I've been listening to people's thoughts on the "end of the world" that is supposed to happen on December 21, 2012.
Many people say that it's because the Mayans "predicted" this theory.
But I've read more on it and they didn't predict anything, that is just when their calender happens to end.
So what are your thoughts on this topic?
Is they Mayan calender correct or not?
If not, how and when do you think the world will come to it's end?
check Penn and Teller Bull S**T End times on youtube, the only people that still perpetuate this crap are those that hope to market off the hype.. they are not the first, and they won't be the last. Hal Lindsey, was once a big name in "calling" the Revelation date. What about someone predicting something optomistic?
Perhaps a poll, "Do you believe the end times forecasters?".
ROTFL
That's another funny thing, is that I've heard from that same thing from other people...it's just all confusing...
So which is it?
12 or 21?
I've read and heard both of them. So I'm not really sure
My thoughts are that it is a big hoax and that it could be the government or religious persons trying to scare people into their religion.
The Mayan calender could be correct but it also could not be correct. Many different calenders predicted 2000 to be end of the world and it is now almost 2010.
The world can end at any time for any reason whether it be known or not.
Well I think it could just be that they got tired of counting and decided to stop the calendar at 12/12/12... or maybe it could be a prediction of the end of something... however I'm not certain it's the end of the world, especially since "their" world ended long ago. Should it truly be the end of the world is there anything we can do about it? Is panic and fear helpful in some way?
well I am from missouri and we are the Show-Me State.. LOL I think that people are just reading into it more than it is and everyone is freakin over it. I swear I have had family and friends ask me and I am like I can leave home today and get hit by a bus, yet, I am not gonna stay in the house till the day is over..
Movies and books etc, are all making alot of money off this, whole mayans calender predition. I mean why can't it just be where they left off.. I do not think any one knows when the world will die or destruct or any other thing till right before it happens just my opinion.
If I got it right they never said anywhere that the end of the world would come. It was just that their callender ended that date. If they would go further they would have to do lots and lots of maths. Their callender was far more complex then ours.
Its just another way of people making profit , books movies , t-shirts , and the wackos that are gonna take it seriously and kill a dozen or two , of people!
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A lot of what has been predicted yes has come true but so has many other things that are predicting the end of the world.
Mayans
Bible...etc etc.
I am not worried about the end of the world until it comes.
Yeah I agree with xVIRUSx I think it's to get publicity....I want to live life to the fullest and what is life without risks? NOTHING....lol...I just wanted to get to know other's views on this topic...so please speak freely and don't hold anything back *grins*
do not know why poeple are panicing that much, the logic in this case would be that: the guy typing or writing or hitting with the stone hammer onthe stone tablet was simply tired of doing it and said: ok, over 2500 years in advance is enought, the rest they can figure it out themselve.
seriously why worry? will it change anything if and I mean really IF it is true?
No. So why worry? enjoy life and make the best of it.
I do not beleive in the end of the world, at least not this way. So I think the guy just got tired of writing. And stopped.
The Medaia always hypes everything out of proportion..
Trust me ... if its Really ment to happen , guess what , well all just die , theres nothing we really control in all this situation. period!
the end of the world could mean any thing, and it doesn't exactly mean that the world is going to blow up and that the human race is going to vanish from the earth, it could mean a number of things, it could mean that the planet starts to change in some way and we all evolve in to something else, it could mean that little green men will come and finally show them selves, if you truly read the bible, and truly understand what it tells you, it does not mean that the world is going to vanish and that man kind is going to die off, it just means that something is going to change and it will go down in to history, but that is my thoughts on that, as with many religions in this world death is only the next part of life, it is the part that allows the next generation, our kids, our grand children, so on and so forth to live and allow them to have there chance to live and make there own mistakes as we have made ours, and what not, i guess i am about the only one who views it that way, but as the saying goes, when the abyss stares at you the only thing you can do is smile back at the abyss,
I seen this a lot on youtube about the planet X, or somewhat.. Most of those things are brainwashing containing too many holes! In my knowledge I don't think it's not going to happen.
