No the World wont end in 2012

lcrcboy

According to this article the Mayans did not predict the end of the world but instead the end of a era, story below

Mayans 'did not predict world to end in 2012'

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The calendar used by the ancient Mayan civilisation does not predict the end of the world in December 2012 as some believe, according to experts.

A new reading of a Mayan tablet mentioning the 2012 date suggests that it refers to the end of an era in the calendar, and not an apocalypse.

The date was "a reflection of the day of creation", Mayan codes researcher Sven Gronemeyer told AP.

The day also marked the return of a Mayan god, Mr Gronemeyer added.

Bolon Yokte, the god of creation and war, was expected to return, according to Mr Gronemeyer's reading of a Mayan text carved into stone 1,300 years ago.

The date marks the end of one of the periods of roughly 400 years into which the Mayan calendar is divided.

Mexico's National Institute for Anthropological History has also tried to counter speculation that the Mayans predicted a catastrophic event for 2012.

Only two out of 15,000 registered Mayan texts mention the date 2012, according to the Institute, and no Mayan text predicts the end of the world.

"There is no prophecy for 2012. It is a marketing fallacy," Erik Velasquez, etchings specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told Reuters.

link to story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16000331

Gandalph

phew I was so stressed it would

TeddyTedson

It'll be 2013 then.
Does any really care anymore...
There's been too many trolls saying this ****e for years, I just don't care anymore.

amacachi

So now we should start listening to the Mayans all of a sudden?

TeddyTedson

I'm predicting the end in 2741.
The logic is that's my pin number for my phone

Archeron

OP, imagine how silly you'll feel if it does end in 2012

lcrcboy

Archeron wrote: »

OP, imagine how silly you'll feel if it does end in 2012

I wouldn't feel that silly because I would be dead

RichieC

Funny with the yanks, ruskies and Israelis war mongering again it very well could all change next year

looksee

"There is no prophecy for 2012. It is a marketing fallacy," Erik Velasquez, etchings specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told Reuters.

Marketing? Who?...why?...

Oranage2

You heard it here first - the world will end tomorrow

Biggins

Archeron wrote: »

OP, imagine how silly you'll feel if it does end in 2012

Dead embarrassed?

TeddyTedson

Biggins wrote: »

Dead embarrassed?

you mean morto

Deus Ex Machina

lcrcboy wrote: »

According to this article the Mayans did not predict the end of the world

Because if they actually had, I'd be bricking it.

im invisible

ah bo***x, the bodies are starting to pile up in the basement, what am i gonna do now?

aaronjumper

It wont end. It will just make a sequel.

Dotrel

Good stuff. I was worried for a minute I was gonna miss Euro2012. Draw starts in about 5minutes.

Mindkiller

looksee wrote: »

Marketing? Who?...why?...

Roland Emmerich I guess.

Assassin's Creed is all about end of days as well.

Cicero

Wow..they predicted the end of the euro....:cool:

Iang87

get these mayans to the eu summit next week

SCOOP 64

I Cant Wait To Watch The Movie 2012 In 2013 And Laugh, LoL!

Jesus Wept

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I'm predicting the end in 2741.
The logic is that's my pin number for my phone

If I ever find or steal a phone, I will try that pin number, it will increase my chances marginally.

Liam Byrne

Gandalph wrote: »

phew I was so stressed it would

The way things are going I was almost looking forward to it!

FoxT

Its 2013, defo. Sure we are already planning not to issue '13' car number plates, this is just the start, mark my words!

FoxT

I'm updating my will, so I am.

darlett

looksee wrote: »

Marketing? Who?...why?...

Bunkers 'R' Us were pushing that ad campaign big time.

44leto

AAHHHhhhhhh Bollox, I had great plans for the world ending eve.

sheesh

amacachi wrote: »

So now we should start listening to the Mayans all of a sudden?

Well if you say so!

*builds huge temple begins sacrificing people

Posy

Well, the Mayans predicted the world would end before and it didn't?
So, now they're saying the world won't so.... :eek:

nyarlothothep

Don't rejoice just yet, Bolon Yokte, the god of creation and war:eek::eek::eek::eek:, is expected to return. He's coming back and he's super p1ssed.

darlett

nyarlothothep wrote: »

Don't rejoice just yet, Bolon Yokte, the god of creation and war:eek::eek::eek::eek:, is expected to return. He's coming back and he's super p1ssed.

I dont want to give too much away but Bolon Yokte is actually Mayan for Boris Yeltsin. And he was always super p1ssed, so its something of a false alarm.

grazz

its maya way or the highway

lcrcboy

lcrcboy wrote: »

According to this article the Mayans did not predict the end of the world but instead the end of a era, story below

link to story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16000331

Good, it means now that the tree planting wasn't in vain!

Babybuff

mayabe it will and mayabe it won't

this is weird though.

cloptrop

Im just making these assumptions off the top of my head but arnt the mayans all dead/conquered/ insignificant
Surely if they had the power to predict the future back in the calender making days theyd be well able to rule the world by now.

The Mayan civilisation is dead, but the Maya people survived.

angry kitten

Ah nuts, now I'll have to turn 40 in January after all. Fricking hell.

cloptrop

What has this got to do with her collaboration with wyclef and pras on ghetto superstar. Old Dirty Bastards time in the mainstream and the fugees splitting up?