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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2008 17:18:57 GMT -4
And Vitamin C! You'd think her career would have gone better if that were the case.
The comments on that article make me sad.
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Post by kostgard on Sept 1, 2008 22:19:53 GMT -4
So has anyone read about the whole "end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012" thing? Mayan calendars, Hopi Indian predictions, secret bunker under the new Denver airport for the elite to hide in, etc. etc. Well, when I was in Mexico touring some Mayan ruins a few months ago, the folks there said it was k-rap. The Mayan calendar signifies the end of an era. That's it. I suppose you could read into that any way you wish, but nothing about it specifically signifies any sort of destruction or the end of the world. And the Mayan calendar includes all sort of little mini eras (I don't remember if they last 15 or 33 years - one of those numbers) and it was considered a neat thing to reach the end of one of those mini-eras and was cause for celebration. Because while something ends, it also brings on the birth of something new. Some point out that there is some planetary alignment on that date, but you know what? Planets and galaxies align all the time, and planets don't vaporize because of it. That doesn't hold water for me either. Then there are those who believe that the Maya were such good astronomers because they had help from aliens, and maybe that date is when the aliens promised to return. Hell, maybe. And I for one welcome our new alien overlords. But seriously - people have been predicting the end of the world since it began, and so far they have been wrong. ETA: There is also evidence where the Maya talked about dates that occur past the December 21, 2012 date. They are called "distance dates" where they basically add so many days to the last day of the current calendar. So it would be "calendar +300 days" or whatever. In fact, one of their rulers talked about the celebration of the anniversay of his accession - which happens about 3,000 years from now. So clearly he didn't think that there would be no more world. That date is just the end of their current calendar. The Maya believed that there were eras and calendars before the current one, so it stands to reason that they would believe that there would be calendars and eras after it.
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Post by hikertrash on Sept 2, 2008 0:04:47 GMT -4
I've read a little about the 2012 thing, and it does seem like it's more about a great change, not necessarily the end of times. Most of what I've read says the predictions aren't specific; the Mayans (and those who believe in the 2012 thing) thought it could go either way. There might be great catastrophes, or it will be the birth of some kind of new, enlightened spiritual age.
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Post by ladyboy on Sept 2, 2008 11:34:04 GMT -4
My husband says the aliens are coming in 2012. That is, he tells me this when I visit him in the loony bin.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 11:51:44 GMT -4
Speaking of which, I read a great SciFi short story a long time ago about first contact. It had a big build-up, like those stories do, and when the aliens finally arrived it turned out they were really really boring and annoying (think Gilbert Gottfried) and everyone was wishing they'd go back home.
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Post by Lisa Miller on Sept 2, 2008 13:45:02 GMT -4
Plus, Prince William is apparently the anti-Christ who will rise to power after the 2012 apocalypse. His leadership of the "new" Earth will lull everyone into a sense of (false) security because he is secretly the agent of Satan. Charles and Diana were intentionally matched to produce this heir because of their bloodlines. The things you learn on the Internet. Prince William can't be the anti-Christ, because Barack Obama is. Come on people, which is it?
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Post by ladyboy on Sept 2, 2008 15:20:01 GMT -4
That's great! Do you remember the name/author? I want to give it to hubby so he knows what he's in for in '12.
I thought Palin is the antichrist?!?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 15:54:45 GMT -4
This History Channel show was pretty good at explaining the 2012 story. Plus it has those cheesy reenactments I always enjoy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 17:17:53 GMT -4
I wish I could, ladyboy, but it's fallen down the memory hole and it can't get up. It's a pisser because I'd like to read it again.
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Post by Mugsy on Sept 2, 2008 18:41:20 GMT -4
Oohh, but you guyses aren't seeing the big picture as it plays out right in front of your eyes.
McCain gets elected Prez (sorry) and he dies within two years. That makes you-know-who take power, yer new President Palin. She's incompetent and thus, completes the downfall of the American empire. Taking advantage, China (or Russia or Iraq, you choose) picks a fight and the red button is pushed. This is around 2010 and the beginning of the Great Disaster, leading to the 2012 "end of the world as we know it". Focus, people, the wheels are in motion!
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