Quote: "Many people say that it's because the Mayans "predicted" this theory."
Yes! That is correct. It is just a theory, because since humanity is not perfect, why would the Mayans know?
Only the Supreme Being would know, and see what is what about the Universe.
(Taken from my post response in the thread entitled "Will The World End In 2012"):
Other then slight shifts in the earths polarity due to magnetic disturbances from the nearby black hole, as well as the earths axis going to an indistinct rythm due to planetary alignments, the equator shiftings its location and the oval earth becoming circular.. Nothing cataclysmic such as the movie: Numbers, with Nicholas Cage.
Weather will be off shift, as it has been for about 5 years now, but no one will die from an epic proportion catastrophe as rumoured. The 2012 awakening will be that of a metaphysical level alone. Spirits will be more likely to show themselves and more active then ever, awareness for other dimensions will come into play for those who are in tune with what is known as the ascension process. society will start to see in a 5th dimensional perspective instead of the regular 3rd.
Which is why more paranormal phenomenon has been happening lately.
Cannot wait until actual media presented first contact hits in 2011. Should be spectacular (conspiracy theory speaking of course).
Whether or not December 12th or 21st are relevant is in the eye of the beholder. I am sure we will all find out the "truth" of it all January 1st 2013.
People like to be scared. People love to have something to look forward to and have Y2K that shouldn't surprise anyone.
If something is going to happen or not, I dont know. There are a thousands of different ways the world could end every day (sun spots, comet, ect) the trick is knowing when to stop focusing on your death and enjoy the time you have left.
By the way it is deffinately 21st of december I saw some ppl where confused
So after the date, all those who promoted the hype, and psuedologic will release books about how they "thwarted the pending events". Notice how all the end time forecasters are never questioned about missed predictiments? There are a few good authors that have books on why end time forecasters behave as they do, and why people are attracted to same.
Last research shows that the Mayan Calendar actually goes beyond 2012... I think that the "greatest minds" of the world postponded the "End Of The Wold" somewhere around 2460. Actually, if a giant asteroid arrives here early, "Armageddon" might happen even tomorrow.
I don't think the end of the world will be on a nicely established date... 21st of the 12th month in 2012... nicer would've been 21st December of 2112.
The movie 2012 makes me laugh. I wonder how many people will believe it is true?
I may die tomorrow I do not have time to worry about what will happen in 2012.
I fervantly believe that that date applies to one thing.. how far ahead they planned their calender.
as to when we'll die??
well, with all the destruction we reign on this Earth it could be tomorrow.. [sleep well.]
Another thing to consider into the equation is the Writers of these forcast, and how they arrange (like flowers) the various pitches. They even campaing against each other when another is discredited. Their degrees, and suspect credidials. make them no more then published Tabloid digest. Like writing a sci-fi book, and insisting it is real.. only they may (or may not be) buying their own pitch.. they use a shallow vaguery, that sheds as they get a larger demographic.. they start out scraping for grants grants. Often, one can find outright plagerization from late sci-anolog collections. A few years ago it was Egept, then it was Mars.. So with dates.. Relgious Folk.. and Pseodo science (pseodo acadimia) are both real grimm about.. how often does anyone go.. Gea I forecast that by 2075 science will prevail, and superstition will lose its grip over the populous, and all those who expoit (in any degree) those who fleece (or gain from fleecing). While I am concerned with 2009 11 09 2009, people are already giving up their future.. if you really want a date to mope about.. how about what youare failing fufill today. think what you pass on to those who live beyond 2020.. 2275.. think! But.. dont be so preoccupied.. I have my personal "End time short story.. now I am starting to think I can pass it off as a real progressive event.. one that takes place around 2020 all the flotsam will clatch on.
it is only a theory not a predicted this date 12/12/12
It is not end of the world. Years goes on like other years to come..
That date is just a date,and so hyped.the world can end at anytime, and if you put your faith in someone elses hands then why live your own life. let someone else do it for you.
