the maya belived that the world has ended 4 times and It will end again on the year of the 2012 but no need to worry because they didn't count leap years so the predicted time was a while ago
No. They didn't. They believed a new cycle would begin (Like our years, or decades, or centuries), not that the world would end.
They said a new cycle would begin with a rain of wind and fire
No, they really didn't. Not only have I been to Guatemala, where people there say all this end of the world stuff is just American BS, but there is nothing to indicate that that is what they predicted.
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Misinterpretation of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is the basis for a popular belief that a cataclysm will take place on December 21, 2012. December 21, 2012 is simply the day that the calendar will go to the nextb'ak'tun, at Long Count 13.0.0.0.0. The date on which the calendar will go to the next piktun (a complete series of 20 b'ak'tuns), at Long Count 1.0.0.0.0.0, will be on October 13, 4772.
Sandra Noble, executive director of the Mesoamerican research organization Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.(FAMSI), notes that "for the ancient Maya, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle". She considers the portrayal of December 2012 as a doomsday or cosmic-shift event to be "a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in."[23]
One of my friends was in central america or whatever and the tour guide was a Mayan. So he asked him about this whole 2012 thing with the calendar. The tour guide broke down LAUGHING his butt off. then he explained it was all nonsense and fabrications.
One of my friends was in central america or whatever and the tour guide was a Mayan. So he asked him about this whole 2012 thing with the calendar. The tour guide broke down LAUGHING his butt off. then he explained it was all nonsense and fabrications.
I'd imagine he was thinking "You white people are so silly".
Its just an ancient calendar, just because the Maya were known for their advances in astronomy doesn't mean some mumbo-jumbo meteor is going to wipe out the human race. Although if it were the end of the world a giant party would be pretty great.
We can't say if the world will end but we can't say it wont. Its a mystery, it can happen at any moment.
How will you define "the end of the world"?
1: the complete world is gone in an instant, leaving nothing, concluding in nothing
or
2: the earth is destroyed. (then say so there's a huge gap between "the world" and a "Apocalypse")
No. They didn't. They believed a new cycle would begin (Like our years, or decades, or centuries), not that the world would end.
Time for a bunch of quotes on how stupid I am
No, they really didn't. Not only have I been to Guatemala, where people there say all this end of the world stuff is just American BS, but there is nothing to indicate that that is what they predicted.
I was thinking mor of the lines of suicide but theres a chance of people going around looting stuff
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We live in the age of smart phones and stupid people.
But your on Minecraft Forum right now?
Venit, quessit, induravit.
I'd imagine he was thinking "You white people are so silly".
Um I think your calender is wrong.
"LOOK! IT ENDS AT DECEMBER 21,2012!!!!! THAT MEANS THAT THE WORLD WILL MAGICALLY HAVE AN APOCALYPSE THAT DAY!"
Yep,that's what happened.
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There will be suicides, and toilet paper shortages.
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Everyone should hide in 13 blankets to prepare for the new apocalypse.
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How will you define "the end of the world"?
1: the complete world is gone in an instant, leaving nothing, concluding in nothing
or
2: the earth is destroyed. (then say so there's a huge gap between "the world" and a "Apocalypse")
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