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    Is the end of the world coming? The Mormons think so.

    Sales of freeze-dried food, flashlights, blankets and tents have soared in Utah in recent weeks as some Mormons have begun to prepare for the end of the world. The so-called preppers believe the world is ending this month based on biblical prophecies, the Hebrew calendar, an unstable economy, world politics and astronomical occurrences, the Salt Lake Tribune reported Sunday.

    ?There is a sense of urgency, like something is up. A lot of people are mentioning things about September, like a financial collapse," said customer service representative Ricardo Aranda at American Fork?s Thrive Life, which sells mostly freeze-dried food.

    The Mormon apocalypse believers claim the Jewish High Holy Days that began this week will trigger a financial crisis based on the United States? ?wickedness.? They predict the full moon Sept. 28 is the next sign the world is ending.

    Some of these speculations stem from Julie Rowe?s books, ?A Greater Tomorrow: My Journey Beyond the Veil? and ?The Time Is Now.? Rowe, a Mormon mother of three, published the books in 2014 to detail a ?near-death experience." Her two books have sold more than 20,000 copies each.

    Officials with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said they do not endorse the books or their teachings. The late Mormon apostle Boyd K. Packer said in a 2011 LDS General Conference that the end was not near and called on young Mormons to plan for long, productive lives.

    ?You can look forward to doing it right,? Packer said, "getting married, having a family, seeing your children and grandchildren, maybe even great-grandchildren.?

    Officials have had to debunk end-of-days predictions in the past. Last month, NASA confirmed the world would not end in September because of an imminent asteroid strike.

    ?There is no scientific basis ? not one shred of evidence ? that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,? said Paul Chodas, manager of NASA?s near-Earth object office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at the time. ?If there were any object large enough to do that type of destruction in September, we would have seen something of it by now.?

    http://www.ibtimes.com/world-going-e...g-food-2096361

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    She's the married Arizona mother-of-three whose prophecies of impending doom have inspired thousands of people to sell their possessions and prepare for disaster.

    Now followers of Julie Rowe, 42, are claiming that Monday's Utah flooding disaster is one of the events predicted by Mrs Rowe - who says the beginning of the end of the world will start this month.

    Mrs Rowe has written two books about visions she had in September 2004 during which she was shown a catalog of disasters, ranging from floods to war, that would lead to the apocalypse and the Second Coming of Christ.

    But while Mrs Rowe has amassed a sizable following, not everyone believes in her prophecies and her work has proved anathema to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where elders have publicly condemned it as 'spurious'.

    For her followers, however, who thought to number around 10,000, her views are to be taken very seriously indeed.

    Indeed, convinced her claims are true, many have begun stockpiling dried food and everyday essentials from specialist shops such as Emergency Essentials.

    'Our online sales have seen a steady increase as a result of these floods,' said Emergency Essentials marketing manager Kevan Allbee.

    'The California drought, the Blood Moon eclipse coming to North America on September 28th, Middle East unrest, US Presidential elections - all have created a sense of uncertainty and anxiety.

    He added: 'As we always say, however, whether it is for "the Big One" or the "100 Little Ones" that continually threaten our lives and lifestyles, it?s always time to prepare.'

    Mrs Rowe's prophecies have been published in two books, the first of which, entitled A Greater Tomorrow, details her foray into the 'Spiritual World' in 2004.

    There, she writes, she was met by an ancestor named John who agreed to be her guide and allowed her to read from 'the Book of Life' which showed her a vision of Earth's past, present and future.

    'The heavens will let loose and the powers of darkness will rage. There will be natural disasters on a massive scale unlike anything the earth has experienced before. Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, plagues, droughts, famines, pestilence and all manner of disasters will be upon the earth in such a deep and broadened scale that mankind cannot even imagine what it will be like.

    In it, she elaborates on the contents of the Book of Life, writing of impending wars, famines, plagues and, crucially, tsunamis - many scheduled for this month.

    'Within a matter of a few years, it is my belief that the Saints will be called to gather,' she writes. 'It will not be long before foreign troops will invade America and the earth will erupt in chaos.

    'The heavens will let loose and the powers of darkness will rage. There will be natural disasters on a massive scale unlike anything the earth has experienced before.

    'Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, plagues, droughts, famines, pestilence and all manner of disasters will be upon the earth in such a deep and broadened scale that mankind cannot even imagine what it will be like.'
    She continues: 'The world as we know it will cease to exist.'

    Mrs Rowe says she has now given up eating fish after one vision showed the world's seas being poisoned by the fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.

