What does it mean that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012?

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I know what is going to happen as far as the milky way crosses the path of the sun, but how will this effect us?

Maybe the Mayan calendar ended 2012 because they never got to finish it?

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I think that they ever got to finish it. I mean they couldn’t make it forever. Please answer it. I’m curious.

Pole Shift, 2012, Mayan Calendar, world cleansing, negative energy, Sylvia Browne…?

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I have a friend (the intellectual integrity of whom I sometimes question) who’s a little nervous about some pole shift/axial shift that she thinks is going to occur sometime in the near future (2012 is her current favorite candidate year, on account of the Mayan calendar and all). Apparently we earthlings have been very bad and Mother Nature, or Gaia, or whatever, needs to get rid of a few of us to “heal herself” and a pole shift is just the way to go. So the earth is supposed to stop rotating and flip over on its side, and then start back up again…leaving a few enlightened earthlings behind, I guess…

Besides that, she says, Sylvia Browne and Ruth Montgomery say so. Now, without revealing my feelings about the subject (if, hehe, I haven’t already), I’m just curious about how many people out there have heard of this, believe in it, think it’s nuts, have reasons either way, whatever. Chime in whether you know anything or not, and let me know what you think!

Mayan Calendar 2012 survey. Who believes it?

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I was just wondering about how the Mayan calendar predicted the end of the world in 2012. How many people actually believe it. Both sides of the argument make sense. What’s your opinion?

Whats the deal with the mayan calendar ending in 2012?

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Why did the ancient Mayan or pre-Maya choose December 21st, 2012 A.D., as the end of their Long Count calendar?