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I think all those end of the world prophecies are nonsense and exist to scare the poop out of people and keep them religiously compliant.

You can have happiness in the here and now even if your circumstances are not perfect by being in the moment instead of perpetually unhappy and only living for "more".

That doesn't mean you should not have plans or goals. They just should not be the basis of your existence.

I know this one guy that is just sure Jesus is coming and it is going to happen in 2007. Well the last time I talked to him that was the date he was getting told at church. He said he was doing everything he could to hasten it including supporting more and more war around the world. He saw wasting gas as hastening the second coming.

So there certainly ARE people where the idea of the end of the world can be a tad destructive to your psyche.

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