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Source: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 23 (UPI) — Thousands of people in the Netherlands say they expect the world to end in 2012, and many say they are taking precautions to prepare for the apocalypse. The Dutch-language de Volkskrant newspaper said it spoke to thousands of believers in the impending end of civilization, and while theories on the supposed catastrophe varied, most tied the 2012 date to the end of the Mayan calendar, Radio Netherlands reported Monday. De Volkskrant said many of those interviewed are stocking up on emergency supplies, including life rafts and other equipment. Some who spoke to the newspaper were optimistic about the end of civilization.

“You know, maybe it’s really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed,” Petra Faile said. “I don’t like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse.”

Postmodern Times is a series of short animated films presenting new ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and ecological transformation. Our first episode, “Toward 2012″, introduces the project, explaining concepts from the best-selling book, “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” (Tarcher/Penguin, 2006) by Daniel Pinchbeck, in the author’s own voice.

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Consider the nature of current global events: a volcano in Chile, the huge death toll of a 100,000 or more from Burma’s catastrophic cyclone (those lucky enough to survive the catastrophe face the threat of death by disease and hunger), the danger of a looming worldwide bird flu epidemic, Asia’s struggle to prevent billions from starving, and the recent spread of intestinal virus infection in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui. Doesn’t this all bring to the foreground The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse mentioned in Revelations?—War, Famine, Pestilence and Death.
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