OHHH..Yes. The world is coming to an end, and the environmentalist will blame the local people for trashing mother nature. Bla Bla Bla. Seriously, we are a little more intelligent them those people that are believing for sure that the world will end. The world only end after I sign you dead certificate at the ER were I do work and you are totally DEAD.
*ROTFL*
Nice post to the one above me.
Okay, I love everyone's opinion, looks like there are a few who actually care. I love that everyone is so open about this converstation because usually when I pull it up people like to build a wall.
Keep going guys I wanna hear from everyone. :)
When I read the thread title I was going to predict the same thing as you SF. I believe it is just when the calendar renews, not when the world ends. I believe they said there were other calendars from the Mayans that also ended to be continued.
MAYAN CALENDAR'S NOT QUITE ACCURATE, THERE IS A SERIOUS SHIFT THOUGH, PLANETS CHANGING LIKE IT HAS FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, AND NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
ITS BEING ADVANCED ENOUGH TO SURVIVE IT.
I think its all a load of crap, honestly. I mean, how many other times have we said that the world was going to end on a certain date? And we're still here. When the world does end, we're not going to know about it until its too late.
If you look closer into the majority of these predictions they say "it's the end of the world as we know it" which is actually very different from "it's the end of the world". Another phrase I've seen with the 2012 predictions is "It's the end of an age". 12/21/2012 is the end of the "age of Aquarius" and the beginning of a new age. For most of us we use a yearly calendar that end Dec 31st but that doesn't mean that Dec 31st will be the end of the world only the end of a year and a new one begins and the same is true for the Mayan calender theirs is just much longer than a year. Even if you look at revelations in the Christian bible when it speaks of the "end times" it's only the end of the world as we know it, but not the end of the world as in total destruction because it says after the "end" Christ will reign on earth for 1000 years. Just how would he do that if the world is completely destroyed? It also says Christ and the end time will come like a thief in the night. Meaning by the time people figure out it's here it will be too late. One of the big things to look for if you follow the Christian bible is peace in the middle-east since there is supposed to be if I remember correctly 7yrs of peace in the middle-east before the "end times" and it's not looking like that will happen anytime soon.
well concluded ~Wolfie~, from your approach it seems that society is still indeed stuck within the dark ages at their own free will, always following their leaders, believing in the individuals that make the most sense. Whether they be preachers, political leaders, or talk show hosts that deliver a rather subtle sermon on the mount in a bantery sort of way.
All of society regardless of who they are tend to cling to idol gossip from any kind of media exposure just because it is advertised good enough to be believable in the long run. This is what the incredible fear factor of manipulation is all about.
Anyone could come up with a good storyline for the sake of their own personal agenda aka conspiracy theory, include it with a rapture connotation and any part of the world that has a belief in the system with which that storyline produces, could become a radical and shout out to the world that part of the storyline is about to happen. Those few individuals that would believe any part of that storyline to be probable, would take to it like sheep to grass.
Unfortunately, more then half of society clings to this connotation and do fall prey to the manipulation of those story tellers. They believe in it so foolishly, that they actually have nightmares and dreams about it then repeat it over and over again. Much like the media does. It must be true if it is fashionably repeated over and over again to keep society remembering what the storyline is about.
But for what purpose? That should be the real questions presented.
I think some of it is society has become so cynical it's easier to believe in a disastrous ending versus a happy one or that OMG life could go on.
Sadly the resignation of such people becomes frantic, "Why invest in anything, it is all going to be gone in 2 years." becomes a default mind set. Motive was ponder by -SS - profites.. for "prophets". The same goes for Tabloids, though Tabloid Journalist seldomly subscribe to their own hog wash. I have an article regarding the "montra" concept.. perhaps I will post that here.
A prophecy in which the mian culture believed yet we as humans tried to figure the code out, is it the end or is it the begining of a new year, a calander which may repeat.
