Ancient Mayan Calander predicts the world ends on Dec 21st 2012

Acanthus

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The Mayans, who had a better calender than the Gregorian calender than we use today, have predicted the end of the civilized world on Dec 21st 2012.

This wouldnt be alarming if:

-This is the exact date that astronomers have discovered the sun, moon, earth, and the giant black hole at the center of the galaxy perfectly align. An event that happens once every ~28000 years. There is no record of civilized man being alive from before that period.

-Some scientists hypothesize that this event could knock the Earth off of its axis, moving the north and south poles to the equator. This would cause worldwide flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and literally hell on earth type events that arent even concieved.

In other words, party at my place Dec 20th.
 
I've heard it's the end of the fifth cycle, not the end of the world.
 
MNGuy said:
I've heard it's the end of the fifth cycle, not the end of the world.

The cycles take 28000 years to transpire.

The Mayan calender calls the end of this cycle "the end of time".
 
Acanthus said:
The Mayans, who had a better calender than the Gregorian calender than we use today, have predicted the end of the civilized world on Dec 21st 2012.

This wouldnt be alarming if:

-This is the exact date that astronomers have discovered the sun, moon, earth, and the giant black hole at the center of the galaxy perfectly align. An event that happens once every ~28000 years. There is no record of civilized man being alive from before that period.

-Some scientists hypothesize that this event could knock the Earth off of its axis, moving the north and south poles to the equator. This would cause worldwide flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and literally hell on earth type events that arent even concieved.

In other words, party at my place Dec 20th.
Uhmm, the Gregorian calendar evolved to be accurate to within 9/10s of one second.

It's odd though, Precession (earth wobble on it's axis) makes one revolution every 25,000 years.
 
Funny, I'll have my mortgage paid off that year. Just in time for the apocalypse.

Do you think the loons will stock up on water and toilet paper?
 
Acanthus said:
The cycles take 28000 years to transpire.

The Mayan calender calls the end of this cycle "the end of time".
Well, if it is I just hope it happens fast and I don't even know it's coming.
 
garbage can said:
Uhmm, the Gregorian calendar evolved to be accurate to within 9/10s of one second.

It's odd though, Precession (earth wobble on it's axis) makes one revolution every 25,000 years.

The mayan calender used very specific ratios instead of the raw measurments we use today.

It could predict solar and lunar eclipses thousands of years into the future, as well as other cosmic events like the positions of mars and venus, the equinoxes, and some say, prophesize future events.
 
MNGuy said:
Funny, I'll have my mortgage paid off that year. Just in time for the apocalypse.

Do you think the loons will stock up on water and toilet paper?

More than likely, itll be some huge CNN event that triggers national panic like Y2K.
 
MNGuy said:
Do you think the loons will stock up on water and toilet paper?
Naw, the loons will be too busy shitting on the Republican Prez in 2012.
 
Acanthus said:
(edited)-Some scientists hypothesize that this event could knock the Earth off of its axis, moving the north and south poles to the equator. This would cause worldwide flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and literally hell on earth type events that arent even concieved.
Who on earth says that?
 
Shit, and here I am still recovering from the end of the world that was supposed to happen on jan 1st 2000....

I have all kinds of stockpiles freezedried rations I could bring to your party. Will there be women who will make out with me there?
 
garbage can said:
Naw, the loons will be too busy shitting on the Republican Prez in 2012.
Of the US?

Bush bought the US 8 years of guaranteed Democratic presidency.
 
Acanthus said:
-Some scientists hypothesize that this event could knock the Earth off of its axis, moving the north and south poles to the equator. This would cause worldwide flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and literally hell on earth type events that arent even concieved.
That's fucking ridiculous.
 
The Holy Koran says the world will end after the following events...

1. God will gather all the Jews in one place and destroy them. At the moment, only about 4 million of the 12 million Jews are located in what is known today as Israel.

2. The second coming of Jesus who will "break" the cross and proclaim that he is not the son of God at all and together with the Mahdi converts the rest of the world to Islam.

3. The Dajjal, or Beast appears and more and more people became Godless.

4. There's not a single person left on Earth who's a Muslim and the Koran disappears from the face of the Earth.

5. An angel blows a horn which is very terrifying, and there will be a massive earthquake throuhout the world.

6. The sun rises in the west.

7. The Earth explodes.


8. Every human being dies. Every demon and devil and the Jinn (including Lucifer) dies. All the angels die until one angel is left, Gabriel, and He too dies.


9. Every soul is awakened at a vast plain (they are all naked) for the Day of Judgement.
 
Acanthus said:
I believe it was post-grads at Stanford.
And does that belief have a basis in anything that might have some connection to the larger concept we call "reality"?
 
Acanthus said:
The Mayans, who had a better calender than the Gregorian calender than we use today, have predicted the end of the civilized world on Dec 21st 2012.

This wouldnt be alarming if:

-This is the exact date that astronomers have discovered the sun, moon, earth, and the giant black hole at the center of the galaxy perfectly align. An event that happens once every ~28000 years. There is no record of civilized man being alive from before that period.

-Some scientists hypothesize that this event could knock the Earth off of its axis, moving the north and south poles to the equator. This would cause worldwide flooding, earthquakes, volcanoes, and literally hell on earth type events that arent even concieved.

In other words, party at my place Dec 20th.

Well that's just fantastic. I have a hair cut scheduled for December 22.

Typical.
 
Cap’n AMatrixca said:
Why is it never an odd year?

Well, if it were everyone would just say, "That's odd." and not take it seriously.

Ishmael
 
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