Critically examining the "End of the World"
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about 1 year ago
I have a prediction that it cannot be true! All that nonsense can’t be possibly true, If it will, get a good bomb shield or something like that.
about 1 year ago
No…..
What a great question. It represents a closing of a grand cycle in time. It, according to many, will usher in mega changes, but I believe this is a good thing. If you do a goolge search on the year 2012, you will find links to all sort of info, positive and negative. Sort through it carefully, and listen to your gut instinct to find out what is true and what is not! Don’t be afraid ! There’s nothing to fear…
God Bless You….
about 1 year ago
NO.. because in Islam (maybe even in Christianity, not sure) Jesus is to return (he hasnt yet) and fight the evil on earth and bring peace back. He will marry, have children and live for 40years then die a natural death..this is all before the end of the world.. So 2012 is only about 5 years away… thats way too soon if you believe in Jesus’ returning…
about 1 year ago
Or did they think of 2012 as the true end of the Mayan civilization?
You really have to ask yourself why so-called highly civilized people (such as us) would choose to put this interpretation on a primitve peoples ancient artifacts.
about 1 year ago
At the ripe old age of 45 I have lived through Y2k, solar storms and several supposed ends of the world as predicted by Nostradamus and Edgar Cayce.
We are still here, the world still turns, and someone somewhere out there is cranking out a book to sell to gullible people about the next supposed end of the world.
Stop listening to hype, go take a nice warm bubble bath and go to bed.
about 1 year ago
I don’t think it’s the end of the world, just the end of their calender.
about 1 year ago
Prefer not to think so. Maybe they couldnt count more than that
about 1 year ago
think the mayans got the calender thing from the aztecs because the aztecs beleived that the end of the earth was in 2012 also. here it is.
the aztecs believed that there has been four ages of the earth we are in the fifth), each ending with some terrible event that happened to bring about the creation of some creature. for example, at the end of the second age, a great wind started blowing that blew everything off the earth but two people who survived by holding on to a tree. as a result of hanging on to the tree, they grew tails and became monkeys.
they believe that this age will end with earthquakes on december 22, 2012. so i think that the mayans took this idea and just created a calender to go with it.
about 1 year ago
As they said above, all it represented was the end of this grand cycle and not necessarily the end of time.
about 1 year ago
Only God knows the time. And it’s not the end of the world, it’s the restoration of Earth. The ending of hate, crime, anger, jealousy, greed, sorrow. However we are now living in time of the generation of the fig tree, which is stated as the last generation. But to the Lord, who knows how long a generation could be; A day for him is a thousand days on Earth. So maybe a generation is a lot longer than our 40 years huh?
about 1 year ago
It’s far more likely that the guy making the calendar asked “How far do you want me to go?” and someone else said. “How far can you go?” “A couple of thousand years.” “That’s good. If we need more, we can do it later.” “Sounds good to me.”
Seriously, the Mayan Calendar is a manmade construct just like the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar. God did not make them. The end of the world is not tied to a specific date on any calendar. We’ll find out about it just a little bit before it happens if we get any advance warning at all.
about 1 year ago
No. According to the Mayan thinking the calender will start anew. But if you think it will then sell me everything you have for a penny on 12-31-2001 for a Penney.
about 1 year ago
The Mayan Long Count calendar isn’t ending. It’s simply going from the 12th Baktun to the 13th Baktun, much like ours went from 1999 to 2000 amid much hype 6 years ago.
And no, it’s not the “end of the world” it’s supposed to be a new beginning.
about 1 year ago
No