as the mayans believe???????? do we party our butts off now or what???-:) and how DO Mayans come up with a CAUCASIAN god??
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2006-11-09 13:26:10 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I believe that anything's possible. I wouldn't exactly use the phrase "party our butts off"... but rather, live life to the fullest. We can never be too sure how much time we have left here on this earth.
2006-11-09 16:45:59 · answer #1 · answered by UVRay 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have gotten that wrong, it's a common misconception about the Mayan calender.
"The end of the 13th b'ak'tun is conjectured to have been of great significance to the Maya, but does not necessarily mark the end of the world according to their beliefs, but a new beginning or time of re-birth. According to the Popol Vuh, a book compiling details of creation accounts known to the Quiché Maya of the colonial-era highlands, we are living in the fourth world. The Popol Vuh describes the first three creations that the gods failed in making and the creation of the successful fourth world where men were placed. The Maya believed that the fourth world would end in catastrophe and the fifth and final world would be created that would signal the end of mankind.
The last creation ended on a long count of 13.0.0.0.0. Another 13.0.0.0.0 will occur on December 21, 2012, and it has been discussed in many New Age articles and books that this will be the end of this creation or something else entirely. However, the Maya abbreviated their long counts to just the last five vigesimal places. There were an infinite number of larger units that were usually not shown. When the larger units were shown (notably on a monument from Coba), the end of the last creation is expressed as 13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.0.0.0.0, where the units are obviously supposed to be 13s in all larger places. In this age we are only approaching 0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.13.0.0.0.0, and the larger places are nowhere near the 13s that would match the end of the last creation. (Schele and Friedel 1990: 430)
This is confirmed by a date from Palenque, which projects forward in time to 1.0.0.0.0.0, which will occur on October 13, 4772 (a Friday). The Classic Period Maya likely did not believe that the end of this age would occur in 2012. According to the Maya, there will be a baktun ending in 2012, a significant event being the end of a 13th 400 year period, but not the end of the world."
2006-11-10 04:23:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mike J 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Some say our world is getting ready to shift into a fourth dimensional world.
I don't know. There will definitely be a worldwide disaster. Isaiah 24, 6th seal
in Revelation.
Many think this is what will happen in 2012. Which, if correct, will just be the beginning of the Great Tribulation, and the reign of evil.
There was a white man with a beard that visited the Maya. They thought him a god.
Some think he was just a visitor from Atlantis. He said he would return, thus creating
the legend, that inevitably lead to thier easily being defeated when the Spaniards
came.
2006-11-09 23:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by zenbuddhamaster 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I urge you not to pass judgment on what you do not understand.
Something is going to happen on December 21 2012. It may not be the end of the world, but something like we have never seen before will happen.
You need to take a very close look at the website www.december212012.com.
2006-11-11 23:08:30 · answer #4 · answered by TimCanToo 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
October 13th, 4772
Palenque, which projects forward in time to 1.0.0.0.0.0, which will occur on October 13, 4772 (a Friday). The Classic Period Maya likely did not believe that the end of this age would occur in 2012. According to the Maya, there will be a baktun ending in 2012, a significant event being the end of a 13th 400 year period, but **not the end of the world**.
2006-11-09 21:35:05 · answer #5 · answered by Nurcee 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's not all that far-fetched. I saw this on the History channel. The planets are in some sort of alignment that happens every couple of Milena, and they had more accurate calendars than we do. But they really did not mean the world would come to an end. They meant that the world as we know it would end; our civilization will fall and be replaced by another one.
Not so far fetched after all, now is it?
2006-11-09 21:31:41 · answer #6 · answered by chante 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
No, thats just a belief for a certain group of people.
We have Torah, Bible, Quran and whatever book you call it. All have different beliefs tho similar prophecies. And all have stated that only the God Almighty knows the true date. No human/calculator can state when/what is the date for the end of time. Well, thats what i believe.
2006-11-09 21:54:24 · answer #7 · answered by Ms B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Nope , the world is not going to end on that date , the world will live for millions of years to come
2006-11-09 21:29:12 · answer #8 · answered by Azul 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Mayan calendar simply changes, not ends, signifying the rise to the 4th dimension for those who are ready...Party? By all means, ENJOY life to the fullest....The Mayan god was actually an ET who taught them about the stars. (Actually, we're all star-seeded, hybrids of ETs and the native human population through genetic engineering. With their technology, the ETs were looked upon as "gods." Thus we have being made in "God's image.")
2006-11-09 21:37:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Well I guess it's too bad the Mayan culture did not last to see if their prediction was right.
I was laughing with Y2K, so I guess the same will probably happen for 12/12/12.
2006-11-09 21:35:41 · answer #10 · answered by BuffyFromGP 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