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What is going to happen in the year 2012?
I am a realist. But I have some friends who keep telling me that the end is coming in 2012. Why? They say all of the planets are going to line straight together and the magnetic pull is going to be so bad that we will all die. I say that doomsayers have been around every century and every millenium and we are still here! So what if the Mayan's last calendar date was for 2012? Maybe they moved away and never finished it? What gives?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
A lot will happen
January 1 — The works of James Joyce will enter the public domain.
January 1 — Poland will adopt the Euro as its official currency.
January 15 — Presidential elections in Finland
February 5 — Super Bowl XLVI will be played at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis, Indiana.
February 6 — Queen Elizabeth II will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. A series of festivities across the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations will likely run throughout the year.
April 1 — The United States Census of 1940 is released to the public.
May - French Presidential election (if the incumbent's term had normally finished in May).
May - Irish general election is due to be held if the current government remains in office for a full term.
June 9–July 1 — 2012 European Football Championship will be played in Poland/Ukraine.
July 1 — Presidential Elections in Mexico.
July 27 — Opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics begins in London at 7:30 pm UTC, 8:30pm BST.[4]
August 12 — Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, a Sunday.
August 29 — Start of the 2012 Summer Paralympics
September 9 — End of the 2012 Summer Paralympics
November 6 — The United States Presidential, Senate, and House of Representatives elections.
November 6 — Puerto Rico general election
December - Presidential elections in South Korea to elect the 18th President.
December 24
A lot of stupid explanations why the world didn't end will be invented, the 2012 frauds will invent a new date for the end of the world, and their stupid followers will ignore the failure and believe in it again.
- imacatholic2Lv 71 decade ago
Probably nothing.
One of several Mayan calendars is the Long Count calendar, which is reset to day 0 every 1,872,000 days or 7057.5 years. The next reset date, by some calculations, is December 21, 2012. This is not a prediction of the end of the world.
These predictions are scare tactics, conspiracy theories, and chances to make money from books and movies.
Ever since the Y2K and 6/6/6 (June 6, 2006) End of the World scenarios did not pan out, the scare mongers, conspiracy theorists, book sellers, and television executives have been touting the 2012 End of the World scenario. When 2012 does not happen either, I am sure they will think of something else.
Here is also what NASA thinks about the 2012 End of the World scenario: http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/StarFAQ18.htm#q3...
If you want a bit more information on the 2012 hoax, try: http://2012hoax.org/
"But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come." (Mark 13:32-33)
Jesus told us in no uncertain terms that we were not to know when the end of the world would come but that we were always to be ready.
The early Christian Church thought that Jesus was going to return at any moment. Only after a couple of centuries did the Church realize that it may be 2,000 or 4,000 or 8,000 years before Jesus returns.
The Catholic Church wisely follows Jesus' advice and teaches that each of us should live as if we will meet our maker in the next ten minutes and that we need to work to make the world a better place for our 100 X great-grandchildren.
Do not worry about the end of the world. Trust God to make sure everything happens to plan. Just be ready to meet God at any time.
For more information, about what Catholics believe about the end of the world, see: http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0...
With love in Christ.
- David DLv 71 decade ago
The Mayan Calendar makes NO doomsday CLAIMS because 2012 is merely the end of a cycle. For the ancient Maya it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle. To render December 21, 2012, as a doomsday or moment of cosmic shifting is a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in.
People who promote 2012 are doing so to sell books and advertising on their doomsday shows. After each "predicted" doomsday passes with nothing happening there is a new one invented. I have watched the 2012 Doomsday program on the History (Hysteria) Channel. The content isn’t about any real 2012 event happening and it isn’t about history. It is about selling books and selling advertising on the TV programs.
There is no scientific theory that anything unusual is going to happen in 2012. ZERO scientists believe that anything out of the ordinary will happen in 2012. It is all total CRAP. These people are interested in one thing - MONEY. And by listening to their programs and/or buying their books you provide them with - MONEY. The more MONEY they make the more twists and turns they invent to make it more interesting so you will listen to new TV programs so they can make even MORE MONEY.
If you had hogwash to sell wouldn’t you try and package it so looked like prime rib? That is just what these shysters are doing… selling to those who will listen – HOGWASH. Drink deep!!! They need MORE MONEY. They need YOUR MONEY.
By the way... 2012 isn't the first Doomsday prediction. Here is a link to other Doomsday predictions from the past and present… THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF DOOMSDAY PREDICTIONS… and none have come true.
- erinbaileyyyLv 41 decade ago
NOTHING, Do u actually beleive this because the mayans calendar ended what were they gunna write it forever? This theory came from the mayan calender and it ends in 2012, that doesnt mean anything! are u actually gunna beleive the people who thot human sacrifice would bring the sun up everyday? ya i think NOT.
This day could be a good day why is it that its gunna end? it means nothing ppl have been guessign for years yeah like in the 70s the world was to "end" obviously not. no ne can predict things. things just happen and when that day comes it comes but we will not know "the future" i sure as hell am not guinna follow thru a bunch of idiot who thot killing human being would make the "sun god" come up. And if they didnt the sun wouldnt obviously thats not the case.
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- 1 decade ago
The first three real dangers have already started>>
1.Swine Flu
2.Iranian/North Korean military escalation
3.Level 1 and 2 users keep asking about 2012 over and over and then keep picking the same A&S TCs as the BEST ANSWER over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and and over and over and OVER!!!!
The horror... the wonder... the magic... the charade!
Always the same cast of sketchy characters with the exact same blog links
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