All hype like y2k. A lot of misinformation and misunderstanding from people that have know Idea
as well as a niche for people who have no talent as authors, who fail at fiction writing.. so they pitch their crap as academic.
thing is, if everyone is so "positive" that 2012 is the end of the world then why are they still making long term plans, trying to earn a buck, making movies that in 2 years time shouldn't be all that important since we're all supoosed to be facing "the end".
And frankly, if it really is supposed to be the end of the world (which I doubt), why worry about it? I mean, what good will it do to worry because you supposedly can't stop it from happening, right?
Humans do not and would not know about "The End". In the higher' sense the 'time lines' would and will change for the whole. Somebody would needing to be a powerful psychic to 'see' 'then end'.
I watched a doco' some years ago, about Nostradamus, how he 'saw' the end and how a Angel appeared to him.
I also heard that a part of Nostradamus Predictions was 'hidden' from the world, the section WAS about the year, 2000 and above, for the predictions.
I do honestly think that there IS a main "timeline" the main realm of a string, for words of explaining it. Yeah, I do think that there IS a end, but I do think that humans do and would not know.
I personally think that dragons may make a comeback. The ones in dragon form may leave their hiding places and fly freely again. I think that's why my husband and I have been reincarnated at this time. Who better to reunite human and dragon than the current King? (We dragons turned our backs on humans long ago.)
Did I read that right? Someone here claims to be some sort of draconic heirarchy IE King and Queen?
Not sure about the rest of you, but this 2012 thing may be going a bit too far with some folks. That fine line between fantasy and reality needs to be remembered.
I have heard many theories..some are that we will become more aware..whereas others are of course the typical Doomsday predictions..Personally, I would like to know if something is going to happen...but it wont change the fact that Im going to live life the way I want and fully experience all of the wonders it has to offer, learning all I can along the way..regardless of what society is trying to scare into me...I think everyone else should do the same!
Well let's take a look about what predictions have been left unproven so far.....
The bible has been preaching about the end of the world for a VERY long time, and i have yet to see it.
Then that little thing about the world ending in the year 2000? Apparently that didn't happen either.
And so they chose to boost the hoopla of a Mayan calendar about 2012.
Whatever happened to the Mayans anyway?? Can we consider their disappearance as a factor for why this calendar didn't continue?
I don't pay much attention to the doomsayers because so far, every mentionable, has already been proven false. Why worry?
I DON'T believe the world will end in 2012. It pisses me off that this topic is all I have been hearing. and well, seriously, if it is the end of the world, there is no need to fear your death because the goddess will wrap us all into her bosom and take care of us.
I don't have damn clue when the world will end honestly. I don't think I want to know either.
well noone knows for sure. all im saying is the mayans DID have some truth in thier calendar, with star and planetary positions
After all the crap I have heard about the end of the world I think I will just grab the book of revalations and throw a dart, and start talking about the verse it sicks in as what the end of the world will be.
hal lindsey based a ministry (read non profit cash cow) on biblical doomforecasting.
i watched a program with a astrological professor and he said we have solar flare events every 11 years or so and they said the last one they miscalulated way off and it caused a lot of interferance with radios and stuff but not that many people felt that one but this one is gonna be off the charts mucking up satellites if they dont get redunant systems in them before the date of the next flare cycle it will hit us harder because of our use of cell phones and such will be down and out for a while soooooooo um unless we all go crazy cause we cant twitter i think we will be ok thoe on the other hand we had a power outage for an hour last week when a car hit one of the poles near the house and i was in the middle of chatting with my VR buds and i went nutzo i could not call out cause all the phones we had were cordless and the cells were not charge aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa and the date is dec. 21st 2012 cause my best friends b-day is dec 22end and she says she wants her party well see all you in hell
The post about Penn and teller makes mention of that guy. He is a real character. There was even a guy on Coast to Coast about that, the main thing he wanted was for people to buy his book. maybe attend his seminars..
