Is the world going to end in December 21, 2012?

Question

I understand that the mayan calendar doesn't say the end of the world. and i understand that their are many other cultures with similar speculations. but will it end or change alot. will the earth be destroyed or not. If you have an answer, tell me reasons you belive it's true or false. Explain why the world can't end when NASA says this or that, thats one example. No opinions without facts from trust worthy sources like NASA, history channel, or encyclopedias, or if you are an astronomer or a science guy from a college or government facility

yeah, i'm looking for answers with good reasons (facts)

Answer 1

Believe it or not NASA is not the only authority on things astronomical. But in any case there would not be a sane scientist of any kind in the world, be they molecular biologist, analytical chemist, geologist or astronomer that believes this drivel.

Some damn fool or fraud has been predicting the end of the world (as we know it) based on one thing or another for about 1200 years or more. It's usually based on an ancient document like that load of crazed scribblings called "Revelation". They are always wrong.

In the past 200 years it seems to have become an American specialty as various Adventist, Witnesses and comet riders either head for the hills or suicide.

Now it's the ancient Mayan calendar. In 2000 it was the supposed 2000th anniversary of something that nobody knew for certain if it happened or exactly when if it did. In 2003 it was "planet X". At various times in the 19th and 20th centuries it was the Second Coming, which did not come about. Then further back it was the year 1000 and the year 1666 (1000 plus 666 geddit?) and so forth.

When Halley's Comet comes back, or at the appearance of the next big comet they will be at it again. Loonies, nutters, crazies, fools and frauds.

Answer 2

Well, much of this is based on what is probably a coincidence. So far, we have a few archaeological finds, mostly in the same geographic area, that seem to coincide with this supposed doomsday, but no scientific evidence to the contrary. I admit, before I became a scientist, stuff like this made me a bit nervous, but now, as far as I am concerned, anything big enough to physically destroy the world in five years we would have detected by now (or hte government is behind a massive coverup, which is unlikely). Usually the "how did everyone all over teh world get hte same info" bit ends with a conclusion that it's aliens, which, again, if true, means that tehy're so much smarter than we are that we can't even comprehend them in our current state. By the way, there are LOTS of calenders that do NOT predict a doomsday, more than calenders that do. Also, I'm not an anthropologist, but this date could simply be a commonality due to the fact that humans all started in the same place. Everyone has two eyes; that doesn't mean aliens went all over the world and made it so. It just means we came from the same origin.

What I am getting at is, 12-21, 2012 is based on a few flimsy finds that nervous people strung together to mean doomsday. If they're right, it's going to be something that is so beyond our scientific understanding that there really isn't any way of worrying about it now. If they're wrong, then it's one more example of scientist holding up against superstition.

Funny thing: If the Mayans were so smart, how come they were wrong? Their doomsday came much earlier than expected, when the Spanish showed up and eradicated them.

Answer 3

I do NOT understand there are many other cultures with the same speculation. I never heard anything about other cultures saying the same thing until AFTER the Mayan calendar hit the web. I think it is all made up by people who are copying the Mayan thing. I have seen no evidence from any source saying other ancient cultures make any similar predictions. I only see people here on answers saying that there are such predictions. But there are never any links to actual archaeological sites that talk about any such predictions by any other culture.

So I basically have no facts to offer that support the world ending in 2012, because no such facts exist. The reason you never see any facts given is that they do not exist.

Answer 4

The Universe is a master piece . Who says it must be destroyed and ended.?
We really dont have facts .,only speculations.
Cosmologists say that the Universe is expanding faster than the speed of light.However in relativity theory nothiing expands or move faster than light.=one of a few contradictions.
Some believe that the Universe is infinite. So if it expands without Limit,it would means that with time all the structures of the Universe would have a density much less then air.
This is another speculation. And given enough time space would dwindle down to almost nothing. So what happens to the space time of General reativity theory?
So what is the scientific fact and the Truth of the matter? who has the right answer.

Answer 5

You're asking for some kind of scientific guarantee that the world won't end in 2012. Sorry, there is none.
The world as we know it could end tomorrow, could end in 2012, will end in 4 billion years or so.

Science can only provide scientific reasons and statistics on whether its likely to end in 2012. And science says its not likely - no scientific reasons, evidence, or observations that can verify or confirm a rational analysis of the whole Mayan Long Count calendar hype.

I don't believe it will end in 2012 - there is no scientific reason to believe it will happen.

Answer 6

You're asking for answers about why the world won't end, when an ancient calander says it will. That's a bit like asking why a druid wouldn't actually be able to turn a man into a newt.

It's just not going to end. Also the mayans didn't predict the end of the world, it just ends a cycle at that point. A dude named Jose Arguelles said it would. He's an idiot.

Answer 7

The answer is no, and it's impossible to prove that something won't happen. But I am a bit alarmed that you give NASA and The History Channel equal weight.

It is "possible" according to the dictionary definition of that word, just as it's possible that it could happen a minute from now. But there is no evidence that any culture has predicted it, and no evidence that it will happen. That's the truth.

Answer 8

i don't really know but ive seen that epesidoe in history channel

they didint say it was going to end all they saw was the calendar ending in that date.

some scientists say that the poles will change

or the planets will align.
i learned that the planets will not sexactly align it will be off by 5 to 6 degrees and it said that it happens every year in december.

but we don't really know if it's true or not we'll just have to wait.

i think something is going to change in the world......i just don't know what

Answer 9

well...why are you even worried about dooms day? live your life without that worry of whatever that may happen to us. it may even be tomorrow by the rate of our stupid politicians fighting over who's the dumber one of them when they should be debating about how to fix global warming. our ice caps have been melting for thousands of years, it will be another thousands of years till it's over with i guess. there is no fact behind anything. i'm not a big fan of religion, i just believe in god and that's all but many religious people keep saying itll end between 2012-2060...but whatever....just be sure to build your bomb shelter before 12/12/12 if you think it'll happen.

Answer 10

FFS, about every year people said the world was going to end. It doesn't. The world will end one day, but not just 'suddenly', it will happen slowly. And the human race will know FOR CERTIAN.