    'I was shown that the contamination from the Japanese nuclear waste would continue to be spread through the ocean,' she writes.

    'I was shown that this nuclear waste would continue to be spread throughout the ocean. I was shown this nuclear waste has and will continue to radiate and contaminate sea life.'

    Although the 2011 disaster did not result in a nuclear spill, Japan did announce on Monday that 850 tonnes of 'decontaminated' ground water from the plant have been released into the sea.

    Other claims include her belief that 'conspiring men' will 'continue to lie' to people about safety issues concerning food, water and disease.

    She also writes of the 'tent cities' in which the righteous will live as they await the Second Coming and plans to move herself and her family, husband Jeff and three children Ethan, Spencer and Aubrianna, into one by June next year.

    'I was shown various scenes pertaining to life in the camps and elsewhere,' she explains. 'I witnessed my family and others living in these tent cities.

    'I saw that we were camping year-round and that the circumstances required us to utilize both cool weather and warm weather clothing.'

    Mrs Rowe, who grew up in a military family of 10 and had a peripatetic childhood in 10 different states as well as Heidelberg in Germany, also offers advice for those preparing to follow her example.

    'You would focus on food, water and possible sanitation issues,' she advises.

    'It is very likely that you would also encounter the need for other basic survival gear and skills in the event that electricity and other modern conveniences are no longer an option.'

    She also discusses physical preparation, telling of her dedication to walking in a bid to 'get the extra weight off'.

    The 42-year-old, who is currently refusing to speak to the media, certainly appears to have taken her own advice, leaving her modest white-washed Tuscon home behind and canceling her cell phone.


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    Why would she cancel her cell phone if the end if nigh? That wouldn't be high on my priority list. I bet it's so nobody can contact her when nothing actually happens.

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    There, she writes, she was met by an ancestor named John who agreed to be her guide and allowed her to read from 'the Book of Life' which showed her a vision of Earth's past, present and future.
    Yo, my long lost cousin John said so. He appeared to me. Oh! And he also passed on a killer recipe for peach cobbler.
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    The heavens will let loose and the powers of darkness will rage. There will be natural disasters on a massive scale unlike anything the earth has experienced before. Earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, plagues, droughts, famines, pestilence and all manner of disasters will be upon the earth in such a deep and broadened scale that mankind cannot even imagine what it will be like.

    In it, she elaborates on the contents of the Book of Life, writing of impending wars, famines, plagues and, crucially, tsunamis - many scheduled for this month.
    I wonder if they realize these events have been happening forever.
    I'll never understand why people stock all these supplies if the world is ending.
    I wouldn't want to live in my basement with my 500 cans of dried meats while everybody else is dead. Either that, or everybody else knows I'm Mormon and horde food- so they all come to kill me for my stuff.

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    Oh no. It's the "terrifying" blood moon again


    This might be somewhat relevant because it sounds this woman's "prophecies" might be how the crap that prompted the NASA call for calm actually started


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    Quote Originally Posted by bermstalker View Post
    I wonder if they realize these events have been happening forever.
    I'll never understand why people stock all these supplies if the world is ending.
    I wouldn't want to live in my basement with my 500 cans of dried meats while everybody else is dead. Either that, or everybody else knows I'm Mormon and horde food- so they all come to kill me for my stuff.
    Do you ever read the prudent homemaker blog? She's a Mormon Vegas woman with a ton of kids and she is prepping. All of her blog comments this week are about people and their emergency rations. I have a tub of ice cream and a bottle of vodka. I'm set.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olivia View Post
    Do you ever read the prudent homemaker blog? She's a Mormon Vegas woman with a ton of kids and she is prepping. All of her blog comments this week are about people and their emergency rations. I have a tub of ice cream and a bottle of vodka. I'm set.
    I've never heard of her.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm all for having an emergency supply. I don't think it's a bad idea.
    I always have mad respect/or shock (not sure which) when I watch extreme couponing. When they show the stockpiles of food in their basement. OMG. I really can't decide if their crazy or smart.

    The only things I buy in bulk- toilet paper, paper towels, and booze....and maybe dog food if it's on sale. If the world ends- I can get drunk, my dogs get fed, and the family can wipe their ass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bermstalker View Post
    I've never heard of her.

    Don't get me wrong, I'm all for having an emergency supply. I don't think it's a bad idea.
    I always have mad respect/or shock (not sure which) when I watch extreme couponing. When they show the stockpiles of food in their basement. OMG. I really can't decide if their crazy or smart.