Which means if they publish books, and they are convicted by their "research" then why are they not publishing in scientific journals, and comissioning astronomers, and solarist (sic).. btw.. Penn and teller looked up a solarolgist (sic)
I thought it was 20/12/2012 at one point... 'cause 2012 2012. But i'm pretty sure it's the 21st.
Whatever it is, I don't think it will happen. I won't wake up one snowy day in December and the world will be in chaos... I *do* really want to see the movie "2012" though! Maybe it will shed some light on the situation... Or maybe it's just a ploy by the directors to make a ton of cash. Either way, John Cusack is my favourite actor, so I'm definitely going to see it :)
theres lots of theories if you check the internet meteor strike, aliens, a rogue planet colliding,. . .they didnt predict the end of everything. . .more the thought is of some drastic change that will maybe be the end of life as we know it now. . . . . .Nostodamus says the end of the world isnt until the next millenium. .lol
Actualy i believe it has been debunked. Seems NASa has been on the debunking trail and has pointed out that though the Mayan calendar ended they apparently started another one immediately.
Nor, are there any runaway, planets or asteroids that are currently heading our way. Of course, they really could be and NASA is just lying :)
LF, thats why NASA is making the Rocket under pretense of replacing the Shuttle fleet.. they will use it to shoot down the Meteor.. The space station has space for the leaders of a few countries.
i say put all the leaders and wall streeters on the space station and then pray for meteors
Honestly, I just think the world will end when WE mess up. I doubt a man in white robes, watching us from the sky in a golden throne will cause it all to end.
the world will not just end because of a cosmic jewish zombie(see my profile for more info on cosmic jewish zombies lol) it will be a big world war or some shit. maybe even global warming
the world will not just end because of a cosmic jewish zombie(see my profile for more info on cosmic jewish zombies lol) it will be a big world war or some shit. maybe even global warming
The conjunction of 2012, with the sun in the middle of the s of the milky way (the big dot near pluto).

There were indications that the mayan calander indicated that the world would be physically destroyed (water)... but the maya had a hyperbolic view of parables.
The calendar when it runs out...is just a end to a new beginning.
As far as the planets lining up they do it over so many thousands of years.
Those nutters believe the world will end because the mayan calander ends in 2012
WELL...My Calander ends 31st December 2009 shit does that mean the end of the world
eh no just a new calander
Do you think the Mayans just ran out of space to right on the hunk of rock??
Or just wanted to mess with us on purpose??
That's what I would've done lol
Vladamir that was funny. yet, they did not begin a new calendar due to them being extinct themselves or?? I mean there is always things happening and changing the older the world gets, yet, I do not see where anyone can actually predict it until we are actually staring it in the face. just my opinion is all.
People are funny, spreading information without having any good amount of it.
First, it is not the end of the world, nor does the mayan calender or their writings claim such. It will be a time when we will need to become as one and change our direction in life or suffer a terrible outcome... Like nuking ourselves.
The mayans were a very astrological culture and a lot of their theories about the sun and solar flares has all but been acceptedly provable.
Also, different calenders have different "end dates" because they have to be converted to the calender we use. The Gregorian I think.
And at least this isn't another government created scare like Y2K I remember that time ... lol. It was just selling propaganda.
I still think a good question here has gone ignored.. why are those who publish books forecasting the end, not giving them away, its not like they really expect the
money to be of any use.. with the exception of the dud in denmark.. who actually has people bidding on community space to hold out against the catacymic events.
Wow.. Thats pretty funny. People are so daft to think a cataclysmic event could be held at bay by a bomb shelter... LMAO
One takes a risk when herding people into investing in travel expenses, plus enrollment.. sadly in one doomcast cult, they started offing investers.
Well why not? this world should be held to the belief of Darwinism. The weak die, and strong survive. Besides... I would kill them too. Although, i wouldn't invest in something let alone something based on bullshit.
They are actually "sheep" helping themselves be fleeced. while often a con pitches a vague phamplet to a punter, the punter feels compeled to fill in the gaps, and when another punter ponders (internally)validity, they take note of those punters who have the hook, worn as jewlery.
