Thousands of Dutch people are preparing for the end of the world as we know it. They are anticipating a 2012 Apocalypse. Read about it and see a photo and video below.
The end of the world is a bad thing, right? Not necessarily. At least according to some of the people in the Netherlands they are tired of the country anyway. Some say there are just so many immigrants who are building so many houses that the Netherlands is getting too heavy and sinking into the ocean. But that’s not all of it.
Thousands of Dutch are preparing for the end of the world by stockpiling emergency goods and survival gear. I find that interesting. If the world is ending, then what good is a battery operated flashlight? Maybe I’m wrong, it just seems like quitting your job and seeing the great wonders of the world would be a more effective use of the time we have left. Especially if you feel your country is sinking into the ocean.
I admit this whole 2012 Apocalypse thing freaks me out a little. The Mayan calendar ends on December 21, 2012 and many have said that’s because that is the date the world will end. While the Mayans had an unbelievably advanced culture and were scientifically advanced in a way that is hard to fathom, they failed to predict the end of their own culture. That oversight on their part would make me a little skeptical about their prediction of the end of the world, were it not for the fact that other ancient cultures predicted 2012 would be the end of the world as well, completely independently of the Mayans. THAT is a little freaky.
But there’s more to the Dutch story than the Mayan calendar. The Netherlands has become a country unexpectedly a focal point in the war between the West and Islamic terrorists. The murder of Theo Van Gogh in the streets of Amsterdam in many ways was a turning point in our recognition of the battle that had long ago been waged against the West. The note stabbed into Van Gogh’s chest called his friend and confidant, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an infidel and threatened her life for leaving islam and daring to speak openly of the repression of women in islamic society. She has lived under a fatwa since that day. There have continued to be conflicts between jihadists and the northern European region that at one time prided themselves on their liberalism and neutrality in the conflicts of the world. The immigrants, which is politically correct speak for islamic extremist, who have migrated to that area, demand that the Dutch conform to islamic law. The Dutch seem to have tired of attempting to appease and aren’t inclined to change their culture at the will of the newcomers.
A slowly growing combustible friction has simmered just under the surface between the two diametrically opposed factions. It continues to grow.
And so, while I find prophecies and apocalyptic visions interesting from a sociological standpoint, I don’t generally give them much credence. I started writing this article thinking of the Dutch preparing for the end of the world as darkly humorous. But then I remembered Theo Van Gogh, the Mohammad Cartoon riots and the many other incidents of jihadist violence towards the West. One can’t help but notice that the tribes of the world have been gathering and tyrants around the world are crying havoc and are rattling their swords. Perhaps the analogy of the Netherlands sinking into the ocean under the weight of the islamists is not as far off as it sounds on the surface.
Than again, maybe its just another cult preparing for the 2012 Apocalypse predicted in the ancient codes of long vanquished civilizations. I suppose, if we live long enough, we’ll find out in 2012.
The End of the World – Video
Here’s another apocalyptic video taken from various prophesies that the world will end on December 21, 2012
The End of the World – Video
art credit: Ahasuerus at the End of the World, Adolph Hiremy-Hirschl
June 24th, 2008 at 8:07 am
The sinking thing might be a little oversight on their part since they’ve already been below sea level for centuries now.
I was born in Denmark and moved here when I was three. I can remember since I was 9 or 10 years old my relatives would come here and talk about all the middle easterners moving there.
To put things in perspective that was 1967.
Hah ! My cousin is half Pakistani !
I’ve recently read blogs where people describe their vacations or visits to the Netherlands or Denmark. A lot of them mention that the number of middle eastern immigrants did get their attention. Some dont say it as nicely as that.
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I used to work at a booth on the sidewalk in Waikiki selling tickets for shows and tours around the island.
Everyday this homeless guy would squat in front of a hole in the sidewalk. He would put his finger in the hole and stay there all day. There was only a few days out of the year that I didnt see him there.
After a couple days I walked up and asked him why he was doing that.
He told me that the earth was filled with gas and that if he took his finger out of the hole the earth would deflate to the size of a bowling ball and we would all fall off.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:15 am
2012 is when the Mayan calendar ends. But no one is sure whether the end of their calendar means the end of the world, or if it’s just time to flip the calendar over.
Are there other cultures who predicted the end in 2012? I wasn’t aware. The Bible Code predicts that to be the case, but that’s so recent, the authors probably copied the Mayan concept.
