How old are you exactly?
, of course it's not real!
If I pointed at your wall calendar and claimed that it predicts the end of the world will be 12/31/2012 because that's when the calendar ends, you'd think I was a flaming idiot wouldn't you?
Well, that's essentially what these self-proclaimed doomsday prophets are saying, only they're using the Mayan calendar, does actually end on a day that corresponds to 12/21/2012.
Slight problem with this. The Mayans don't use the same calendar system as we do. In fact, their calendar system is over 1000 years older than ours, and is based on totally different measurements than tracking the Earth's orbit around the Sun. So the Mayan calendar ends on our 12/21/2012 NOT because it's the end of the world, but because it's the end of the Mayan Great Cycle, which tracks a star's 10,000 year path around the night sky. Were the ancient Mayans still around, they would have gone down to the local mall like everyone else and bought the next Great Cycle Calendar. Maybe this time with a kitten theme...
As for the methods that the world will end, most of them are just ludicrous. "The great alignment" for instance, says the Earth, and Sun will line up with the center of the galaxy causing "bad stuff" to happen. Well...I hate to tell folks this, but according to the laws of geometry, you can draw a straight line through any 2 points (the Sun and the center of the galaxy) and therefore, this "Great Alignment" happens at least once a year yet nothing globally catastrophic has happened has it? Besides, the whole notion of something that is trillions of years away from us influencing the Earth in any manner is pretty silly. That's like saying if I'm standing on Earth, and you're standing on the moon, I can affect you by simply waving my arms. At least in this scenario you can still see the Earth and with a reasonable telescope, you could even tell if the land mass I'm standing on is facing your way.
Now there are asteroids flying around the solar system that could crash into Earth and could effectively wipe out life as we know it. But the chances of this happening are so slim that you have a better chance of winning the state lottery AND being struck by lightning. Barring that, the world WILL eventually end...in about 4 billion more years. The sun will undergo a process which will cause it to become a red giant. It will swell in size, becoming so large that it will absorb the Earth and even Mars. So, assuming mankind is still around 4 billion years from now, they'll have to do something about that.
Well stop being an idiot and do some basic research.
In less than 10 minutes you'll discover why I called you an idiot and you'll also have the facts to answer any other fools who are terrified!
This is not an opinion, it is knowledge!
It is going to be an Alpacalypse...the translators mis-spelled. Not Apocolypse
know history and don't worry...
Various dates have been forecast as long as history has been recorded...
They only came true for those who died on that day.
That is not going to happen. For Sure.
I've never feared what teenagers are thinking.
I honestly would like to think it won't happen.
If this scares you, then you are a moron.
How many people think this is actually real? I cant stop thinking about it and hoping its not true =( Whats your opinion >?
