December 21st, 2012. The end of days?

[miller483]

http://www.december212012.com/

As some of you may know, on December 21, 2012, the Mayan calendar comes to an end. A lot of people are curious as to what will happen. Some think the sun's gonna explode, other think a humongous financial crash is gonna occur.

Personally, I think the seasons are gonna get flipped around or something weird like that.

What do you guys think? Oh, and you can be a little silly with it, just not too much.

 

[RMR]

May be In 2030 or so due global warming, but 2012 is too short.

But, on another thing, Mayans always had good prediction so...

Anyway, lets enjoy our lives and our 4 years of constant Brawl playing, but Im not sure if every Advanced Tech wil be discovered in 4 years...

 

[F8AL]

This reminds me of June 6th 2006 (aka "666"), noone did their homework cause they told me "well, we're all gonna die tomorrow, so why bother spending out last hours doing homework". And the next time, we all went to school very much alive. The end.

 

[Mr.GAW]

nOsTrAdAmOs dO nOt LyE!

 

[Shock the Hedgehog]

Nothing to worry about really, it's just a conspiracy. The Mayan empire ended long ago, anyway.

 

[Zink]

http://www.december212012.com/articles/news/Can_planet_earth_still_be_saved.htm
rofl, this site is so pathetic.

Arguelles organized and promoted the metaphysical significance of the convergence of different planets in our solar system as an earth-changing event requiring 144,000 participants, “the number that echoed Mayan mathematics and the Book of Revelation—to free the planet from the dissonant influence of western science and synchronize with the wave harmonic of history set to culminate in 2012.”

Large crowds of people all over the world heeded the call (including myself) and gathered in sacred places like Stonehenge in England, Mt. Shasta in California, Mt. Banahaw in the Philippines, and even Central Park in New York.

I was in Houston, Texas, then and joined several hundred New Agers chanting and swaying at a Houston Park.

What would the post-2012 world be like? According to Arguelles, “It will be a world of universal telepathy. We will be living in a new time, by a 13-month, 28-day synchronometer that will facilitate our telepathy by keeping us in harmony with everything all the time.”

Those who have not evolved highly enough will be taken away in “silver ships,” presumably unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

Arguelles is now in New Zealand preparing for the transition.

Before the end of the current cycle in 2012, there will be great upheavals, the likes of which have never been seen before. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions will topple big buildings and sink whole countries and islands.

Few places will be safe. Those deserving and have developed a sixth sense or intuition will be told where to go.

In the light of all these seemingly inevitable predictions, what can people do? Let me quote the last paragraph of Hogue’s book:

“The key to endless tomorrows is the realization that you, me, all of us, are the problem. Stop running away from the seeds of every human misery. Stop making excuses for the past. Your only home in the cosmos is on fire and every one of us is equally responsible for lighting the match and looking the other way. You are the problem, and you are also the answer. The first step toward saving the world is within.”

lol, telepathic civilization ftw apparently. who in their right mind would believe ANY doomsday prediction?
where's that site that lists all the failed apocalypses?

 

[Eor]

It's a direct lie that the Mayans believed the world would end in 2012

 

[Adi]

Wasn't there actually some comet/asteroid that was predicted to hit us on that day but we moved slightly off course so it won't, I'll check sources and come back.

 

[RMR]

Well, Its more possible and Real that the world ends in 50 or less by global Warming, Its stupid, if it didnt end in June 6th 2006, then why should end in 2012 ?

Ok, may be it ends because of stupid nonsense wars, Its very possible too.
Or may be something like the great depression may happen, and thats the worst case scenario.

I mean, seriously, Who even belives the mayans ? They could have predicted the Spain Conquerors, but they didnt (Shouldn't be saying that, Im Mexican, after all).

 

[Crimson King]

A. Global Warming is still unproven to be completely true.
B. We are under going a climate shift already where the hemispheres will switch seasons. It's Winter in the north and summer in the south, but once it's complete it'll be reversed.

Mayans didn't predict anything. It's funny. In the entire history of the world, there has never been an accurate prediction that was correct and based off nothing except whatever inspires these prophesies.

