air time

People throughout history have historically thought the end of days was upon them due to the same prophecies. In the year 1000 people thought the world would end then again in 1666 because it was the mark of the beast. If Art bothered to read history and realize that things are not 'getting worse!' and actually studied how people lived and how brutal and cruel society was in the past (lets go see the stoning! Lets go watch criminals kill each other in the arena! ) he would realize that people have always been pretty cruel and over all your chance of dying a violent death nowadays has dropped significantly. Diseases were way worse (2/3 of Europe dead in 14th century) and being killed by another human was more frequent. yes we don't live in a utopia but to say that things are getting worse is simply ignoring historical facts.

Just had to vent there because the topic comes up A LOT on C2C

I can vent, believe me, (see posts.) So no problem. I think:
1) human nature (via evolution or social conditioning or a combination of both) means fear, risk, mystery, the unknown, the others, and concern is one of, if not, the most powerful motivator or concern.)
2) entities (people, companies, religions, etc) recognize that this type of stimuli generates the quickest, cheapest, and easiest response
3) when it doesn't happen, or if stories of "might of happened" or "happened to others" if gives a sense of security, specialness, etc.
4) certain other base stimuli, such as sexual or worse outright violence have been (for a time) relatively banned or censored.
5) magical thinking, or old ideas couched in "new age" "eastern" "global warming" or "other" ways, or doomsdays,  satisfy people to think a certain way (it won't happen here, no cancer for me, or whatever.) But also allow some odd way of thinking they are "different", "evolved" from their parents of "old ways" of thinking.

Not to say that "base emotions" are bad, they likely caused us to still exist as  people (or even as individuals sometimes), and to obvious benefits (sex which reproduces us, families/nations/cultures that support us, and even violence with regard to our environment, enemies, etc) but that is what most media goes for. Base instincts.
Art Bell makes them interesting though!

[Chocolate coated jackboot]

fear porn sells
Art was the Hugh Hefner of fear porn with the occasional Y2k boob or solar killshot bush shot
Alex Jones is the Larry Flynt of fear porn with wall to wall  chicken little sky is falling wide-open shots

[Centurion40]

Alex Jones is the Larry Flint of fear porn!   


Well done!