JudasBrood, you've just jogged my memory. There's a prophecy of a war between humans and non-humans. A huge one. I was told this some years ago, when I was just beginning to discover how different I was to other people.
yeah thought somepeople heard that story lol. But no by the world war i meant all humanvhuman no gods and deamons lol
myself I just cannot wrap my mind around something that has not been an actual event that has been proven to happen on a certain day and time. I mean hell even when we have facts such as Hurricanes and other impending disasters that are about to happen people still do not always listen to the facts and have lost their lives, such as Katrina and others..
I mean we have so much technology that can detect such impending disasters and occurances, do you not think that we woud be seeing things now that would cause such a terrible change in our planet and prepare us for it.? I mean take Global warming it is happening and we are trying to help our planet, whether we have waited to long or not many are becoming more aware of it.
I guess I am just too much of a Missourian *Show Me State* LOL I have to see the proof or something other than the fact that an ancient civilizations calendar ended, hell my calendar ends on Dec. 31st for the year 2009.. what does that mean. dahhh.. just my 2 cents is all.
just watched another show that stated that the pentagon has been holding meetings sence 1948 on this when they discovered the the megnetic north and south poles walked they are not directly at thier geographical centers and they showed a map where the south and north pole sets now and by 2012 the poles will be on top of each other and the poles will flip and be at our equater and melting the ice caps and reforming new ones almost instantly ...i seriously dont want to live in polar bear happy icy pengaun land
hahahaa and you heard that where? Idlike to hear/see it
January 1, 2000 all over again.
What a boon to Hollywood and psuedo intellectual writers trying to cash in on the latest and greatest doomsday scenerio.
December 22, 2012 will dawn and nobody will even be aware of what did not occur on the day before. They will be too busy looking for the next prediction, the next vision of Nostradamus or some abstract lost tribe's premonitions.
It was predicted by both the Atlantians and the Lemurians that on the 112th day of the 2077th year following the collapse of the Peridocolian revival that the moon would plummet into the earth causing a simultaneous, worldwide acceptance of the diety of the one true God, Ed Wood.
Bullshit, of course it is.
the apocalypse is a western invention. The world isnt going to end any time soon, and if it does I doubt we can predict it
Well if you can believe the scientists, NASA seems to feel nothing at all will happen.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/11/13/end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-will-we-feel-fine
Well the planet will have some crazy changes eventually . Because the poles will move and the ice will melt into the cold salt water, as it is doing now *slowly, Yet I do not foresee anything worl shattering happening for many years yet, anything can happen. when it does then it does.
Exactly. Its not like there will be much we can do about it
Thank you for that link PsiDreamer.
The world as we know it ends everyday. The rate of change is imperceptible to most of us in the developed world. In the parts of our planet where subsistence farming, either on the land or on water, is practiced, the rate of change is felt at a frightening pace.
There is some speculation that human evolution was influenced by dramatic climate change. That is, we mutated in order to deal with it, whereas other species did not. Whether we will continue to adapt, as in perhaps mutating to breath carbon emissions with no harm to delicate human tissue is anyone's guess.
Planet earth may not go out with a bang. It is more likely that population shifts will occur first. People will migrate for food and livelihood. Some will choose to seize territory. War is likely.
Groups who believe in the apocalypse and armageddon may choose to help the process along. In that case, humans could engineer a world collapse.
Oh yeah. I think if the world /ends it will be our fault
If it's my time to go I will go.. If I can survive well than I'll survive.
great shadow fever.. I might as well close the Door to the First Congragation Of Ed Wood.. I still have tickets for the Bunker.. and Plan to start printing " I freited 2012, and all I got was a lousy t-shirt." T's, and " I survived 2012" ts.
Yeah any cataclysmic event does seem highly unprobable. And hell if something does happen then it wont matter very long because we would die.
yea, its not like they are going to make the head Lines the next day with a big " (Insert Name) Was Right!"
I best put the slogans in my journal to hold copy right date.. I'll put you down for a free one.