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The Mayan Calendar ends on that date. According to their holy writ, the Popul Vuh, it will be the end (extinguishing) of the 5th sun. Some take this to mean a symbolic ending as in, an end of an age while others see as it something more ominous - the end of human existence (or much of it) as we know it. It's part of a cycle.
Some say it has happened before and there were survivors who were responsible or all of us being here today. They point to the earth having the residual scars of a tragic upheaval eons ago that brought a previous "Golden Age" to an end. The survivors simply preserved partial memories in what we now call myths.
On December 21st, 2012, there will be some unique alignment involving the earth and sun, one which has not occurred since 240,000 years ago. Some scientists predict this might cause what they call, a "polar shift," which is theorized as an event where earth's poles (north and south) exchange places OR pulled back and then snapped back into place creating a violent upturn of the entire planet.
That the Mayans were skilled astronomers is no secret. That their calendar is more accurate than the ones we use today is also no secret. They charted the courses of the sky with precision, knew of precession and other cosmic events before they occurred is also amazing, but while they predicted something about the winter solstice in the year 2012, the meaning is left up to us to determine.
Like any other doomsday prophecy, I think it's interesting, but not really something to worry about. Nobody can predict the future. Besides, their calendar had to end sometime...imagine how tired their calendar-makers were, working that far in advance!
It's probably just the Mayan equivalent of "OMG Y2K!!!" and we know where that one went. LOL
Like any other doomsday prophecy, I think it's interesting, but not really something to worry about. Nobody can predict the future. Besides, their calendar had to end sometime...imagine how tired their calendar-makers were, working that far in advance!
It's probably just the Mayan equivalent of "OMG Y2K!!!" and we know where that one went. LOL
Could be indeed. I don't know of any other solid corroborating evidence for that date, but one thing for sure, the world has and and has had no shortage of doomsday prophecies and I think if you really check things out, earth has been dodging all kinds of cosmic disasters over the years, but you know it's only a matter of time before we get whacked and at that moment there will be some fanatic shouting in the face of an oncoming football field sized asteroid, "See! The Book of Revelation was right! Praise God!" LOL
Could be indeed. I don't know of any other solid corroborating evidence for that date, but one thing for sure, the world has and and has had no shortage of doomsday prophecies and I think if you really check things out, earth has been dodging all kinds of cosmic disasters over the years, but you know it's only a matter of time before we get whacked and at that moment there will be some fanatic shouting in the face of an oncoming football field sized asteroid, "See! The Book of Revelation was right! Praise God!" LOL
I would have to agree with you on this one, particularly about some fanatic running around hollerin about the "sky is going to fall" and using the book of Revelation to back it up.
Funny how the 2012 deal came to be popular about 5 years before that date. Just like the May 5th 2000 doomsday when they said all the planets will be in a line with each other. The only fools in this are the people like me that don't create an end time scenario to cash in on. EW
Funny how the 2012 deal came to be popular about 5 years before that date. Just like the May 5th 2000 doomsday when they said all the planets will be in a line with each other. The only fools in this are the people like me that don't create an end time scenario to cash in on. EW
Oh no, this has been kicking around for as long as I can remember. I heard about it when I was a kid...which is some time ago now.
Right, but it only is more popular now because of the people cashing in on it before its to late.
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