Do you think the world will end in 2012?

Sykk

Having thought about this it doesn't fit in the conspiracy theory forum as there's no conspiring, just an odd question.

I was in an argument recently with a group of mates in which most of them do believe it will end in 2012.

Reasons being there has been an increasing amount of natural disasters (Australia, 1 side of fire, the other underwater)
Economic meltdown, governments refusing to step down etc, water shortages all over the world.. Oil shortages, oil prices etc.


IMO there has always been massive natural disasters, governments ousted, water shortages.. There just wasn't globalized news coverage of it all, so people didn't really know about it.


So, simple question, do you think the world will end in 2012 or not?

Badgermonkey

Yes, but not before Jim Corrs career

jimthemental

If it does my dastardly plans are behind schedule!

ixoy

Hopefully it will end sooner, so I won't have to see any more 2012 apocalyptic threads.

Aodan83

Nope. I agree that there are an increasing number of natural disasters, but nothing to suggest the world will end next year.
if the world does end, it won't be a natural disaster. And it won't end, humanity just be wiped out.
But I doubt it.

maximoose

no.

mike65

I do think this thread will end by lunchtime.

Sykk

mike65 wrote: »

I do think this thread will end by lunchtime.

I hope you've been taking your vitamin D, mike?

Voodu Child

It will, so long as those meddling kids don't get in the way! :mad:

Sofaspud

Of course it won't, Busted have been to the year 3000!

Apparently it hasn't changed much.
Except that people live underwater, that is.

123balltv

Yes everything comes to an end

kippy

Has it not ended already?
Ah FFS.

smk89

If I die in 2012 then 100% of my life will have been spent in education.
Bring it on!

common sense brigade

Mayans Prophecies

Mayans were good at two things according to history channel!
Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and
Sacrificing Virgins.

Apparently Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out from what our scientists say.
The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well?
The Sun (Or what I like to call the problem we have with Sun)
So they say Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a discovery: our sun is in a bit of bother. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012..

The Atom Smasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. (Dan Brown wrote about this in Digital Fortress ) So Basically it’s a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

The Bible says...(My particular favourite ,
Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good and Evil, has been set down for 2012.
The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone is sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang. There was mini eruptions in Feb this year.

The Physicists
This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. I’m really crap at maths so I don’t like this one. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

(This is another freaky one the poles are shifting and have shifted before millions years ago)
Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. Al gore said so. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

phill106

smk89 wrote: »

If I die in 2012 then 100% of my life will have been spent in education.
Bring it on!

You live in school? No recreation time, no sleeping, no eating, just being educated 24/7?
I tip my hat to you sir, you must know nearly everything by now!

Duggy747

What exactly is supposed to happen when the supposed date comes?

Personally, I'm looking forward to the nutters acting crazy leading up to "the end". That being said, I'm sure there's a cult somewhere preparing for a mass suicide job..............probably America.

RichieC

no, and as soon as that date goes by the same fking idiots talking about this will start babbling on about the next date..

Newton said the world will end in 2060, so the nuts can hang onto that one.

No, it didn't end when my 2010 calendar ran out

kiddums

I have not seen or heard any actual sientific evidence to back up these nonsence theoies.

Personally I think it's all just scaremongering, and we should go mad, riot and loot and overthrow all the goverments of the world.
That'll learn them.:cool:

Kimono-Girl

oh yeah just like all the computers crashed in 1999.........oh wait...

Kasabian

I think the Poll should have a "I don't care" option.

kiddums

I just noticed that this thread has 21 replies and 0 views. The end is nigh people. We're all going to die.:eek:




But I'll be ok, I have a cookie.:cool::pac:

Kasabian

hondasam wrote: »

what date and time in 2012 is this supposed to happen ?

December 31st at midnight moving from east to west.

Screaminmidget

This thread reminded me about NASA and all the questions they got about this :P
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html

hondasam

Kasabian wrote: »

December 31st at midnight moving from east to west.

how is it going to end ?

Aodan83

hondasam wrote: »

how is it going to end ?

The same way, a year later.

Merrick

Nope. I don't buy into any of the silly scaremongering.

Sanjuro

The whole notion of the end of the world in 2012 is erroneous. What it actually referrs to is the end of a calendar cycle which some have interpreted as the end of the old world and the beginning of the new. The 'new age' theory is that it is the date a spiritual transformation or rebirth. The dawn of a new era.

Of course, it's all bullshit.

However, I'd like to see a shift in the way we think and act in the world. Because currently, the world has never been more unequal, and that has to change. And the change will only happen if all the rules on things like politics and ethics are completely rewritten.

liah

Wait, there's people who ACTUALLY believe there's a remote possibility of it being true?

Really?

angeldelight

That would be just my luck! Getting married in 2012 so fingers crossed it's a no

Gunsfortoys

It better end after x-factor.

Screaminmidget

Sanjuro wrote: »

The whole notion of the end of the world in 2012 is erroneous. What it actually referrs to is the end of a calendar cycle which some have interpreted as the end of the old world and the beginning of the new. The 'new age' theory is that it is the date a spiritual transformation or rebirth. The dawn of a new era.

Of course, it's all bullshit.

However, I'd like to see a shift in the way we think and act in the world. Because currently, the world has never been more unequal, and that has to change. And the change will only happen if all the rules on things like politics and ethics are completely rewritten.

