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December 21 2012?

IchooseU

There's been alot hype about end of the world 2012 now is it true? There's few sites with alot things can happen 2012 basically biggest thing could happen is End of the mayan calendar ending.

Few sites.

http://www.2012warning.com/
http://www.nowpublic.com/environment/2012-end-world

Here is list few things could happen.

1. Yellowstone SuperVolcano
2. Asteroid / Meteorite / Comet Impact
3. Flu Pandemic
4. Nuclear War
5. Grey Goo (nanotechnolgy)
6. Man-made Black Hole
7. Crustal Pole Shift
8. Rapid-onset Ice Age
9. Megatsunami/Global Flood
10. Economic Collapse
11. Peak Oil
12. Extraterrestrials Attack
13. Non-nuclear WW3
14. Gamma Ray Burst
15. Magnetic Pole Reversal
16. Biblical Rapture / Judgement Day / Second Coming
17. New World Order is revealed
18. Singularity
19. Return of Planet X / Niburu
20. Solar Flares
21. Nearby Supernova
22. Supernova becomes visible
23. Coronal Mass Ejection
24. Spiritual Evolution
25. Worldwide Depression/ Loss of Will to Live Inspires Nihilism and Anarchy

Alot things could it be true?

The mayans predict alot of things, 911, floods, earthquakes . According to sites above. Also predict things to go wrong with presidant , Predicted obama to win somthing is going to go wrong according to what i been reading. This as been on the news fox new etc... and discovery channel.

The end of the world on decemeber 21 2012 could happen. From earth changes.

7 reason's why World will end decemeber 21 2012.


1. Mayan Calendar



The first mob to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things:

Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and
Sacrificing Virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well.

2. Sun Storms

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Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery: our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012

3. The Atom Smasher

Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. Basically its a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

4. The Bible says...

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks are getting in on the act aswell. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

5. Super Volcano

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Yellowstone National Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

6. The Physicists

This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

7. Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it Touches.


I thougt this will bring a good discussion.

Now Discuss.


Edit: Also post Yes or No if you think this could happen. I say No
 
I personally don't care. If it doesn't end then I continue on living, if the world does end than at least I am not the only one dying. Plus I lived a relatively good life.

Also I am voting "no" as there seemed to be a lot of predictions about the world's end in the year 2000. We all know how that turned out.
 
Hahaha... no.

The Mayan Calendar doesn't predict that the world will end, the calendar itself does not extend beyond 2012. IMO this was an arbitrary date for them to stop mapping their calendars. Now to nitpick your list...
1. Mayan Calendar, already covered my opinion of it.
2. The Sun. The theory you provided is preposterous. If there were any legitimate threat of something like this happening it would be a more talked about event scientifically and socially. Saying that the rays will reach their "DEADLY peak" is a hilarious exaggeration. How many people have died from it so far?
3. The Atom Smasher. A machine called the large hadron collider was recently activated. It was wildly speculated to possibly destroy the Earth. The series of flukes required for such a result had a probability of 1: trillions. Mathematically insignificant, laughable, and small beyond comprehension of almost anyone. Needless to say, the Earth was not destroyed.
4. Lol. The bible has been interpreted (badly) thousands of times or more. One interpretation saying anything definitively about 2012 is IMO not even slightly relevant (the same is true of any other religious interpretations).
5. I will admit that it's possible for Yellowstone to blow in 2012, but it isn't any more likely than it is to blow any other year surrounding. One year is mathematically insignificant in major geological happenings. It's no more likely to blow in 2012 then it was 20 years ago, 20 years from now, and likely more than that in both directions. Furthermore, the probability that such an eruption will "end the world" is probably extremely low. Even plummeting us into an ice age would be somewhat gradual and possibly wouldn't even cause extinction of the human race (let's face it, we could adapt to a lot of shit if we had to).
6. The physicists. To say that we're "overdue" for a catastrophe, and use it as evidence of the end of the world is great example of terrible logic. What scientific reasoning could there possibly be that "2012 is the best guess" as for when a major catastrophe will occur? I will repeat myself, one year is mathematically insignificant in the scope of things. Even narrowing it down to a 100 years window would be naive. We may be "overdue" for something, but it's no more likely to happen in 4 years than it is to happen in several hundred years unless it's a manmade catastrophe (which this particular "research" doesn't seem to be suggesting). But to make a reference to probability, the odds of getting at least one tails if you flip three coins is 7/8. If you flip the first two coins and they're both heads, what happens to the odds on the third coin? It doesn't stay 7/8, it goes back down to 50/50, the previous coins no longer matter. What I'm saying is that us not having a disaster for a long time doesn't actually make it more likely that we'll have one very soon.
7. AGAIN, the odds of this happening in 2012 are no more likely than in surrounding years. I don't even know how factual that information is, but saying it is more likely to happen in 2012 is still stupid.

