Posted by: ne0 October 14, 2009
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The doomsday prediction of 2012 seems to be pretty convincing to a lot of folks who have witnessed the downward spiraling condition of humanity in this world.
Basically, this theory of doom is derived from the Mayan calendar which supposedly does not go beyond 2012 Decenber 21st. Now, here's the question - why would you believe the Mayan calendar?
Earliest date listed on the "long count" Mayan calendar is August 11, 3114 BC - which is over 5000 years old. Today, there has been a lot of interest on the Mayan civilization and lot of archeological artifacts have been uncovered - from which, the modern day archeologist try to put things together and arrive at educated guesses about the Mayan civilization, their history, their lifestyle and their calendar. Ah, so the doomsday calendar is only based on educated guesses?
Which means the doomsday theory is based on few peoples assumption and educated guesses of what the Mayan writings meant. Look at the Mayan calendar in the picture. Would you want to predict the future of humanity by looking at this calendar? This actually reminds me of Thanka paintings.
Obviously in trying to translate the meaning of their best guesses people can arrive at numerous conclusions, one of which is the purported end of the calendar in december 21, 2012.
I am pretty sure a lot of ancient writings get lost in attempted translation - and for us to go and believe these blindly does not make any sense. Take a look at their hieroglyph and decide for yourself if you want to believe in the supposed prophecy that has been extracted by looking at their writings - no offence to any Mayans reading this.
Even if it is true that the Mayan calendar ends in Dec 21, 2012, let's revisit our own "year 2000 bug". Lot of computers didn't have any provisions for anything later than 2000 so hypothetically if some newer civilizations had laid hands on a computer, would they believe that the world would end in 2000 since our computers could not handle dates beyond 2000?
Instead of perpetuating on doom and negative energy, we need to focus on positive energy and optimism
Say nay to doomsayers!
Basically, this theory of doom is derived from the Mayan calendar which supposedly does not go beyond 2012 Decenber 21st. Now, here's the question - why would you believe the Mayan calendar?
Earliest date listed on the "long count" Mayan calendar is August 11, 3114 BC - which is over 5000 years old. Today, there has been a lot of interest on the Mayan civilization and lot of archeological artifacts have been uncovered - from which, the modern day archeologist try to put things together and arrive at educated guesses about the Mayan civilization, their history, their lifestyle and their calendar. Ah, so the doomsday calendar is only based on educated guesses?
Obviously in trying to translate the meaning of their best guesses people can arrive at numerous conclusions, one of which is the purported end of the calendar in december 21, 2012.
I am pretty sure a lot of ancient writings get lost in attempted translation - and for us to go and believe these blindly does not make any sense. Take a look at their hieroglyph and decide for yourself if you want to believe in the supposed prophecy that has been extracted by looking at their writings - no offence to any Mayans reading this.
Even if it is true that the Mayan calendar ends in Dec 21, 2012, let's revisit our own "year 2000 bug". Lot of computers didn't have any provisions for anything later than 2000 so hypothetically if some newer civilizations had laid hands on a computer, would they believe that the world would end in 2000 since our computers could not handle dates beyond 2000?
Instead of perpetuating on doom and negative energy, we need to focus on positive energy and optimism
Say nay to doomsayers!