I could swear I read that in Dan Brown's Recent Book, The lost symbol :rolleyes:

Misty Chaos

I only said no because there was no ' Atari Jaguar ' option!

But more seriously, I personally believe that something will happen in 2012 but not of the apocalyptic kind that popular media has potrayed as what will happen.

Sanjuro

Screaminmidget wrote: »

I could swear I read that in Dan Brown's Recent Book, The lost symbol :rolleyes:

I wouldn't know. I don't read trashy airport novels marketed as serious literature.

conorhal

I can't even comprehend a world without a 2013 Kelly Brooke swimsuit calendar..... :eek:

STIG83

It was only a film lads

Azureus

I remember bein bout 10 or 11 around all the Millenium-we're-all-gona-die hype and it freaked the hell outta me! Kosovo bombings were always on the telly and my brothers were doin their damndest to freak me out.. it worked!!! Thank god for bein 22 and not letting this scaremongering crap worry me this time around I went bout 6 months without a decent nights sleep back then!

NTMK

common sense brigade wrote: »

Mayans Prophecies

Mayans were good at two things according to history channel!
Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and
Sacrificing Virgins.

Apparently Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out from what our scientists say.
The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well?

what is a lunar moon?
just because thay could calculat what ill assume to be a cycle does not mean the can predict the future

The Sun (Or what I like to call the problem we have with Sun)
So they say Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a discovery: our sun is in a bit of bother. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012..

there have been no major power grids knock out due to solar flares we would know about it (northern lights)

The Atom Smasher
Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. (Dan Brown wrote about this in Digital Fortress ) So Basically it’s a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

dan brown is not a scientist black holes are usually formed from stars collapsing

The Bible says...(My particular favourite ,
Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good and Evil, has been set down for 2012.
The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

:rolleyes:

Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone is sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang. There was mini eruptions in Feb this year.

Link??

The Physicists
This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. I’m really crap at maths so I don’t like this one. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

Link??

(This is another freaky one the poles are shifting and have shifted before millions years ago)
Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. Al gore said so. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

they move all the time and plus we survived the last one

this is the normal scaremongoring that normally occurs with this kind of ****e. usually there is very little science behind it

No we're all going to be fine there is one of these end of the world prochecys every 5-10 years:rolleyes:

Davidius

You mean it didn't end already? Here was me thinking we'd all died and gone to Hell.

tallaghtmick

angeldelight wrote: »

That would be just my luck! Getting married in 2012 so fingers crossed it's a no

thats the end of your world anyway :pac:

Kasabian

liah wrote: »

Wait, there's people who ACTUALLY believe there's a remote possibility of it being true?

Really?

Why is it so far fetched that some people would believe it sure some of them actually think you're a girl.

Colmo52

Atari Jaguar.


That is all.

Kasabian

hondasam wrote: »

how is it going to end ?

Badly is my guess.

Goldenegg

It's all bull$hit! Besides the fortune teller told me I was to have 3 kids and live a long healthy life.....

DoesNotCompute

Sykk wrote: »

Having thought about this it doesn't fit in the conspiracy theory forum as there's no conspiring, just an odd question.

I was in an argument recently with a group of mates in which most of them do believe it will end in 2012.

Reasons being there has been an increasing amount of natural disasters (Australia, 1 side of fire, the other underwater)
Economic meltdown, governments refusing to step down etc, water shortages all over the world.. Oil shortages, oil prices etc.

IMO there has always been massive natural disasters, governments ousted, water shortages.. There just wasn't globalized news coverage of it all, so people didn't really know about it.


So, simple question, do you think the world will end in 2012 or not?

At worst, if Earth's resources get depleted, natural disasters increase, and governments worldwide fall, I think what may happen is we get "rebooted" back to the Dark Ages, like the ending of the video game

Deus Ex

not neccessarily the "world ending", where

the world blows up, a la the end of the movie Knowing

.

I also don't subscribe to the theory that the current revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, etc are going to spread worldwide and cause a global communist/facist/totalitarian/One World Government state to be formed.

liah

Kasabian wrote: »

Why is it so far fetched that some people would believe it sure some of them actually think you're a girl.

You're mean. :mad:

gym_mom

As long as it doesn't end before the Olympics that's ok with me !!!

Kasabian

liah wrote: »

You're mean. :mad:

I know it's one of my better traits :P

Kasabian

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

I also don't subscribe to the theory that the current revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, etc are going to spread worldwide and cause a global communist/facist/totalitarian/One World Government state to be formed.[/

You'd be wrong then. It's going to happen. I have willed it.

DoesNotCompute

Kasabian wrote: »

You'd be wrong then. It's going to happen. I have willed it.

dolphin city

Sykk wrote: »

Having thought about this it doesn't fit in the conspiracy theory forum as there's no conspiring, just an odd question.

I was in an argument recently with a group of mates in which most of them do believe it will end in 2012.

Reasons being there has been an increasing amount of natural disasters (Australia, 1 side of fire, the other underwater)
Economic meltdown, governments refusing to step down etc, water shortages all over the world.. Oil shortages, oil prices etc.


IMO there has always been massive natural disasters, governments ousted, water shortages.. There just wasn't globalized news coverage of it all, so people didn't really know about it.


So, simple question, do you think the world will end in 2012 or not?

well the mayan calculations, the pharoahs calculations and signs in stonehenge, ancient astrologists all point to december 21, 2012 as a major event day - where the world will change in some way shape or form. thats not to say it won't be around any longer.