The world will not end in 2012...Why do you gullible people believe this nonsense?

Question

Seriously cancel your history channel and BBC world news channel because these people that present you with this "false" information are retarded. Focus on whats more important in life. Pick up a book, keep your child out of trouble, help decrease the crime rate, help maintain global warming, all these things are far more important than living on "2012 sites and tv shows". I know for a fact the AMERICAN PEOPLE are smarter than this...

Answer 1

Ah... well, y'know, lots of people believe that because Nostradamus said it, and the Bible said it (but it's hidden in a secret code, apparently), and ancient Mexican civilizations said it, and a bunch of other stupid people said it. And other people are simply paranoid. And there are as many American people as there are European people that believe it.

History channels aren't saying the world will end in 2012, they're just interpretating really ancient premonitions and stating their opinion. They're not telling you to go out and act crazy, they're not telling you to kill yourself. You should worry about your own life and if people do believe that the world will end in 2012... let them! If they're not doing any harm, there's nothing you can do.

To say that "AMERICAN PEOPLE" don't believe in this makes you a complete ignorant. There are plenty of dumb people all over the world, US is no exception.

Answer 2

I watch that stuff too. But, I take it with common sense and have my own opinion. The Mayans predicted their own demise, or it could have been a self-fulfilling prophecy too. But, they were pretty accurate. So were the Incas and Egyptians
Point being, the world will not end, the world is in for a some major weather, global warming (partially our fault), and just some earth changes as in earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc. It is going to be major life changing, I believe, in the way we live. Watch the Science Channel.
The moon is why our earth stays together, and it is slowly moving away, plus, just the natural changes. The Mayans watched the planets and stars. And throughout history, from the beginning of time, have predicted major events by the stars and planets. Our galaxy is sitting right next to a major black hole also, black holes eat whole galaxies, and whatever else strays their way.
There is a major fault, just 50 miles off the coast of Oregon, where I live, and that will, I feel, cause some major earthquakes in the not too distant future. There was a 5.8 earthquake just a 160 miles off that coast just last week, 6 miles deep, so it didn't cause a tsunami. But, the ring of fire is starting to become very active. So, I think there is just going to be some major adjustments of the human race, the world as we know it will end. Seriously, start watching the Science Channel, it will make you understand scientifically what they have learned. And I agree with the magnetic fields too.

Answer 3

The 2012 Mayan prediction is not about the end of the world. The sum total of our choices so far will be the end of sustainable life soon enough. 2012 is a mark in universal time to remind us to be responsible for each other. Take care of each other instead of survival of the dominant and the hell with the rest. Know your subject before you judge and hurt. Few people want to know any significant truth about being in existence. So we react without a grounded and self proven perspective.

Answer 4

the world is NOT going to end in 2012, science states that when the sun which is a star goes super nova in some estimated 5-6 billion years from now the earth and the solar system will go boom too.
accepting that due to global warming that our environment is on the verge of collapse, still the world survived a meteor that whipped out the dinosaurs and sent the earth into an ice age, so really worried about the environment we should be, worried about the end of the world pleeeeaaaassse .

Answer 5

What's the harm in looking into these things? It's not about the end of the world, if you really look into it, but rather a large-scale change for humanity and the beginning of a new era. I just don't understand why it bothers you so much what other people believe. Where's the harm to you?

Answer 6

maybe the history channel and world news people are just severely depressed and they want the world to end in 2012?maybe by spreading their opinion there hoping some terrorist organization is going to go yeah lets do that!
but seriously i dont believe its going to end i think its sort of like a hype that people are getting into

Answer 7

I think people just get into this stuff because its entertaining. They read about 2012 for the same reasons that they watch Star Wars.

Who knows what will happen in or around that year? Sometimes propheices can come true because people make them come true.

Here's a quote from a wikpedia article on 2012:

"2012 is sometimes claimed to be a great year of spiritual transformation (or apocalypse). Many esoteric sources interpret the completion of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Maya calendar (which occurs on December 21 by the most widely held correlation) to mean there will be a major change in world order.

Accordingly, several eclectic authors claim that a major, world-changing event will take place in 2012:

The 1995 book The Mayan Prophecies linked the Maya calendar with long-period sunspot cycles.
The book 2012: Mayan Year of Destiny claims the Maya may have been instructed in their wisdom by disembodied entities from Orion and the Pleiades. Contact was maintained through shamanic rituals conducted in accordance with the movements of planets and stars. However, some Mayan priests living and working in Guatemala assert that there is no legitimacy to this theory.
The 1997 book The Bible Code claims that, according to certain algorithms of the Bible code, a meteor, asteroid or comet will collide with the Earth.
The book The Nostradamus Code speaks of a series of natural disasters caused by a comet (possibly as above) that will allow the third Antichrist to disperse his troops around the globe under the guise of aid in preparation for a possible nuclear war, although in the strictest sense it is unspecific as to nuclear war or some other natural or man caused destruction.
The book The Orion Prophecy claims that the Earth's magnetic field will reverse.
The 2005 book Beyond 2012: Catastrophe or Ecstasy by Geoff Stray reviews several theories, prophecies and predictions concerning 2012 and finds where authors have used faulty information or have bent the truth to fit their theories.
The 2006 book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck discusses theories of a possible global awakening to psychic connection by the year 2012, creating a noosphere.
The 2007 book Apocalypse 2012: A Scientific Investigation into Civilization's End by Lawrence Joseph does not make any specific new predictions, but it reviews a number of 2012 predictions made by various sources, and presents arguments for the possible existence of dangerous positive feedback loops involving solar storms, Earth's magnetic field, cosmic rays, hurricanes, global warming, earthquakes, and supervolcanoes that may be on the verge of erupting.
Other prophecies and apocalyptic writings and hypotheses for this year include:

Terence McKenna's mathematical novelty theory suggests a point of singularity in which humankind will go through a great shift in consciousness.
Some proponents of a peak oil catastrophe place major events in 2012. Richard C. Duncan's book The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road To The Olduvai Gorge claims that the Olduvai cliff will begin and permanent blackouts will occur worldwide. Several studies predict a peak in oil production in or around 2012. [13][14][15]
Some alien-enthusiasts (e.g. Riley Martin), along with some new-agers, believe 2012 to correspond approximately with the return of alien "watchers" or "caretakers" who might have helped the first human civilizations with developing their technology and may have been waiting for us to reach a higher level of technological and/or social advancement. Beliefs range from the extra-terrestrials having benevolent purposes — such as to help human society evolve — to malevolent purposes — such as enslavement of mankind and/or manipulation.
There is a Hindu following indicating the appearance of an Avatar (God in human form) with God-like powers who will herald a new age. A website to this effect appears at: End of the World 2012. "

Answer 8

No the world probably won't end at that time, but don't you think it's sort of interesting that an ancient civilization that created the most accurate calendar the world has ever known, stopped recording time at the winter soltice of 2012?

Answer 9

I'm not quite sure about how smart the American people are. Over 4 in 10 still believe that the earth is less than 10,000 years old.

I will, however, take your message to heart.

Answer 10

I definitely know the world is NOT going to end in 2012, I think people just want to make other people worried, and buy the "last" things, and watch the "last" shows.