 

[MattDel]

A. Global Warming is still unproven to be completely true.

al gore would disagree with you...

 

[bored]

Will something happen? Yes. Will the earth end? No.
While the Galactic Equator and the Sun are aligned and the earth completes a wobble which occurs approximately every 26,000 years, I don't really understand how this will effect the earth. Maybe some minor flooding, perhaps a climate change. But the end of earth sounds a bit farfetched IMO.

 

[Zink]

Will something happen? Yes. Will the earth end? No.
While the Galactic Equator and the Sun are aligned and the earth completes a wobble which occurs approximately every 26,000 years, I don't really understand how this will effect the earth. Maybe some minor flooding, perhaps a climate change. But the end of earth sounds a bit farfetched IMO.

there is no reason to suggest anything at all will happen for any reason...

 

[Tryptomine]

Oh lord, I hate it whenever people talk about 'end of the world' and other such naive bull...

Global Warming != End of world.

Nuclear Winter != End of world.

Comet Impact != End of world.

The ****ing Rapture != End of world.

Why are people so amazingly self-centered that they cannot comprehend Earth's existance as being beyond our own? Nothing short or literally ripping our planet apart could cause it to 'die.' No matter what happens to you, me, or the entire human species, the world will continue. Life will continue to grow and thing will move on, even if it takes another billion years. /rant

That said, read somewhere that 25% of Americans beleive(d?) that this year would bring the second coming of Jesus. Can't say I put much faith in random opinions, especialy when it comes to doomsday scenarios.

 

[Eor]

World will end when the sun explodes. Not before.

Human race, however, can. I think that'd what most people are talking about when they say the end of the world, not the planet itself. 'cept for rapture people

 

[GoldShadow]

A. Global Warming is still unproven to be completely true.

I would strongly disagree with you on that.

Every scientist worth his (or her) PhD will tell you that global "warming" (ie, change in earth's climate due to human influence) is real.

edit: Also, it's not very hard to predict if the world is going to end in 2012. Just build a time machine, go to 2013, and see if we're still around. Duh.

 

[ChronosMagnum]

If this doesn't kill you, we would still have the year 2079 to look forward too

 

[RaptorHawk]

Will something happen? Yes. Will the earth end? No.
While the Galactic Equator and the Sun are aligned and the earth completes a wobble which occurs approximately every 26,000 years, I don't really understand how this will effect the earth. Maybe some minor flooding, perhaps a climate change. But the end of earth sounds a bit farfetched IMO.

The earths poles will switch in a matter of less than a day. Will the earth end? maybe. A lot of people say this will cause catastrophic earthquakes and floods and all that good stuff, though I don't think anybody truly knows what this event will cause......guess we just wait and see.

I will keep a lookout for this day just because the mayans and ancient chinese both point to this EXACT day. Which i find a little too coincidental.....and interesting.

 

[tmw_redcell]

Eh this ancient religion stuff seems pretty far-fetched to me, it doesn't seem to have much basis. You see, as a Cancer I am naturally shrewd and cautious, so nothing gets past me. I'm a man of science.

 

[RMR]

The earths poles will switch in a matter of less than a day. Will the earth end? maybe. A lot of people say this will cause catastrophic earthquakes and floods and all that good stuff, though I don't think anybody truly knows what this event will cause......guess we just wait and see.

I will keep a lookout for this day just because the mayans and ancient chinese both point to this EXACT day. Which i find a little too coincidental.....and interesting.

Even if they have different calendars ? I mean, We (or was they ?) have the new year sooner.

 

[Mini Mic]

If that's the last day then I'm so going postal. Pfft The world isn't going to end for a while yet (well for our species that is) there are doom sayers on every street corner, if we took any seriously then we wouldn't be able to go on with our pathetic little lives.

 

[smashplayer16]

http://www.liferesearchuniversal.com/etstats1.html
My belief of how the world is goint to end.

 

[Mic_128]

I agree with Goldshadow.

Also, if these mayans are so great at predicting stuff, why are they dead? Wouldn't they have seen "it" coming, whatever it was, and stop it?

 

[Crimson King]

I would strongly disagree with you on that.

