DO U BELIEVE IN 2012 & WHAT'S GOING 2 HAPPEN? I READ THIS SOMEWHERE AND IT MADE ME THINK. I 'WASN'T' A BELIEVE?

Question by Firefly: DO U BELIEVE IN 2012 & WHAT'S GOING 2 HAPPEN? I READ THIS SOMEWHERE AND IT MADE ME THINK. I 'WASN'T' A BELIEVE?
Apocalypse! The Mayan Calendar And 2012

There is a distinct system of calendars and almanacs called the Mayan Calendar that projects a rebirth of the Earth's cycles on December 21, 2012. It will, according to these chartings, be apocalyptic, yet not the true "end" of the world.

In pre-Columbian Mesopotamia, one of the oldest known civilizations to man, these records were produced. They are all interlocked and synchronized in such an efficient manner that they have stood the tests of time. Now, if they are correct, the Earth will undergo many devastating changes that will totally reset the balance of all life in 2012.

The writing system utilized to record these calendars and almanacs dates back into the 6th century BCE. It was Mel Gibson's major theatrical release Apocalypto which has drawn mainstream attention to Mayan civilization recently. Since its release, there have been several major book releases that cover all aspects of the Mayans, especially the foreboding 2012 deadline for dominant life forms.

Of course, there have been numerous other impending world-ending or transforming scenarios suggested to the human race throughout time besides 2012. They include the various predictions of the notorious Nostradamus, Y2K and several others. In essence, it seems that these are take-offs of distorted mass consciousness, based on unjustifiable, non-scientific proclamations that simply never seem to pan out.

You see, the Mayans did not follow the modernly-accepted Gregorian calendar. They couldn't; it didn't exist. Instead, they lived their lives based on a combination of information presented by three separate calendars:
- A solar calendar based on a 365-day year;
- A ceremonial calendar based on a 260-day year;
- and a "long-count" calendar that based all time frames on a series of five numbers that always individually totaled less than 20.

The 365-day and 260-day calendars coincided every 52 years. If that isn't insensible enough, the second to last number of the long count calendar was always less than 18. The first number on the long calendar was: 0.0.0.0.0. That number corresponded to August 11, 3114 BC (as close as can be determined). Every 144,000 days was called "baktun". 144,000 days is roughly 395 years. Like the Y2K hypothesis that predicted unruly chaos when the Gregorian calendar rolled over from 12/31/1999 to 01/01/2000, the Mayan calendar predicts chaotic devastation when it rolls over from 12.19.19.17.19 to a new 0.0.0.0.0.

Here is what is supposed to happen then:

- Asteroid 433 Eros will come within 17 million miles of the Earth in January;
- In April, the US will grant renewed control of the Korean military back to Koreans;
- An annular solar eclipse will transpire in May;
- The Summer Olympics will be held in London;
- The population of our beloved Earth will top 7 billion;
- The new Freedom Towers in NYC will be completed;
- November will bring a new US president;
- A new 11-year sunspot cycle will begin, flipping the Sun's magnetic

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