| Will We Die In 2012 Because The Mayan Calendar Runs Out? |
| Written by Michael Trimblay | |
| Friday, 04 December 2009 | |
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Over the last few years, there has been an increasing amount of concern about the Mayan calendar and will we die in 2012? There are people who think that the world is actually going to come to an end at that time, though there are just as many people who can point out that every other apocalyptic scenario over the millennia has never proven out.
Over the last few years, there has been an increasing amount of concern about the Mayan calendar and will we die in 2012? There are people who think that the world is actually going to come to an end at that time, though there are just as many people who can point out that every other apocalyptic scenario over the millennia has never proven out. The question of the Mayan calendar itself, and whether it will actually run out in 2012, brings to light a number of questions. Most reputable scholars and experts on Mayan history and the calendar are quick to point out that it doesn't actually come to a real "end." However, the matter what they say, incipient hysteria that defies all logic seems to arise, mainly out of emotion and not at logic. In a collective sense, this hysteria over 2012 can be ascribed to a number of beliefs and proposals that seek to argue that the world will be transformed or will end in some sort of cataclysm or apocalypse taking place the year 2012. Specifically, the world exposed and on the 21st or 23rd of December of that year. Supposedly, this is when the Mayan calendar comes to an end. These forecasts are arrived at by looking at what the Mayan Long Count Calendar -- as the calendar is more formally known -- and then calculating its beginning point and its ending point, which is said to be 5125 years away from the beginning. The arguments in support of this apocalyptic vision are mainly drawn from mythology and archeo-astronomical calculations that may or may not be correct. Additionally, many predictions for something occurring on December 21 or December 23, 2012 make use of certain numerological calculations and even prophecies made by extraterrestrial beings that are non-falsifiable, meaning that there is no way to prove them false because they do not exist on the plane of existence with which we, as humans, are familiar or which most likely does not even exist. Most actual Mayan scholars and professors of Mayan civilization make a convincing argument that the supposition that the calendar "ends "in 2012 tends to vastly misrepresent Mayan history. Most modern people of Mayan ancestry, the year 2012 is almost completely irrelevant and most classic and recognized sources of Mayan history are contradictory and somewhat scarce. The range of actions that could occur in 2012 read like a smorgasbord of apocalyptic or transformative vision wish-lists. Some predict that the planet will align with a black hole or that we will collide with a planet that has left its orbit or that our poles will shift. Most of these predictions have been rejected as being pseudoscientific, at best. Almost every scenario tends to violate the laws of physics. There seems to be a certain tendency by humans to fear for the extinction of the human race, though the idea that the human race will be wiped out because some sort of calendar by an ancient civilization is going to run out is a new one for this millennia. For sure, every other apocalyptic movement has been proven false, though every believer in them tends to find an excuse for why the world just didn't end. The Article Author: The Mayan calendar claims that the earth will end in 2012. It's been the subject of heated debates over decades and now people are wondering, Will We Die In 2012 ?" Learn more about this prediction and the Mayan calendar now. |
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