Every scientist worth his (or her) PhD will tell you that global "warming" (ie, change in earth's climate due to human influence) is real.

edit: Also, it's not very hard to predict if the world is going to end in 2012. Just build a time machine, go to 2013, and see if we're still around. Duh.

Which is why an equal number or even greater number of scientist still say there is no proof that global warming is human intervention at all and that we are going through pole and climate shifts which happens ever XXX years.

Also, if these mayans are so great at predicting stuff, why are they dead? Wouldn't they have seen "it" coming, whatever it was, and stop it?

No. Though, I agree with your position that Mayans didn't predict ****, it would have been impossible for them to avoid their fate as it was fate, which is uninterpretable.

Take the instance of this radio "psychic" I heard on XM this week. She is in a studio of men and tells them that one of them who got a ticket will get in a wreck. Men drive more than women and chances are, if you have 6 men in a room in a big city, AT LEAST one will have a ticket. Then she said, to the guy who had the ticket, that he will be in a motorcycle wreck. He JUST bought a motorcycle. Here's what's not shocking about her knowing that. He just bought a motorcycle the week before so he talked about it on the show and she could have found that out by listening. If he's brand new to motorcycles, and he's told he will wreck but it won't be horrible, he will be so nervous when he rides that he WILL cause something to happen, thus fulfilling the prophesy. He could sell his bike, but there is always the chance of a "final ride" and he wrecks then.

The fact is, when you tell someone something bad will happen, they panic and in the end, make it happen.

 

[PaperDream]

OH NO! My calendar ends on December 31, 2007. WE WON'T MAKE IT TO BRAWL! Seriously, maybe the Mayan priests just got tired of making predictions....


And Crimsion King makes a very good point. Global warming has a lot of misconceptions around it. While reducing emissions can't really hurt us, we might not be as responsible for global warming as some claim. I think the greatest theory is the idea of glacial melting feedback.


But telepathy really isn't that crazy of an idea anymore. Scientists and electro-geeks are tearing down the language barrier between the mind and electronics. Scientists are already using electronics wired into the brain to help people restore vision and hearing, and there are some that allow users to command electronics with thought imput. They're known as brain-computer interfaces. They're already appearing in humans as well. Matt Nagle is able to control his robotic arm and hand by thinking. The same technology has been applied to monkeys who were able to remotely control a robotic arm through the internet to feed them a zucchini.

It's just a matter of perfecting the technology.

 

[Rx-]

I agree with Goldshadow.

Also, if these mayans are so great at predicting stuff, why are they dead? Wouldn't they have seen "it" coming, whatever it was, and stop it?

So much qft.

 

[Silent_Jester]

Last to posts prove a point.

The end of the world will most likely happen after the human race is dead. A lot like what happened with the dinosaurs.

 

[RaptorHawk]

I think the whole mayan thing needs a little clarification for some people. The end of their calender DOES NOT predict the end of man. The end of their calendar is supposed to represent the end of one phase of humanity and the start of a next. This could very well mean global disasters, but for all we know this could mean something good, like entering a utopia(doubt it but just saying lol).

 

[tmw_redcell]

Even if they have different calendars ? I mean, We (or was they ?) have the new year sooner.

It's the winter solstice of that year, referencing the astrological event of the sunrise on that day being in line with the center of our galaxy, and the earth's rotational axis completing it's longass wobbling phase. So they wouldn't have said "December 21st" obviously, but it's the same day.

 

[pwnzorz]

Nintendo goes bankrupt.
[darth vader/chipmunk voice]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Super Smash Halo 3 releases for the Xbox Pi.
[chris tucker voice] aww.. Hell naw!

In Soviet russia, Bankrupt goes Nintendo!!!!

 

[Zink]

The earths poles will switch in a matter of less than a day. Will the earth end? maybe. A lot of people say this will cause catastrophic earthquakes and floods and all that good stuff, though I don't think anybody truly knows what this event will cause......guess we just wait and see.

I will keep a lookout for this day just because the mayans and ancient chinese both point to this EXACT day. Which i find a little too coincidental.....and interesting.

I call false. Geomagnetic reversals do not occur over any "short" amount of time... few hundred to a few thousand years, generally... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal
as well as the fact that they have never been linked to a biological extinction.

