I write this with apologies to the late Skeeter Davis, and because a one Mr. Kenneth Meade predicted that today, September 23, 2017 would be the end of the world…..as we know it (add REM to the apology list).
Apparently, a big mysterious, planet named Nibiru, which sounds more like the name of a Japanese boy band, is supposed to be heading to Earth at mach speed hell-bent on destroying it, us, everything. Today. Right now. Well, so far, the skies here in the hills of Central Texas show no indications of a planet bigger than Jupiter looming over the horizon, but it’s mostly cloudy here, just after 2:00 p, (CST) in Central Texas. The day is young. Barely in cosmic Jr. High.
Niburu is nothing new, at least not to the tinfoil hat types who first learned about the planet back in 1976 when it was first mentioned by author, Zecharia Sitchin in his book, The 12th Planet. For any of S&P Groove Dogs who might be reading, the late, great Chuck Shramek was an avid follower of Sitchen’s. Shram quoted him on and off the air all the time. Anyway, Sitchen believed the planet is inhabited by ancient aliens called the Annunaki who he claimed created the human race.
His theory was given a boost this year when NASA discovered a new planet in the solar system, which they named Planet Nine.
Christian conspiracy theorist, David Meade expects Nibiru, also known as Planet X, will pass the Earth – bringing with it volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and earthquakes. Well, one out of three ain’t bad. But last month we did have a full solar eclipse, followed by a butt load of powerful hurricanes.
Meade is also basing today as being the ultimate KYA Goodbye day because of a prophecy in the book of Revelations more than two millennia old. It’s something about a combination of Christian numerology, a story about a five-headed dragon and a pregnant lady dressed sunlight and Niburu appearing out of nowhere before smashing the Earth to bits.
In Meade’s book, Planet X – The 2017 Arrival, he originally said Niburu would crash into Earth in October, but then moved it up a few weeks…..not sure why. His theory was ballyhooed this year when NASA discovered a new planet in the solar system, which they named Planet Nine.
But NASA insists Planet Nine isn’t Niburu and it will argue this point tomorrow, next week, next year and on September 23, 2035. These astronomical experts say nope, nah, nuh-uh. There are no more hidden planets “out there” and if we find one, it won’t appear in a heart beat in our rear view mirrors chafing to our deaths on a balmy Saturday in September.
Wanna hear a doozie? In my research on this Niburu date, I hspoened upon some conspiracy theorists that believe Niburu sneaked in to our solar system under the cover of darkness during the solar eclipse. Really? I actually laugh out loud when I first read that. Here’s why: I’m a fairly devout Texas Longhorn fan so when I read that sentence, it reminded of an old Aggie joke (Texas A&M was our biggest, longest standing rival before the Ags entered the SEC) the joke is that scientists at A&M had built a rocket that would travel to the sun, but they could only land at the craft at night.
Get it?
I consider myself an educated woman who possesses enough rationale to look at both sides of most arguments. That said, I can wrap my head around why some might be peaking by skyward through their plantation shutters. Things do seem a bit apocalyptic right now—-Harvey, Irma,Maria. There are/were wildfires in the Great Northwest, there are Kim Junk Mail’s nuclear threats from North Korea, the The President Trump’s response to them, earthquakes in Mexico—–Chuck Shumer. But if you take a second…..and breathe…… and think about the history of Earth, believing today’s THEE day doesn’t make sense, We’ve been to the moon (though some might debate that) and we visited Mars via a robotic rover. We’re advanced for humans. I have no doubt there’s other life elsewhere, in other galaxies that are older, more advanced, can travel a million miles in an hour and make a splendid bagel anywhere in the without NYC water in two seconds, but I think the end when it happens, if it happens, would take time. A lot of time.
But I’ll be gone by then, as will everyone near and dear to me. And yeah, I do think all things will end. It’s a given if you look at the Cosmos rationally. Eventually, the sun…which is oirmsoirce for everything will do one of two things; it’ll either grow to become this enormous real life super star that’ll burn us up like human kindling or it’ll burn itself out. Both are apocalyptic events for humankind. But either of those things will also take time to happen. . Lots of time.
I don’t get all hyped up about prophecy. I’ve met a few psychics that were incredibly accurate, and my own intuition has at times been eerily spot on, but end of world prophesies? Not so much. There are times I’m inclined to think the end of the world is unique to each individual; meaning the end of your life is the end of your world. But that conflicts with my other mode of thinking…..in that I question—is this one measly shot at life is all we get? Surely not.
But despite what I think, keep the talk of the end coming. I really can’t completely mock or laugh off prophecies. It’s serious business for some. But in other veins, they’ve been known to begin illuminated ways of thinking about life…..even faith and science and the ways they have things in common….and nothing at all in common.
And on that note, I’ll end this post as I began. It’s a balmy Saturday afternoon and the calendar on my iPad indicates it’s September 23rd, 2017. I gave upward ans see it’s still mostly cloudy. There’s also a Homeland marathon on one of Showtime’s many channels (could Niburu actually mean ‘Carrie Matthison is so annoying’ in Annunaki?) Other than that, it’s just another Saturday in the life of billions of Earthlings.
But it’s just 2:56 pm. Like I said, the day is still young, but with the rapidity of time since the start of this blogpost, it’s just starting it’s Sophomore year.
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