Year 2012 - Is There A Chance To Survive?

By Dana Goldberg

Ever since, there have been different predictions about the end of the world. Many of them try to be specific and they end up being disapproved by the virtue of the world continuing to be there. Others havent been proven already one way or the other, as a result of their dates havent reached yet. 2012 predictions are among the latter group.

In the non-internet world there is some talk of the 2012 prophecies. Online however is where the discussion has its most adherents. Each internet forum appears to have at least one thread about 2012 drawing in many posters and contributors who are attracted to such ideas and theories. In addition there are a growing number of websites devoted to the topic.

What is the significance of 2012 prophecies? The reply is that they all are derived from the basic fact that 2012 is the last year in ancient Mayan calendar system. Those believe in Mayan prophecies take it as the prediction that 2012 is the end of whole world. Due this prediction Mayan scholars did not feel any need to create another calendar beyond the year of 2012.

The actual details of the world's end change depending on who is looking at the information. Some think the end will be brought about by a natural disaster, others think it may be less literal and more the end of the world as we know it as opposed to the absolute end of the world. Some prophecy believers feel that the change will come about with the predicted alignment of the galaxy, a once in a 28,600 year occurence, on December 12th, 2012.

It does not specific mention that skeptic people are abundant in number. Although a lot of Mayan predictions have turned out to be true, some skeptic people have cited many logical inconsistencies so far as 2012 forecast is concerned. Their arguments include a simple thing like that Mayan scholars may have not found enough time to bring out a new calendar due to end of Mayan culture. Another argument is that the set periods of Mayan calendar covered a period more than a modern year of twelve months and it might have 2012 as the last year. Their opinion is that ending of Mayan calendar in 2012 is of no importance.

There are innumerable arguments for and against any conceivable explanation, which isn't surprising given how vague the prophecy is. But it's clear that the argument cannot be settled until 2012 itself, when we find out what, if anything, occurs.

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