 

[Pluvia's other account]

This quote is what knocked my into all my senses.

Homer Simpson
"Oh cruel world! I always thought you would end before I did!"

After hearing that, I realised that everyone's obsessed that the world will end before they do. They make up all these things which never seem to happen. Nobody ever seems to think that maybe the world, which has been here for billions of years already, will continue to stay here for the billions more to come. They just bring up hocus pocus and shout it at people to scare them.

I'm pretty sure that this is not new. It's probably been happening for hundreds of years.

 

[Mic_128]

Which is why an equal number or even greater number of scientist still say there is no proof that global warming is human intervention at all and that we are going through pole and climate shifts which happens ever XXX years.

The speed at which it's hapenning alonw makes it pretty **** obvious we're respicable. Sure, the natural change of climate, yadda yadda, but there's no way it'd suddenly up the pace for no reason.

And to me, that excuse is garbage, just people blaming something else other than themselves who then just go and do nothing to help because "it's natural" Yes, I'm sure all the gasses and other polution from cars, factories, garbage dumps aren't affecting it at all.

Hmm.

 

[Eternal phoenix Fire]

The mayans didn't predict ****, they just made an over analysis on an inevitability and exaggerated the occurence by making it encompasses the mayan calander. This is a coincidence that evolved into propaganda.

 

[Crimson King]

The speed at which it's hapenning alonw makes it pretty **** obvious we're respicable. Sure, the natural change of climate, yadda yadda, but there's no way it'd suddenly up the pace for no reason.

And to me, that excuse is garbage, just people blaming something else other than themselves who then just go and do nothing to help because "it's natural" Yes, I'm sure all the gasses and other polution from cars, factories, garbage dumps aren't affecting it at all.

Hmm.

On the flip side, environmentalist HAVE to blame people for any issues because then it's fixable and they feel a little bit better about themselves. It's happening "all of a sudden" because the climate change is nearing completion. No humans have ever been alive in recorded history to experience it before.

One of the most ****ing things against global warming, over the last century (1906 - 2006) the Earth's temperature has only risen a degree. Now, assuming people who didn't have automobiles or indoor plumbing are right accurate about the temperature of their time, and knowing it takes around 10 degrees to have a major affect on the world, we still have 900 years before any major changes occur.

 

[Zink]

The speed at which it's hapenning alonw makes it pretty **** obvious we're respicable. Sure, the natural change of climate, yadda yadda, but there's no way it'd suddenly up the pace for no reason.

And to me, that excuse is garbage, just people blaming something else other than themselves who then just go and do nothing to help because "it's natural" Yes, I'm sure all the gasses and other polution from cars, factories, garbage dumps aren't affecting it at all.

Hmm.

Global warming is such a joke. If you really want to get into a battle about it, fine, but it's no more valid than a little kid thinking the world is ending because winter is turning to spring.

 

[Violet]

There were people who said 6/6/6 was going to be the end of the earth. More than likely another date will be set after 2012 due to 'new scripture/evidence' :[.

On the subject of Global warming: I don't think anyone can deny that such a thing exists, or the process is happening. However, I'm dubious as to the extent of damage (not because I believe that there isn't going to be any consequence. I'm just not sure of the 'facts').

 

[commonyoshi]

I dont think anyone truely believed 6/6/06 was going to be the end of the world. There was never any "evidence" to support such theories.
However, I have heard from my Spanish teacher that some schools in Mexico actually teach their students that 2012 will be the end of the world. I find that hard to believe, but considering he's originally from that country I'll take his word for it. Kinda stupid because it creates an incentive not to study and work hard.

I'm not even sure why people listen to the Mayans anyway. >_>

 

[shadenexus18]

I know the Mayans believed that the world would end on 12/21/2012, but did there native brethern, the Inca and the Aztecs believe this would happen as well? Just a question, for I haven't done much wikipedia research.

Mankind (prophets, psychics, and blah, blah, blah) does not know the time, nor the hour when this world will end. That and the rapture of course.

 

[Zink]

I don't think the Maya were "brethern" with the Inca and Aztecs, they are just taught about at the same time in elementary school.