So are we humans at risk of disapperaing under a whim because the Mayan calendar indicated so?
Is there really an end to this world?
Or are we being scared for the sake of being scared?
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So are we humans at risk of disapperaing under a whim because the Mayan calendar indicated so?
Is there really an end to this world?
Or are we being scared for the sake of being scared?
It's a myth, although 12/21 is my youngest son's 21st birthday, lol
There's an interesting article about it here:
http://news.discovery.com/space/the-...-be-wrong.html
wow qimissung I had you very young in my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
A son of 21 years of age is certainly congatulatery to you :)
Thank you for the link!
lol, I guess my avatar is a little misleading, although that was not my intention when I chose it. I do look young for my age. :D
The Mayan calendar doesn't predict the end of anything anymore than our calendar predicts an end because it "ends" on Dec. 31.
Good point never thought about it that way. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
As far as I'm aware, the mayan calendar does end on that date, but it doesn't predict the apocalypse or anything like that. However I read somewhere that it is meant to be the start of a second age/era or something, but I'm not sure how true this is.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian
Does anything feel different now?
There is some truth to this. It has to do with the relative position of our solar system and the milky way. Apparently once a certain point is reached, in the winter's solstice of 2012, the astrological forces will have a profound impact on humanity. Of course, all this presupposes a belief in astrological forces on human behaviour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Volya
There's always some screwball nutter claiming the world is going to end. Have a look at this wiki - scarcely a year has gone by that hasn't been said to be the End of Days by someone or other. The Mayan calendar thing has just been around longer than most, that's all.
I could not tell you we are not there yet. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Well I don't know they do say there is no smoke without fire haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
There was a big deal about the Harmonic Convergence back in the late '80s. Don't think anyone noticed much difference afterward, though. Earlier than that, I seem to remember a planetary alignment that spelled doomsday, except it didn't. Then there was the Y2K apocalypse that wasn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charles Darnay
Seems to me that rather than simply trying to make the world seem a better place by inventing ludicrous disaster scenarios right and left, people's time would be better spent actually doing something to improve it.
I'm not scared.Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian
But if it turns out to be true, you won't be able to say: 'I told you so.'Quote:
Originally Posted by cacian