Did people make such a big deal over 2000 as 2012? world end?

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i know 2000 isnt the only date in the past that was said the world to end or similar to that. but why are people only making a big deal out of 2012? did they make a deal with the other dates too? im not asking about 2012 im just asking why people are making a big deal of it.

Is the world going to end in 2012 or Is the Mayan Calendar just going to end and start over?

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some people are saying that all life on earth is going to be destroyed and possibly some life is going to survive. On the other hand, people are saying that nothing on earth is going to be destroyed, just the Mayan calendar is going to end and start over. I need some answers because I am VERY worried.

So, is this 2012 theory a read between the lines cause of over population?

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Why is everyone so set on saying that 2012 everything will be over because of a shift in earth’s poles?

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I’ve seen plenty of questions about an expected shift in the earth’s poles and am surprised of these reports that indicate this to be the “end of the world”. As I understand this magnetic shift thing, the sun went through one in Feb.2001. Since the sun has a cycle of doing these polar shifts, the next one can be expected in 2012, because the sun does this every 11 years. Now, why would that be the end of the world? We survived 2001, right. I understand that our axis has shifted already by 4 degrees, but that doesn’t mean that we will all go under and die…so what exactly is happening that everyone insists that 2012 is our final year? I’d like to see my grands graduate from high school, and that’s little ways to go, because one is 3 and the other is 3 months old….can anyone explain things to me a little better? Thank you!!!!!
I went on the internet to find out what all this talk about 2012 being the end of times is and I really didn’t find so much—it seems more of a speculation than based on facts, because facts was what I was looking for…
I went on the internet to find out what all this talk about 2012 being the end of times is and I really didn’t find so much—it seems more of a speculation than based on facts, because facts was what I was looking for…

will the world end in 2012 or will the calander of Mayan just start over since the mayans calander is cylical?

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