Sorry to sound like a weirdo specially to those who are highly rational and sceptic but I'm quite concerned about this 21.12.12 and the Mayan Calendar thingy. I have watched and followed some of Youtube videos about the End of the World and Mayan Calendar warning and some sounded pretty much convincing and creepy and I tried hard to be sceptic about it.

Am I the only one concerned about this? At times I think I won't be able to complete my transition before the 'End of the World' or even if not that, I just fear there's suddenly a World War III and Major War in the World and I can't transition. Did someone ever get this thought too? 

Actually the Mayan world/culture/civilization came to an end long ago now.  And their predictions missed that happening.  So I wouldn't get too concerned.

Not real.

Remind me why people even bother talking about this anymore?




It's such a fat joke.

The whole Mayan calendar, world ending stuff is completely stupid in my opinion. So what if their calendar ends? If you follow that logic the world should have ended last night when our calendar ended.

Quote from: shortNsweet on January 01, 2012, 01:57:14 PM
The whole Mayan calendar, world ending stuff is completely stupid in my opinion. So what if their calendar ends? If you follow that logic the world should have ended last night when our calendar ended.

It's also past the year 4000 in the ancient Chinese Calendar, so according to them, we really should be dead already.
The Gregorian Calendar is what is most commonly used these days though.

Quote from: JasonRX on January 01, 2012, 02:06:46 PM
It's also past the year 4000 in the ancient Chinese Calendar, so according to them, we really should be dead already.
The Gregorian Calendar is what is most commonly used these days though.

That's basically my point. Calendars are strictly arbitrary. Just because one calendar ends does not mean it's the end of the world.

Meh, even if it does end on Dec 12th I'm going to get hit by a buss tomorrow so I'm not all that worried about it.

Quote from: LivingInGrey on January 01, 2012, 02:17:31 PM
Meh, even if it does end on Dec 12th I'm going to get hit by a buss tomorrow so I'm not all that worried about it.

Me too.

O:

Quelle coïncidence!

I've been hearing about the world ending my whole life, and everytime they were wrong, so what makes this one right?

If you really want to see all this stuff dissected with logic go to: http://www.2012hoax.org/

The calendar doesn't end, it simply starts over.  Like us going from the year 1999 to the year 2000.

I do not take much stock in 2012 stuff. It's a money trap just like the May 2011 Rapture craze was. The day will come and go just like every other day

I love these doomsday people.

I keep wondering what the leader of the group tells the followers the next day.

'Due to unforeseen circumstances the  EOW has been postponed until (fill in date)'

'Luckily you all prayed so much we have put off the EOW until (FID)'

'Whoops'

'Sorry about you giving all your money away to me, and no you cannot have it back'

I hate it.  Every time I buy into one of these here doomsday predictions I get all hot and bothered, I go out, rent trucks, some storage space - cause you know it's going to be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to loot.  And then...nothing.  I think they ought to be required to turn everything in ahead of time.  You know, put their money were their mouth is. 

But hey, at some point the law of averages - and entropy - is going to cause one of them to come true.

Yea, but I'll bet you $1mill they get the date wrong. And no you cannot have the cash in advance.

That calendar wasn't marking the end of the world, simply the end of a cycle.

Quote from: tekla on January 02, 2012, 12:52:29 AM
I hate it.  Every time I buy into one of these here doomsday predictions I get all hot and bothered, I go out, rent trucks, some storage space - cause you know it's going to be a once-in-a-lifetime chance to loot.  And then...nothing.  I think they ought to be required to turn everything in ahead of time.  You know, put their money were their mouth is. 

But hey, at some point the law of averages - and entropy - is going to cause one of them to come true.

I don't believe the world is going to end as instantaneously as our feeble human minds would like to believe.
I've gotten paranoid before too, but truth is these predictions exists because of overly-imaginative people stretching the truth of the matter and passing on the word to others until it becomes like a game of Telephone.
It's always been this way - just word tends to get around a lot faster these days.

That calendar wasn't marking the end of the world, simply the end of a cycle.

And you know that how?  Archaeological guesswork?  We know that they had a circular/cycle way of looking at the world and time, but most cultures do, liner ones are far rarer.  But it's still just a guess.  Best guess is that it's just a combination of the stone they used and the font size.

Quote from: tekla on January 02, 2012, 02:04:37 AM
That calendar wasn't marking the end of the world, simply the end of a cycle.

And you know that how?  Archaeological guesswork?  We know that they had a circular/cycle way of looking at the world and time, but most cultures do, liner ones are far rarer.  But it's still just a guess.  Best guess is that it's just a combination of the stone they used and the font size.

Because the Mayan descendents who are alive still actually said so.