My very secular almost-13 and 14 year-old daughters were talking about why we said "two thousand-and-two" for 2002 but "twenty-ten" for 2010.
The 13yo: "saying the thousand makes it more duh-duh-duh…you know creepy-like…which sounds more dramatic: 'the world will end in twenty-twelve' or 'the world will end in the year two-thousand-and-twelve?'" (all the while speaking with the creepy voice).
I interrupted to remind them "2012? Nah, next weekend! May 21st" and the 14yo got a little freaked: "I don't like it when people start to talk about the End of the World."
The 13yo reassured her: "It's all right. The giant Jesus statue in Brazil will come to life and collect up all the good people and take them away somewhere cold so they'll be safe."
Lolz! I LOVE your girls! =D
ReplyDeleteLOL ... Good one. :-) It is interesting that these are exactly the same people who say: "you should believe in the Bible verbatim, literally". Yet, they absolutely and completely ignore Christ's statement that NO ONE knows when the end will occur. I don't get it!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite commentary on apocalypticism is Billy Collins' poem "The End of the World."
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