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The Lost Chord
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Topic: The Year 2012 Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:17 |
I keep hearing about this year as the end of days, end of the world, miserable year...just spoke to my brother and he said he saw a show on it on History and it was scary as hell he said...
Anyone know, believe, have anything to contribute to this?
Thanks!
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Bj-1
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:19 |
People claimed that year 2000 was gonna' be the end of the world blah blah. They were all wrong, It will take loooooooooooong time before something really bad happends here, IMO. I can be wrong though, you never know, but still..
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:21 |
but the year 2012 relates to the mayans or something, and various other things i think...2000 was just a number, what i remember
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Chris H
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:21 |
Nothing bad will happen.
At least I dont think so.
Ok so maybe Hillary Clinton will be elected president, but she'll be out of office by 2012 anyways, so its all good. But what are the oods of that?
Edited by Zappa88 - March 02 2007 at 21:21
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JayDee
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:24 |
The Lost Chord wrote:
but the year 2012 relates to the mayans or
something, and various other things i think...2000 was just a number,
what i remember |
Everything relates to something. It may be today, tomorrow, next year, next millenium...... Nobody knows really.
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JJLehto
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:24 |
Is that the year the asteroid is supposed to hit? Maybe that was later, and what about that Aztec God Quetzocatal (however you'd spell that) that will come and it'll be the end of the world?
Maybe a nuclear explosion? Or a massive disease.
.....uh I'm not sure where I'm going, I guess the world will end when it does, and it'll be a surprise when it happens.
Oh, NICE avater by the way^
Edited by JJLehto - March 02 2007 at 21:25
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rileydog22
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:35 |
Are you saying the Mayans could predict the future? Because if they did, then maybe they could have somehow defeated the Spanish. Besides, this is all rubbish anyway. The Earth will end either when the sun expands (which is a lot futher away than 2012), or an apocalyptic nuclear war. Or, of course, if we capture some Kobaians and don't release them, cause Kobaia has planet-destroying technology (after all, Kobaia is de hundin!).
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Chris H
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:37 |
Actually, I'm sure the world will end whenever Socrates predicted it will. Legend has it that back in the 1200's he predicted WWII, The building of nuclear wepaons, communism, and to some extent terrorism and even 9/11. I'm sure he said something about the world ending
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The Lost Chord
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:37 |
true thanks im not scared anymore
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blaughida
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 21:37 |
I wonder how many full-grown adults there are in the world who are four feet tall or under...
All I've heard is that the Maya calendar ends on December 23, 2012, so supposedly that's when the world will end. The Mayans were interesting but I think this is a lot of silliness and makes no more sense than the 2000 predictions, as Bj-1 pointed out.
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 22:44 |
Actually, there's a lot of research that's been done (by admittedly weird people), but there are many things that are oddly coincidental about the year 2012, specifically October 24th. I once spent a couple hours browsing all the related subjects on Wikipedia. As I recall, The date was originated by the Mayans as the end/beginning of the world. They Mayans had a cyclical calendar, and they believed that the next Earth cycle would end and begin again in 2012.
20th century mathematician/philosopher Terrence Mckenna thought that a great change would occur in 2012. I don't think it was the end of the world, but rather the start of a new stage in human evolution, or something like that. Then again, he was a believer in the theory that the key to this next evolutionary stage was to ingest mass quantities of psychotropic drugs....
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 22:51 |
The apocalypse will happen at anytime, only God knows when. I think that the Mayans made a theory of the end of the world, and it was a load of crap. Humans do not know when the world will end! Geez, there's been so many predictions of the end of the world, and all of thenm have been wrong! People predicted that it would end on June 6, 2006, because it was the 6-6-6 day. LOAD OF CRAP! People predicted that the world would end on September 11 because a few idiots crashed airplanes into the World Trade Centers. LOAD OF CRAP! Nostradamus predicted July, 1999 would be the end of the world because the year was one before 2000. LOAD OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!! People should quit trying to predict the end of the world and take it as it comes. Only God knows when the world will end, and THAT'S IT! All human predictions are wrong when it comes to the end of the world. Geez, man. People should learn to take a dang chillon the apocalypse. So, here's the only prediction of the apocalypse people should take: it will happen suddenly whenever it does. It could be anytime. Also, I've heard of stuff about people actually planning the apocalypse. Now, that's even more stupid than predicting it, because they want to end the world right at that moment with mass suicide bombs! What idiots! Also, something else. Why is American Idol and celebrity crap getting more coverage than religious stuff and the end of the world? Because people are ignorant! Back to the apocalypse, yuo know how some people can't keep thoughts to their self, right? Well, in celebrity coverage and predictions of the apocalypse, THEY SHOULD JUST SHUT UP! End of story.
Ha. Sorry, I don't usually don't get into rants like this. This is probably the longest thing I've posted other than reviews ever.
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The Miracle
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Posted: March 02 2007 at 23:24 |
The end of the world? I'm all for it. In fact , the sooner the better.
