2012 : is the world ending? and what happens after that?

[seanutbutter]

Regarding the Mayan calendar, it in no way predicts the end of the world to be on December 21, 2012. That particular date has simply been calculated to be the end of their calendar, much like how December 31 is the end of ours. It represents nothing but one cycle ending and the next one beginning.

 

[Belowen]

As I said 2012 was said to be a time of a change of consciousness, not necessarily "the end of the world" - it could be positive or negative. And not just based on the Mayan calendar theory, it's been mentioned in literature from various times. Me saying this doesn't mean I necessarily believe it to be true, but for us to keep heading in the direction we're heading without any form of consequence is hard for me to believe.

 

[Filipe]

It's no only the Mayan calendar that predicts the world will end on that day in that year. though I don't believe the world will end, the world was supposed to end in 2000 & nothing, there were a lot of predictons for the Apocalipse previously. I do agree with Belowen it will be a year of a big change.

watch this video, it's important:
http://link.history.com/services/link/bcpid3887230001/bclid5983807001/bctid6085856001

 

[nijuyanah]

Wow! Interesting read + video thanks for sharing everyone
Actually I'm always a bit skeptical towards things like that...I mean, in year 1999 people were going crazy here - thinking everything's coming to an end now. And even one or two years ago, when everyone was talking about climate change causing a new ice-age etc. people were way over reacting!

But the more I occupy myself with things like that, and the more I think about it (because the years before I just really didn't care), I defenitely do have some doubts that everything will go on how it is now... That seems obvious. But still: how can we ever know what's going to happen in 2012? Or how the earth will look in 2050?

I mean, of course there will be changes until then.

 

[Filipe]

What is going to happen in 2012 nobody knows, but from all the predictions made from diverse ancient cultures like it's mentioning in the video, from the Mayans traditions, Indians traditions, Egiptians traditions, Bible traditions, North & South America traditions all they say will be a big change in that year on that day.

 

[Filipe]

*Then there's that rare phenomenon, that galatic event, that the Earth will be in the exact alignement with the Sun & the center of the galaxi that will making the Pole Shift, the Pole North will shift for the place where is the Pole South & vice-versa on December 21st, 2012. that's what Mayans say & that would be something very bad that would happen, what it is nobody knows.

aound 5:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FodtX8C2SCA&feature=related

 

[yellowetpink]

Theres always gonna be an end of the world theory I guess!
It's good for scaring people into not taking advantage of what they have now

 

[Mchunu]

The key words in these articles are "worst case." The media is always out to scare the public, this being no exception. NASA researched what could happen in the deadliest situation possible, and the news, as usual, has interpreted this as what is absolutely going to occur. Read this article from Universe Today and you'll feel much better, I promise.

i agree with you about the key words being "worst case". However, what i disagree with you about is this misconception of the media "out to scare the public". Would you prefer for them to not let us know about worse case scenarios and for the worse actually to happen? i think they're just doing their jobs in letting us know the worse because as i've said already it's not something to be taken lightly.

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

Actually the media does like to make things sound worse because it gets them more attention, and if it's on television better ratings.

 

[Filipe]

i agree with you about the key words being "worst case". However, what i disagree with you about is this misconception of the media "out to scare the public". Would you prefer for them to not let us know about worse case scenarios and for the worse actually to happen? i think they're just doing their jobs in letting us know the worse because as i've said already it's not something to be taken lightly.

exactly & this is not like the hurricane Katrina & in this case we can't predict when exactly it will happen but with the Hurricane we predicted & nobody were prepared for it.

This video is very important when it comes to this Sun Storm issue:

http://link.history.com/services/link/bcpid3887230001/bctid6085858001

 

[Mchunu]

^^while that (about the ratings) may be true, i think the greater picture of this has nothing to do with the media.

 

[Fabulyss]

What's with all of the reverence for the Mayans? They accomplished fantastic feats and were incredibly ahead of their time...but, you know, they also ripped open the chests of living breathing human beings (and children) and thrust their hearts up as an offering to the 'heavens'....I'm just saying Perhaps they should not be revered as prophets.

 

[seanutbutter]

Actually the media does like to make things sound worse because it gets them more attention, and if it's on television better ratings.

