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Just 366 Days Left Until the Alleged Maya-Predicted End of the World!

Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:01 PM EST
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The countdown to the apocalypse is on.

We're one year away from Dec. 21, 2012, the date that the ancient Mayan Long Count calendar allegedly marked as the end of an era that would reset the date to zero and signal the end of humanity.

But will it?

There have been many end of times predictions over the years. Christian radio host Harold Camping faced widespread ridicule when his predictions that the world would end twice this year -- on May 21, and then on Oct. 21 -- failed to materialize.

But in the flurry of doomsday predictions - there have been similar dire warnings about the world coming to an end from various cultures, including Native Americans, the Chinese, Egyptians and even the Irish - the supposed Mayan prophecy seems to have held the most sway with believers.

The Mayan civilization, which reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D., had a talent for astronomy. Advanced mathematics and primitive astronomy flourished, creating what many have called the most accurate calendar in the world.

The Maya predicted a final event that included a solar shift, a Venus transit and violent earthquakes.

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T'omm J'Onzz

yes, that's three hundred-sixty-six. how thoughtful of the Maya (Maya is the noun, the people; Mayan is the adjective, the things) to arrange doomsday in a leap year, so we've all got an extra day to get everything done. before everything's done for. :p

i also seriously wonder if Harold Camping mentioned in the article didn't make his Rapture predictions out of Christian jealousy over all the attention the Maya were/are getting over theirs. i mean, we've seen how they freak out and claim a war on Christmas every year, so it's not really that unbelievable, is it? and Camping picked the 21st for both his dates, the first one 18 months before the Maya's, theirs being based on the winter solstice; his, unexplainable particularly in light of the claim that "no Man shall know the hour or the day."

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Reply#1 - Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:17 PM EST
robinm85

The Maya did not really predict the end of the world. What they were doing were time cycles. December 21, 2012 is the end of a cycle and then it starts all over again. Unfortunately, there are no Maya left today to draw up another calendar (cycle).

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Reply#2 - Wed Dec 21, 2011 3:23 PM EST
T'omm J'Onzz

yes, i know you're right, of course, but it's kind of fun to play along. ;)

both they and the Aztecs believed in multiple ages of history which they referred to as Suns, each one with humans which were subsequently wiped out by the forces governing that Sun, e.g. the previous was the Water Sun, in which all or most of humanity was wiped out by a great flood (familiar, huh?). this is the Fifth Sun, the Movement Sun, so the belief is that great earthquakes will be how it ends.

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#2.1 - Wed Dec 21, 2011 4:19 PM EST
robinm85

You're right, T'omm, I didn't mean to be a debbie downer.

What was the question again?

    #2.2 - Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:00 AM EST
    robinm85

    T'omm...I just looked at your cartoons. Those are similiar to what I've been saying about the Maya and how they came about with the date. I say that they ran out of fingers and toes.

      #2.3 - Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:50 AM EST
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