2012! We Are All Gonna Die...Take 1.

[fkwebinash]

Y2K? No.
6/6/6? No.
2012? No.

The whole 2012 business has been deemed by experts as silly and untrue. And it is. The gregorian calendar doesn't "end" on December 31st, 2008. It will just reset to Year 2009. Same goes with the Mayan Calendar. It doesn't "end". It RESETS.

 

[JEROME DA GNOME]

Even if the Mayans had predicted the end of the world, why do people think that brilliant= timeless, infallible and impossible to improve upon? Why do they think we couldn't have improved science since the 16th century?

The Mayans did not predict the end of the world, they predicted the end of the calender which they created.

 

[Cuddles]

The Mayans did not predict the end of the world, they predicted the end of the calender which they created.

No they didn't. Did you even bother reading the thread?

 

[G-K-4]

The real start of this crap was "The Celestine Prophecy" as crappy a book from ANY point of view that you could want.

Actually, I think this goes farther back than that.

Terence McKenna used 2012 as the end-date for his "Timewave Zero" notion. That was published in 1989/1991. And he was talking about that in Mondo 2000 and bOING bOING before 1993. See here, for an example from 1992. (The Celestine Prophecy was published in 1993.)

I also remember in 1987 having a co-worker go on about the "Harmonic Convergence". I even heard about it in the news, all these New Agers trying to meditate in important spots around the world.

Some of them said that this was the beginning of a 25-year period where the human race had to get its act together or face the consequences. And guess what 1987+25 gets you....

Oh, yeah, 1987. I had a job where I worked alongside a New Age neo-hippy and an evangelical Christian. "Good times" as the kids say today.

 

[G-K-4]

I'm leaving my repenting and panicking for 2029 or 2036.

Hmmm, thanks for the link.

2029 will be assumed (by some) as the 2,000th anniversary of the "Resurrection". (That whole the-calendar-is-four-years-off thing.) It will be interesting to see how the Christians spin this event or non-event.

 

[Bikewer]

I love the comments about the pyramids. Possibly the most-studied structures on Earth, Egyptologists have tons of factual information and Egyptian records as to the work force, consumption of resources, etc.

 

[Sefarst]

Obviously the aliens/Atlantans/angels told the Maya. Next time you meet one of these 2012 nutcases, get them to sign a legal contract giving you everything they own on January 1, 2013.

 

[rjh01]

This is all nonsense. I have the proof. I have just used by calender in outlook. I went to the year 3333, so the world will not end until at least then as Microsoft Outlook is so good.

 

[MG1962]

Hmmm, thanks for the link.

2029 will be assumed (by some) as the 2,000th anniversary of the "Resurrection". (That whole the-calendar-is-four-years-off thing.) It will be interesting to see how the Christians spin this event or non-event.

I read a book a few years ago called 1000AD and they talked about this. The calender etc was still a concept for many in Britian when the millenia ticked over - however most were aware when the year 1033 was, and the amount of church building and predictive sermons reached a fever pitch till Easter 1033 passed without incident

 

[ShowerComic]

Hmm:
End of the world: as of today - http://www.religioustolerance.org/endwrl14.htm
Has this:
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[G-K-4]

I read a book a few years ago called 1000AD and they talked about this. The calender etc was still a concept for many in Britian when the millenia ticked over - however most were aware when the year 1033 was, and the amount of church building and predictive sermons reached a fever pitch till Easter 1033 passed without incident

I expect that we'll see more excitement in 2033, too. Especially after 2029 is a bust. And maybe then things will quiet down for a while. (Here's hoping, but I won't hold my breath.)

The nice thing about 2012 is that it's really close. We can start calming people down now, and don't have to wait long to look good.

 

[ksbluesfan]

My world isn't going to end until 2100. I'll be 135 then. Well, that's my hope anyway.

 

[EHocking]

My world isn't going to end until 2100. I'll be 135 then. Well, that's my hope anyway.

I'm hoping that by the time I reach 135 there will be medical breakthroughs that will help me live until I'm 135.

 

[Exoth Xi]

I'm leaving my repenting and panicking for 2029 or 2036.

You do that. I'll get laid.
If the world ends, we both die, and I got laid one last time.
If the world doesn't end, we both live, and, though people laugh at those who panicked, I still got laid.

Regardless, I'm not concerned about the first pass; it's pretty likely the asteroid will miss. The second pass won't be sure until 2013, and I'm pretty sure 15 years will be sufficient to come up with a countermeasure, if the asteroid is aimed at us.

 

[dudalb]

Actually, I think this goes farther back than that.

Terence McKenna used 2012 as the end-date for his "Timewave Zero" notion. That was published in 1989/1991. And he was talking about that in Mondo 2000 and bOING bOING before 1993. See here, for an example from 1992. (The Celestine Prophecy was published in 1993.)

I also remember in 1987 having a co-worker go on about the "Harmonic Convergence". I even heard about it in the news, all these New Agers trying to meditate in important spots around the world.

Some of them said that this was the beginning of a 25-year period where the human race had to get its act together or face the consequences. And guess what 1987+25 gets you....

Oh, yeah, 1987. I had a job where I worked alongside a New Age neo-hippy and an evangelical Christian. "Good times" as the kids say today.

You are probably right, but I think that the success of "The Celstine Prophecy" is what launched the 2012 nonsense into the Woo Bigtime.

 

[EHocking]

Originally Posted by EHocking
I'm leaving my repenting and panicking for 2029 or 2036.

You do that. I'll get laid.
If the world ends, we both die, and I got laid one last time.
If the world doesn't end, we both live, and, though people laugh at those who panicked, I still got laid.

What, only twice in 28 years?
I may be no oil painting, but I reckon I can manage a higher frequency than that, and *I'm* married.

 

[Graham2001]

It's not just New Agers that peddle this. I've seen a Moon Hoax article whose author's 'name' was "Tranceformation2012@<email provider>"

 

[Iamme]

If the 700 club is so sure that the end is just around the corner, I'm sure Pat Robertson won't mind sending a couple million dollars my way.

I like this. Maybe you could e-mail him and see what kind of answer you get, either back thru e-mail or read on the air.

 

[OneShotKi11]

The year 2012 is the year of the big "solstice/galactic center alignment".

Some say that the earth might have a polar shift which could have drastic effects on our planet.

Lots to be read about this subject and some of it is actually interesting. Not that i believe it will be the end of the world or the the Mayans were able to predict anything, but some things would probably prove to the liking of the JREF readers.

 

[The Don]

....Some say that the earth might have a polar shift which could have drastic effects on our planet......

Though the previous reversals of the Earth's magnetic field appear not to have had a drastic effect.

Who are these people ?