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Ghandi 2
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 00:57 |
rileydog22 wrote:
Are you saying the Mayans could predict the future? Because if they did, then maybe they could have somehow defeated the Spanish. Besides, this is all rubbish anyway. The Earth will end either when the sun expands (which is a lot futher away than 2012), or an apocalyptic nuclear war. Or, of course, if we capture some Kobaians and don't release them, cause Kobaia has planet-destroying technology (after all, Kobaia is de hundin!). |
The Mayans died long before the Spanish came. The current theory is that they were destroyed by floods when they deforested the surrounding area.
Zappa88 wrote:
Actually, I'm sure the world will end whenever Socrates predicted it will. Legend has it that back in the 1200's he predicted WWII, The building of nuclear wepaons, communism, and to some extent terrorism and even 9/11. I'm sure he said something about the world ending |
Eh? Socrates lived around 400 BC...And I'm pretty sure he didn't say anything about WWII.
Google Peak Oil and read The Long Emergency and then you can be scared again with a little better reason. I think it's going to be ok, but it's still a bit worrisome...
Edited by Ghandi 2 - March 03 2007 at 00:58
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progismylife
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 01:58 |
Jeams Pfirp wrote:
The apocalypse will happen at anytime, only God knows when. I think that the Mayans made a theory of the end of the world, and it was a load of crap. Humans do not know when the world will end! Geez, there's been so many predictions of the end of the world, and all of thenm have been wrong! People predicted that it would end on June 6, 2006, because it was the 6-6-6 day. LOAD OF CRAP! People predicted that the world would end on September 11 because a few idiots crashed airplanes into the World Trade Centers. LOAD OF CRAP! Nostradamus predicted July, 1999 would be the end of the world because the year was one before 2000. LOAD OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!! People should quit trying to predict the end of the world and take it as it comes. Only God knows when the world will end, and THAT'S IT! All human predictions are wrong when it comes to the end of the world. Geez, man. People should learn to take a dang chillon the apocalypse. So, here's the only prediction of the apocalypse people should take: it will happen suddenly whenever it does. It could be anytime. Also, I've heard of stuff about people actually planning the apocalypse. Now, that's even more stupid than predicting it, because they want to end the world right at that moment with mass suicide bombs! What idiots! Also, something else. Why is American Idol and celebrity crap getting more coverage than religious stuff and the end of the world? Because people are ignorant! Back to the apocalypse, yuo know how some people can't keep thoughts to their self, right? Well, in celebrity coverage and predictions of the apocalypse, THEY SHOULD JUST SHUT UP! End of story.
Ha. Sorry, I don't usually don't get into rants like this. This is probably the longest thing I've posted other than reviews ever. |
If I posted sooner I would have done that same rant.
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The Miracle
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 02:01 |
Nothing is going to happen in 2012. It'll be just another year. The world will end in 5 or so billions of years if we don't end it sooner.
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 04:50 |
2012 is when the next shift of the Earth's axis is due to occur. This will/may result in the Sun's influence on the northern hemisphere becoming less prominent. It's part of a 20 year cycle...apparently.
Edited by Man Erg - March 03 2007 at 05:09
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laplace
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 05:05 |
Jeams Pfirp wrote:
The apocalypse will happen at anytime, only God knows when. I think that the Mayans made a theory of the end of the world, and it was a load of crap. Humans do not know when the world will end! Geez, there's been so many predictions of the end of the world, and all of thenm have been wrong! People predicted that it would end on June 6, 2006, because it was the 6-6-6 day. LOAD OF CRAP! People predicted that the world would end on September 11 because a few idiots crashed airplanes into the World Trade Centers. LOAD OF CRAP! Nostradamus predicted July, 1999 would be the end of the world because the year was one before 2000. LOAD OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!! People should quit trying to predict the end of the world and take it as it comes. Only God knows when the world will end, and THAT'S IT! All human predictions are wrong when it comes to the end of the world. Geez, man. People should learn to take a dang chillon the apocalypse. So, here's the only prediction of the apocalypse people should take: it will happen suddenly whenever it does. It could be anytime. Also, I've heard of stuff about people actually planning the apocalypse. Now, that's even more stupid than predicting it, because they want to end the world right at that moment with mass suicide bombs! What idiots! Also, something else. Why is American Idol and celebrity crap getting more coverage than religious stuff and the end of the world? Because people are ignorant! Back to the apocalypse, yuo know how some people can't keep thoughts to their self, right? Well, in celebrity coverage and predictions of the apocalypse, THEY SHOULD JUST SHUT UP! End of story.
Ha. Sorry, I don't usually don't get into rants like this. This is probably the longest thing I've posted other than reviews ever. |
although you're insane I agree that people should neither be worried about arbitrarily ominous dates OR consider themselves to be qualified to have an opinion on anything and everything. the world's going to end when our sun goes nova. now, if some insignificant bipedal species is wiped off the planet by some freak disaster long before then, it's hardly the same situation is it? ;)
Edited by laplace - March 03 2007 at 05:05
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 05:12 |
actually i looking foward for the year 2112 .
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Posted: March 03 2007 at 05:16 |
The Lost Chord wrote:
but the year 2012 relates to the mayans or something, and various other things i think...2000 was just a number, what i remember |
Depends on who you ask. The world did not end in the year 666, neither it has in 999, 1999, 2000 or any other year to come. Well, maybe it will end some day, but not because of a number.
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