2012??????

Question

Is the world really going to end on December 21 2012? How do people know this? What's going to happen?

Answer 1

If you do a web search for "2012", all sorts of things come up about prophecy, mysticism, etc. And indeed, there are some interesting coincidences in that year in terms of doomsday theories, and also with the supposed ending of the Mayan calendar.

The world will not end in 2012. And if anything out of the ordinary happens it will not be because of prophecies or anything like that.

Here's a quote from the Wikipedia article about 2012 that lists the predictions for that year:

"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 2

This question has been asked plenty of times on this forum. They all have good answers.
The Mayans were an advanced civilization that had numerous calendars. They were cyclic, much like the Gregorian Calendar, but they were based on moon and solar cycles. The Galactic calendar, a calendar which has a distinct ending and therefore not cyclic, has its end date translated into the gregorian date of December 21, 2012. There is another non-cyclic Mayan calendar which ends sometime in late 2011. Like the Vedic Yugas, this may mean a passing into a new era, a cosmic summer, so-to-speak. Personally, I'd like to think of it as a start into a new golden age.

Answer 3

question number 38 that ive seen this month and counting about december 21 2012

my answer stays the same: there will be a lot of parties and a lot of suicides

Answer 4

That does not signify the end of the world. The is when the Mayan calendar ends. That's all. It just stops there. No reason.

Answer 5

I dont know where you got that info.....it could end tonight, tomorrow, or even on 09-09-2009. But what do numbers have to do with it? Just another idea to make us think it will happen then.......He will come as a "theif in the night".......that doesnt mean He will come at night......we will never know until He gets here.......just be ye always ready.....

Answer 6

This is being said because the Mayan calander ends then, symbolizing the end of one of their ages. Think about it a bit, and if you don;t think its an unsupported idea then I doubt I could explain why.

Answer 7

Who cares. Personally, I think the date stands for something dramatic to happen on that day, whether good or bad.

Answer 8

A black hole is going to come and suck up the plant. The end.
= )

Answer 9

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Thats the first I have heard about this.
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Probably wont happen.