would you forgive me if i asked a 2012 question?

First off it is unfortunate that the added comments are needed. That says something about people ability to understand what they are reading. I think that a council that listens to the populous would be good. However, I think that once every ten to twenty years we (the people) would need to change the government system around so that those who are power hungry don't learn the cracks to slip through. I think that eye for an eye and compassion and forgiveness need to be balanced. I think that we should learn from the Native American tribes and not allow any form of land ownership, but instead encourage the view of we are all part of the land and that we should care for our earth the same as we care for our children.

First of all, don't totally discount your friend's talk. Some people do get overwhelmed with fear, and some conspiracies are hoaxes, but there is some truth to this conspiracy. Remember, the best way to get away with a conspiracy is to make people think it's a ridiculous notion.

As for what would/could a new society be like, it's actually written about in the Bible. First, 1/3 of the people will perish due to earth catastrophes (quakes, floods, meteor, etc.). 2012 is a date that planets align in a way that happens every 2,600 years, and it's possible the magnetic pull of the alignment might kick off this chain or earth changes. After this, an evil ruler will take over for 3.5 years and will enforce a 'new world order' that will include a new economy and force us to take a chip or bar code on the forehead or hand (don't do this!) and those who refuse will be killed or roam hungry. More plagues will take another 1/3 of the people, and when only 1/3 is left, Christ himself will come back and rule (physically here) for 1,000 years.

IF...

Ok, first I will forgive you, because you DID NOT ask if the world was ending in 2012.

First of all, I am one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Personally I hope that the world system ends before then.

I want a kingdom ruled by Christ Jesus (not some phony "theocracy" like they have in Iran where "religious leaders" are the rulers) but to truly live under the Kingship of Jesus Christ.

But IF there were an "alternate" human concept to ruler-ship, try the following page. Eric Frank Russel wrote a story of a planet that had no government, but operated on two principles, both which relates to this: MYOB

First concept: Mind Your Own Business.

Pretty clear concept.

Second concept: MY OBligation.

The second covered the transactions of commerce and personal business transactions

It is a short read, so take it as maybe second best choice (far from my first choice, but IF we are talking about human goverments) as a government.

My response to this has nothing to do with the Bible. It would be in the context of the end of the Mayan calendar on the same day Apophus is due.

I would prefer that we cruise right on by, continuing the banal, self-serving life we have come to know, of course.

If we are not smarter than the Dinosaurs, seeing it coming and doing nothing constructive about it, just twitching our tails, the very few left will worry little about anything of Administration, the 'they' who run the show will be incapable of surviving long, as they won't have 'us' to do the work for them anymore. They'll have to do things for themselves, a pity, certain.

I would hope that out of that scenario men would rise back up again, remembering what was good and worthwhile about this paradigm, and chucking the rest.

'Be fruitful and Multiply.'

'Love the one you're with.'

'Share the wealth.'

'Work for common good.'

Do let folks think what they like; don't suffer folks to hurt whomever they darned please.

For the people who don't know, a lot of people think the world will end because that's when the Mayan calender ends. I doubt that they were that smart, though because they didn't even know that the Spanish were going to take them over.

To actually answer this though, I would like to see one person rule but a council who could impeach them if he/she were doing stupid things, such as causing wars, or trying to have 100% power and rule everyone.

There is no such Biblical figure as Lucifer. Lucifer was a translation of a Greek word to Latin, then the Latin word remained the Latin word into English and was treated as a name. Medieval literature like Dante's Inferno and Paradise Lost popularized this mistranslation by presenting Lucifer as Satan's former name. That is found nowhere in the Bible. At all. Not to mention that the passage where the Lucifer word comes from is in Isaiah, which is the Old Testament. Meaning it was in the Hebrew Bible (Judaism). In Judaism, they don't believe Satan has any sins to be forgiven. They don't believe in his rebellion or fall. In Judaism, Satan is a loyal angel under God, fulfilling a specific role given to him by God.

The new society would collapse in an instant. There are only a few sane and smart people out there that are able to keep civilization together.

EDIT: And for all the people who do believe this, why did it only come up in the past few years?

why would that date be so significant, why not 10-10-1010 did the world end then? There is no way to know when the world will end, or moreover when you will end, it will come like a thief in the night the bible says so we need to live a good life so we will be ready.

If there were only a few of us left, people that spoke the same language would get together and live like they lived on Gilligan's Island.

well I think that due to the disgusting sin of women speaking our god Nawor will destroy the earth in about a week from tuesday and only the righteous shall ascend to Lebasi where we shall gain eternal salvation and all sinners will be consumed by the demon Akinna.

Long live oh glorious Nawor