    The only things I buy in bulk- toilet paper, paper towels, and booze....and maybe dog food if it's on sale. If the world ends- I can get drunk, my dogs get fed, and the family can wipe their ass.
    Those are the only things we buy in bulk too, Berm. At least we have our priorities straight.

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    Meh. The Mormons (or a subset of them) always think the world is coming to an end. Or at least they live in hope. It's a fascinating belief system. It's a tenant of faith that you should have a years worth of food on hand at all times. They have a TV network that has all sorts of programs about foods that keep and how you can easily store 55 gallon drums of drinking water.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Olivia View Post
    I have a tub of ice cream and a bottle of vodka. I'm set.
    I have Cheetoes and a bottle of Tequila. I'll be right over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Boston Babe 73 View Post
    I have Cheetoes and a bottle of Tequila. I'll be right over.
    Berm and I will have toilet paper, paper towels, booze and dog food. Sounds like the perfect end-of-the-world party to me.

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    Wish I would have bought more than a 6 pack last night. I'll bring my stock of paper towels and toilet paper also and I have a hand can opener for when the powers cut. We'll never run out of tp and paper towels.

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    So we all survived? Julie Rowe's latest blog post (how embarassing for her)

    http://julieroweprepare.com/events/

    Gorgeous lunar eclipse last night. Loved seeing it light up the sky in clear view. Beautiful beautiful life!

    ————————————————————————————————————————————

    So coming full circle –

    Contracts null and void on energy sessions. If you have concerns about this please refer to the contracts you have signed and take care of yourself. Need to focus on my own family, my own health, and my own duties, obligations, and responsibilities.

    The message –

    Turn away, shut the door. Discard the needless chatter, negativity and darkness on any an all levels, from any realm, source or dimension. Not worth it. Refocus – love, light, and atonement on an individual basis and as the collective whole.

    The Lord is the light. Love is light and the Lord is love. Love, love, love. Let go and let love lead.

    Turn to the atonement to heal in wattever way. That is true light. That is pure energy.

    True message from the source of truth: Repentance is the only way, and by him and of him and through him, we can become one, we can become whole, we can build a better tomorrow by preparing to day.

    There is no other way. No quick fix. Welcome to the “fellowship of the suffering.”

    My message is clear when we turn to the prophets of old and to the true living prophets of our day. Not me. Not anyone else other than the Lord’s anointed. It is the same, yesterday, today and forever.

    That is my additional official statement. Not finished with the work but am finished with this portion of the word.

    The way we live today will determine our tomorrows. Nothing is worth throwing away our fortunes promised by the Father. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

    LOVE is the Key. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, might, mind and strength, having no other God’s before you.

    Pure heart =pure intent.

    Pure intent = intentional direction to choose to act proactively. Letting go of the harm and hurt and creating a place of safety within our hearts. Open hearts are healed hearts. Healed hearts find safety in the arms of the Lord, not in the arms of someone who has claim upon our minds. True safety lies in living the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

    There is safety from the storms TODAY. RIGHT NOW. IMMEDIATELY. NO NEED TO WAIT TO START LIVING YOUR GREATER TOMORROW. Live today in love and joy, knowing that there is a real and infinite, eternal living at-one-ment with God, available right now, each and every minute of every day. No limit on God’s infinite atonement. No limit on God’s power. No limit on energy. True energy comes from living the commandments. Living the law of the Sabbath. In this we can and do and will find life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

    I’m taking my life back.

    — Peace out.

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    Uhoh. 2nd Armageddon in 2 weeks guys.


    http://www.scrippsmedia.com/fox4now/...331051582.html


    By Fox 4 Staff. CREATED Oct 7, 2015
    A Philadelphia-based Christian organization is confident that our planet will be permanently destroyed Wednesday, according to their interpretation of the Bible.

    Chris McCann, leader and founder of the eBible Fellowship, tells The Guardian that the world will be obliterated with fire on October 7th.

    “According to what the Bible is presenting, it does appear that 7 October will be the day that God has spoken of: in which, the world will pass away,” said McCann. *“It'll be gone forever. Annihilated.”

    Their prediction is based on a previous claim by a California radio host that the world would end on May 21st, 2011. *And while that prediction proved untrue, McCann is confident in their prediction.

    Though he does leave room for margin of error. *"There's a strong likelihood that this will happen,” McCann told The Guardian. *“Which means there's an unlikely possibility that it will not.”

    The general consensus among scientists is that the world will continue to exist for another 4-5 billion years, when our sun is expected to swell, then explode.

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