2006-08-30 05:14:02 · 6 answers · asked by pixellizedness 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Sorry the 21st
2006-08-30 05:14:27 · update #1
The Mayan calendar ends on this date; some people believe that this means the world will end on this date. While I wonder why the Mayans chose to end their calendar on this date, I don't believe that the world will end at that particular time. As a Christian, I don't believe that anyone knows when the world will end.
2006-08-30 13:03:51 · answer #1 · answered by mochasister 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not an urban legend. An urban legend is an unbelievable story that happened to a friend of a friend of a friend and it can't be traced back or proven. Urban legends already happened.
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These are the simple facts:
The Mayan Long Count calendar (nothing to do with Aztecs who didn't use the Long Count) starts its 13th Baktun on 12-21-2012. It's like our calendar going from 1999 to 2000 except that a Baktun is 396 years long.
Also on that date there is a once-in-26,000 year astronomical alignment between the rising sun and the Milky Way. The Maya saw this as the start of a new world age.
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Nothing in there about the world ending. Nothing about the calendar ending. Just because a new world starts doesn't mean the old one ends at that moment.
2006-08-31 08:15:04 · answer #2 · answered by Gevera Bert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has something to do with the mayan calendar, not an urban legend.
2006-08-30 12:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by lostintheclover 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of this urban legend
2006-08-30 12:20:23 · answer #4 · answered by uparmoredninja 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i heard it was the Mayan calender from a hella long time ago
2006-08-30 12:19:57 · answer #5 · answered by roro 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with the Mayan calender
2006-08-30 12:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by stevenandteena 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