As many people know the Mayan calendar along with other ancient civilizations calendars end December of 2012. Many people assume that this means that it will be the end of the world. Whether it be the poles of the earth changing, a dust cloud messing the world up, the sun getting to strong, or the super volcano underneath Yellowstone Park many people believe something will happen ending all life on the large rock we call earth. I'm sure that as 2012 approaches we'll see more and more fanatics holding up signs in streets and going and stocking up on canned food and water. However to me it seems like all the other 5000 times the world is supposed to end.
With the poles changing, they are said to change every 700,000 or so years. Scientists can't pick an exact date one when it will happen. It could happen tomorrow or in 900 years. For the super volcano it's the same scenario. The dust cloud wouldn't kill off everyone on earth, can't say that a giant cloud of space dust really worries me. And scientist know that the sun won't explode for another billion or so years.
January 1st, 2000- Many computer programs were having glitches when they were working past the date of January 1st, 2000 so everyone assumed all electronics would shut down and we'd all die. Didn't happen.
June 6, 2006- Date of 06/06/06, the mark of the beast in the bible. Many people thought we would die then. Instead a movie called The Omen came out making this the closest guess to the end of the world.
These are just two examples of when people said the world will end. Many more times has a "prophet" or two come along saying we are all going to be burned to a crisp and live in a everlasting hell. I feel like at this point everyone should realize it's pretty tricky to figure out when we'll all die. Besides the Mayan calendar was based off of moon cycles and what not. Who says all those other civilizations didn't base their calendars off the moon, seems like it was a pretty effective way to do things. 2012 could just be the end of a cycle. I mean they couldn't make a calendar go to infinity at some point they had to stop and what better time then at the end of a cycle. They didn't need to go much further due to the point that they wouldn't even come close to seeing past 2012 as we all know now that there aren't anymore Mayan tribes sacrificing their virgins and worshipping their gods.
So will the world end in 2012, I doubt it, but if I am wrong then we'll all be dead, so noone can call me out on it.
-TheEth
Picture above from-http://thewildrose.net/mayan_calendar.html
2 comments:
Eth - You would make a blog about secrets of the universe. I love it. Nice layout, and nice topic. You may meet some nut jobs on here who may start worshiping you. But, thats a small price to pay.
Well TheEth, you are a legend among men. Your blog has greatly enlightened me in dark days. Thank you for that tidbit of information. Could I recommend the Church of TheEth?
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