The whole story of December 12,2012.Well the Mayan, Hopi Indians ,the Chinese thier calenders end December 21 ,2012 . Not only that but many people have studied this . Scientists also believe 2012 is the year when the sun is going to be at its worse ever! and studies show that when the sun its at its worse you get things like the sumami of 2004 Katrina ect. I'm a Christian and I believe in God and I also know only God knows when the world will end . I find this issue very importanat because well we do actually use the calenders of the ancient peoples to predict what happens for example some natural desiasters like Katrina have been pinpointed out in these calenders. I want to know if its silly of me to believe in this or if I should be aware of this.
--*katherine
2007-11-23 08:09:53 · 13 answers · asked by Katherine/Katie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Don't worry about any "predictions" of disasters that are "just around the corner." I can pinpoint every PAST disaster on just about any calendar in existence. So far, no one can tell me about FUTURE disasters on any calendar. Anyone who pretends to tell you anything about the future in specific terms and with specific dates is after your money.
2007-11-23 08:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by David Bowman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not silly to ask if you don't know. But I have no sympathy for people who honestly believe that the first thing they read on the web is true.
Know that nothing you have said in your question is correct. Not "many people have studied this". A few people are making money out of combining old myths and made up rubbish.
Scientists do not believe that 2012 will be the sun's worst year ever. Every 11 years the sun's sunspot activity reaches a peak, meaning more flares than usual. Every 11 years.
Katrina and the Tsunami happened at the time of the sun's minimum activity.
I don't know why you think "we do actually use the calenders of the ancient peoples to predict what happens". That's just made up.
Listen to the news and go to libraries. Books in libraries are there because they're reputable. Anyone can put any old crap for any reason on the web.
I'm a Christian also. Get educated. It's important for what we do.
2007-11-23 17:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by Choose a bloody best answer. It's not hard. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is really false.
The Mayan calendar has Long Counts (also called Ages); there are five in a cycle and the first one of five is coming to an end on December 21, 2012. The next day will be the start of another Long Count (they last more than 5,000 years). It will be like December 31, 1999 when our own calendar ran out of numbers (all the computers blew up and we all died, remember?).
The other calendars that you name are not coming to any end nor to any special period. For example, the Chinese calendar has a 48 year cycle (from Golden Dragon to Golden Dragon), within which are 12 year cycles (dragon to dragon). The 2012 dragon is not a Golden Dragon.
Scientists (real scientists) are convinced that 2012 will not be the Sun's worst year ever. It will be a (rather normal) sunspot maximum, when the Sun is at 'its worst' of an 11 year cycle. Around 2019, the polarity of the sunspots' magnetism will flip and there will be another 11 year cycle with a 'worst ever' period around 2023. The entire cycle (taking magnetism into account) is 22 years or so.
Studies do not show a strong link between sunspot activity and tsunamis (usually caused by earthquakes, independent of the sun).
Believing in ancient calendars as means of predicting the future is like astrology: it is a pagan practice that has no real basis. One normal approach of the charlatans is to pretend AFTER the fact that there was a link with an event, but being unable to really predict things before they happen. It is insufficient to make 100 announcements and then celebrate because one came through (that is still a poor record). Even Nostradamus (whose 'modern' predictions are not reliable) does better than the Mayan calendar.
It is OK to be aware of this (being aware of something reduces the risk of being fooled) but not to believe in it.
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Isacc Newton was a scientist (very few people would deny that). 1643-1727
Isaac Newton studies the Bible and calendars, and concluded that the end of the world could not come before 2060. He does not give a date, he simply said (in 1704) that it could not be before 2060.
He explained that anyone who predicts the end of the world before that day "by doing so bring the sacred prophesies into discredit as often as their predictions fail."
2007-11-23 16:41:59 · answer #3 · answered by Raymond 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the mayan calendar doesn't end, it starts a new cycle. its like going from 2007 to 2008. ive talked to people that have studied it in college and have looked into it myself, ti doesnt end. the chinese and indian calendars dont end. theres just no way, they are current civilizations. and ive never heard from any credible source that the hopi calendar ends or that they even had a calendar.
o and about the sun. its called solar maximum and it happens every 12 years. and katrina wasnt pointed out in any calendars. the mayans didnt even know that louisiana existed.
2007-11-23 17:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm Chinese and as far as I know, our calendar never ends. I'm not sure how the other calendars are supposed to "end" either... will they run out of numbers?
All the things you heard about calendars predicting major events are purely rumors. I'm pretty sure no real scientist has studied calendars and predicted anything like the stuff you mentioned. It's true that the lunar calendar can be used to predict cyclic events like first snow of the year, when flowers bloom, etc., but they won't predict anything on the scale of hurricanes or tsunamis.
2007-11-23 16:23:46 · answer #5 · answered by Letao12 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are now living in perilous time.The Mayan calandar has nothing to do with it.
Only the Bible has its own calendar and we do not know what or when any calamnity would occur on this earth . However we are getting a preview. Humans are not evolving to be perfect and neither is nature being devoid of catastrophies.
2007-11-23 16:45:40 · answer #6 · answered by goring 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I have to worry about the world ending in 2012.
Assuming we actually get to 2012.
2007-11-24 07:50:58 · answer #7 · answered by za 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. You are not silly to think of these things. But no one knows for sure when something drastic can happen. 2012? I don't think so. There are other reasons for the calender artifacts.
2007-11-23 16:15:41 · answer #8 · answered by Cirric 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's the end of the Mayan calander, & the start of a new age. That's all. The calander begins again.
2007-11-24 04:06:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one but god knows when the world will end.
2007-11-23 18:54:56 · answer #10 · answered by awnsers 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