As for the European race problem, Beth, I completely agree that it’s cause for alarm. The U.S. has race problems, but for the most part, we’ve been dealing with it for many years.
In Europe, the immigration/race issues were ignored for decades. The immigrant populations are in isolated ghettoes with no hope or desire for assimilation. While the tradition of immigration here has lead to definitions of Irish-American, Turkish-American, etc., I don’t think there are similar concepts for Pakistani-Dutch or Turkish-German. It’s an identity crisis that’s going to involve a lot of conflict in the years to come.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Micky, is that the same guy who has his finger in Obama’s ear?
Fascinating post, Beth. I know what you mean about a piece evolving into something more that originally intended.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:07 am
McCain.
Are you implying that Obamas head is full of gas and that he thinks he is the world ?
June 24th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Yeah, let’s slam Obama. No matter what the topic might be, it would end up with that.
I too found this interesting. Don’t a lot of wealthy people in the US live in Denmark because the laws and the culture are so liberal there? I thought I read that somewhere. They don’t like what their own politicians have done in the US!
Here is a link to an article that was in Discover Magazine several years ago, which I find more than fascinating. While unlikely, it lists twenty ways the world might REALLY end.
http://ldolphin.org/twentyways.html
I could say that McCain has his finger in his butt, but I won’t.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
LOL Edward – I guess that would be fair all things considered (the McCain comment).
I do believe that a lot of the wealthy liberals who wanted to live in the dream of utopia, unicorns and rainbows they imagine socialism to be have moved to Scandinavia. The problems that area is having now seems to be evidence that ignoring evil and isolationism doesn’t really work. Evil will find you at some point – as is evidenced by what Denmark, the Netherlands and others are dealing with now.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
You know what I forgot to mention in this post was that scientist are saying that there will be 2012 pole switch. Yet another theory that points to 2012 as a significant year.
I suspect as we get closer to 2012, we’ll see a Y2K kind of hysteria.
June 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
At least McCains gas is coming from his ass and not his head.
My Grandparents moved from Denmark to the US in 1967.
My Grandfather opened a hairstyling shop at the Hilton in Waikiki.
They were never naturalized and moved back to Denmark in 1990 hoping that they could reap the benefits of collecting soc security benefits from the US and what they had accumulated from Denmark at the same time. He also sold his shop to another relative here from Denmark.
After settling down in Denmark and thinking they had it made they got taxed on all their income from the US plus the soc security benefits from the US. He also got taxed on the sale of his shop. Basically what this did was eat up whatever they had coming from the Danish government and a portion of the sales from his shop.
The average tax margin in Denmark is 52 %. that is the 3rd highest in all of Europe.
I don’t know what you were reading Ed but all my Danish relatives here in Hawaii would love to move back to Denmark but the one thing that’s stopping them is the taxes.
So I hardly think any American with any substantial income would want to move there.
The country is so hell bent on socialist programs it cant afford itself.
The Danish have a luxury tax that would make a 20,000.00 American car cost close to 35,000.00.
They decide for you what is a luxury and what is not.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:23 am
I think that the world is coming to an end. There is just too many awful terrible things happening all over the world. Everyone is out of control and maybe it’s time to clean up house. The whole world in a terrible mess even financially will eventually lead to no choice but to have one world order. Money won’t be worth anything. Then they will put the sign of the beast or the 666 in us and control us unless we refuse. This would be the only way anyone would be able to function. We are all being manipulated. They are watching our every move already. They have it all planned out. Everyone should ask the Lord for forgiveness and make him part of their life. We should live life to the fullest, and enjoy what’s left of it. There is not much we can do. It is too late…
December 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
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March 8th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
mayber or if darned if you do and if you dont its always the oppositte of what you think
its the end of the world to the right and peace change and new beginnings to the left multiple realities are being created by every decision the bases for desire and decision making has to get convoluted somewhere A pole shift? Find your love and listen lay back and get prepared
March 28th, 2009 at 6:51 am
hello, i think it may happen! it happened in canada in the 70 or 80’s. knocked the power out for 9 hours.people shouldn’t panic,because if you do you are already in a worse spot then what the storm could do.i was watching a clip on utube where fox tv was laughing at the dutch. They bleeped out some of the things so the american public wouldn’t know? i would rather be on a sinking island and know about it then being on one and no one would tell you what is going on because, it’s the best thing for you? The worls isn’t coming to an end!!!!!!But be prepared for changes!