Is the world really going to end 12-21-2012?

Depends on your definition of the world ending. The Mayan long count calander is usually seen in the contracted form, meaning that the twenty-first of December, 2012, is the last date on it. However, in the full form, it's nowhere near the end. Add into the circular nature of Mayan counting, and you have an end of something and the beginning of something else.

What it might be is the end of an era - social upheaval, basically. A lot of people are saying that this could be the Age of Aquarius (not in purely astrological terms, we're currently in the Age of Pisces and it won't end until 2600 or so), but the spiritual one. Harmony and goodwill and all that.

So no - it won't be the end of the world, but it might be a big change.

The ancient Mayans had a calender that was more accurate than any we have today and that is the date they predicted. Scientists today have said that with global warming the Ross Ice Shelf will probably break off making it the largest iceberg the modern world has ever seen about 1500 square miles in diameter and two miles thick. When it melts all of the oceans waters will rise anywhere from 47 to 50 feet. That will pretty much end life as we know it on the planet. By the time this happens the Mississippi will become about 400 miles wide.

Ahh, the Mayans. Finally after thousands of years we have reached the end of times. Isn't it nice to have an actual date and not just some abstract prognostication?

I wonder if the world will end in the morning or evening? Is it at the stroke of midnight? In which time zone?

Will the world only end for the Mayans? Are they still around? If they are, what are they planning?

I think a BIG party is in order. Lots of virgins wanting to be sacrificed. Gallons of Mayan wine. Cool.

No, It was also supposed to end on 09-09-99, and many other times. Just crazy people talking.

At midnight !.....

12:30 in Newfoundland.

probally not people say this bc it is the last day on the Mayan calander, but at the same time you can never tell, look at what the Philospher Nostradamus did, he made predictions of stuff that matched what he described

We won't know if it will end until after the date so we just have to wait.

Qouting my Uncle, "If the world didn't end in the 60's, it ain't never gonna end."

We may never know. Contact us @ Christmas 2012

If santa leaves a present for you then you will know the answer.

Yes indeed. I'm already building an arc.