Exactly. That's why it seems like every night the news seems to focus their attention on the horrible stories involving murder, kidnapping, and other world problems. I have studied journalism for years and work on a small newspaper, and most journalists I've met would agree that this is the case. It's just part of the business.

Mchunu, I do agree that people should be aware of worst case scenarios in any given situation, but the truth is that the media doesn't always feel the same. To them it's more often than not about selling more newspapers, receiving more viewers, or attracting more visitors to their website. Again, this isn't the case for every news source, but it can apply to most major ones.

 

[Filipe]

What's with all of the reverence for the Mayans? They accomplished fantastic feats and were incredibly ahead of their time...but, you know, they also ripped open the chests of living breathing human beings (and children) and thrust their hearts up as an offering to the 'heavens'....I'm just saying Perhaps they should not be revered as prophets.

That doesn't has to do with this...the reference for the Mayans is about the time calendar they made, which is extremely accurate. if you watch the videos posted in this thread you will understand it better.

 

[eternitygoddess]

Well, damn, what am I doing working to graduate in 2012?

 

[MulletProof]

Actually the media does like to make things sound worse because it gets them more attention, and if it's on television better ratings.

but the media, despite its general morbid reputation, can also be instructed to 'select' bad news. I've noticed that American media for instance tends to leave inevitable and controllable nature news up to the viewers' 'interpretation' and you should question the truth behind it, like maybe it could happen to you, but maybe it won't.. whereas some psycho that allegedly breaks into your house to smell strangers' underwear is given all the attention and they almost suggest you, yes you, will be the next victim.. you lock the door before you question his whereabouts.
I think it's interesting how the emphasis on certain news changes from country to country. makes you wonder why that is... why triviality suddenly becomes everyone's incentive to engage more into their own lives.

Fabulyss.. some 700 years later, in 'chic' France, some beheadings of living breathing human beings were all the rage. Society gets over bestiality quite fast, and every culture has had its share on that at some point, right?.

 

[lollicandy]

What's with all of the reverence for the Mayans? They accomplished fantastic feats and were incredibly ahead of their time...but, you know, they also ripped open the chests of living breathing human beings (and children) and thrust their hearts up as an offering to the 'heavens'....I'm just saying Perhaps they should not be revered as prophets.

Whenever I read all these "prophecies" I can't help but If they were so fantastic at predicting everything you'd think between the Mayans and Nostradamus someone would just write out a plainly written note reminding us, hey the world's gonna end!

I really don't trust anything the popular media pushes. And definitely not anything coming from FoxNews or MSN.

 

[ChloeFrancoise]

Whenever I read all these "prophecies" I can't help but If they were so fantastic at predicting everything you'd think between the Mayans and Nostradamus someone would just write out a plainly written note reminding us, hey the world's gonna end!

I really don't trust anything the popular media pushes. And definitely not anything coming from FoxNews or MSN.

It was being said before Nostradamus was predicting the end of world in the year 2000 and since that didn't happen now apparently he predicted it for 2012. I remember watching something in 1992 or 93 where they were talking about different people predicting the end in 2000 and talking about how it would happen. I'm never paying attention that type of nonsense ever again.

 

[Filipe]

^Actually I didn't hear or read about those Nostradamus predictions, I only heard his predictions about the 3 antichrists.

I'm more focused about the Mayan calendar which they say is extremely accurate & they predict in the last day of their calendar, the space phenomenon that would end with the world, Mayans explained how it's in their calendar & cientists associate it to the rare Pole Shift phenomenon that only happens once in 25.700 years, actually my Physics teacher told me that some days ago but that would happen in the next 26.000 years

 

[seanutbutter]

I'm more focused about the Mayan calendar which they say is extremely accurate & they predict in the last day of their calendar, the space phenomenon that would end with the world

This is incorrect. The Mayans never claimed the world would end on the last day of their calendar. Here's an excerpt from a great Universe Today article that explains this in greater detail. The full article is here.

When something ends (even something as innocent as an ancient calendar), people seem to think up the most extreme possibilities for the end of civilization as we know it. A brief scan of the internet will pull up the most popular to some very weird ways that we will, with little logical thought, be wiped off the face of the planet. Archaeologists and mythologists on the other hand believe that the Mayans predicted an age of enlightenment when 13.0.0.0.0 comes around; there isn't actually much evidence to suggest doomsday will strike. If anything, the Mayans predict a religious miracle, not anything sinister.