Cause you gotta have faith?

Who are we and what are we intended to know anyway?   Why are we here?  Recently, I've been seeing signs, and bumper stickers, and people who completely cover their vehicles in these graphic wraps informing us that the end of the world is coming on May 21, 2011.  Is it the end of the world as we know it?  Or will the world actually end and we won't be around.  Perhaps I should hold off making those Memorial Day weekend reservations.

How are these people privy to such information.  If this was such a monumental event, I would expect that Homeland Security or some other government agency be warning us right now.   The people who hold dearly to these 'predictions', how can they have such faith in this information.   Perhaps I am just a skeptic at heart - with some things, anyway- I question the amount of water or oil I am supposed to use in a box cake mix, and always overcompensate for fear of lack of moistness, because nothing is as terrible as a dry cupcake. When someone says the check is in the mail - I don't fully trust them until it clears my account. So, if I don't have faith in what Betty Crocker has been perfecting for decades - how can people have such faith that the world will end on May 21 or other claims that require some sort of divine miracle or act of "God".   Is it really all about faith or does the saying, "ignorance is bliss" hold sway?  I'm not trying to disrespect anyone for their beliefs - I have numerous beliefs and habits that I conduct religiously, but do not prescribe to any one path.  Just trying to work this out in my head and in my heart.

And, for fun...I think Google is as close to the divine as we are getting these days.  Think about it -you can pretty much get an answer from Google on any topic: inspiration, answers to your deepest, darkest questions and desires, whatever ails you, scares you, and everything in between.   I have faith that when I turn to Google I am going to get a response that will help my current situation.   Amen, Google.

Now that I got some of the ridiculous out of my system, if the world is going to end on May 21, 2011 - I wish you all the best wherever we will be on May 22.