To cast my vote, yes, the world could end in 2012, just like it could end tomorrow, or in 2020, or in 2520. Nobody knows. But it's ludicrous to think that the world is more likely to end in 2012 (let alone that it's a foregone conclusion) than in any other year.
 
I'll tell you on December 22th of the 2012 :V

I honestly don't know, but it seems pausible.Any of these, that's it.

Also the LHC is set for May/March something of the next year, not 2012.
 
Yes i know phizzlax mayan calander ends 2012 but doesn't meaning it end of the world . But you're right world can end anytime. I didnt make thoese possiblites there all over the web and discovery channel lmao. And kira ye 2000 rofl y2k :D.
 
the end of the mayan calendar marks the beginning of the age of Aquarius, it has nothing to do with the world ending.
 
Ahah. What does the Mayan Lunar Calender have to do with the end of the world? Nothing. How are you making the conclusion that "it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well."?
 
Instead of attacking the theory, I'll give my own opinion on the matter:

Yes, it could very well happen but I, for one, refuse to stop living my life in anticipation for something that may not even happen! The idea of the end of the world is a scary thought and I fear it; however, at the same time, we'll all go down together and so none of us are missing out on anything more than anyone else. It's the ultimate "fair" fate.
And that's even if it does happen! ^^
If it doesn't happen then I'll be glad that I paid little attention to it! lol.
 
The fact that there are "7" is very suspicous as 7 had been a religious number of order but that not the reason I don't believe the first post. The first post has a lot of

1. Wrong information
2.No proof
3.Unreasonable claims
4.green suns

Last one isn't serious :/ but I always though its was 12/12/12. Guess I remembered wrong.
 
Peak oil is an inevitable scenario that could have extremely serious consequences, but is hopefully still possible to mitigate. Otherwise, there are a few other frightening possibilities in that list, such as a global pandemic or nuclear war. Scenarios like a meteorite impact or gamma ray burst are existential threats in theory, but are so unlikely and so far removed from human control that it's pointless to worry about them. It's inevitable that humanity going to face an extinction event at some point in the far future no matter what we do. Finally, there's a lot of complete nonsense here. Come on... Spiritual evolution? Return of Planet X? The New World Order? Are the black helicopters here yet? The Mayan calendar theory is a bunch of bunk that has no more basis in reality than any other ancient mythological tradition.
 
Heh all of that can happen today, tomorrow, next weekend, 2012, the possibilities are endless. Picking a certain date, though is pretty ridiculous. ZOMG Y2K!!!

My answer's yes I suppose.
 
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This is a fucking joke. Notice how people of a certain era always think that events like this, (end of world, coming of christ) are going to happen while they're alive?
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quoting for truth lol. the world may end any day, at anytime so dont bother trying to find when.
its just the pessimist nature of many people, who always try to find the bad side of the life, live and enjoy your life dont try to find the bad things or think "if only i had the stuff that guy has"
also i find very funny how people say that its written in the bible the date of the end of the world, while the bible clearly says that only god knows the date of the day of judgment, lolol.
 
Didn't they Mayan's predict their own civilazation's destruction? That would prove that the world would not necessarily end on 2012, because there would be no reason for them to go further on with their own calander.

But I say yes, because i'm superstitious like that =p
 
There's 21932932 dates like this, I really couldn't care less. 06/06/2006 is another one, but it seems the world didn't end there either.
 
Didn't people think the world was supposed to end at the beginning of the millennium? That never happened, and I really doubt it would happen in 2012.
 
The end of the world for me is the day I'm gonna die. It might happen in 80 years, 40 years, 10 years, 2 years, 2 months, 2 days or 2 seconds.

The trick is to know that you tried to do your best for the world until you die.
 
Did those links end up leading anyone else down a dark, dark internet road, that made you regret going into congregation today?

I have to find a doomsday ark!
 
Remind me to laugh at people going 'omg joke lol' about the subject when the world actually ends during that day. Over a half of the posts in this thread only show that certain members can't deal with the subject in a mature manner.

I don't believe in world's end predictions. They've lost their credibility over the years because they've been done for multiple times.

IchooseU said:
The mayans predict alot of things, 911, floods, earthquakes.
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Remember that the world Mayans knew was only South America and parts of Central America. They didn't know that there was life outside their own world. They considered the conquistadors as gods when they conquered the Americas. Thus, basing a prediction of the end of the world on a Mayan calendar is quite far-fetched. Even if the prediction is correct, it would most probably only apply to the world of Mayans.

IchooseU said:
a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things:

Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and
Sacrificing Virgins.
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You kind of forgot that they were a highly organized civilization with capabilities for things such as brain surgery, intricate illustrations and knot communication (mailing of sorts). They weren't just brutal, bloodthirsty builders. If the Mayans were to be adapted to today with the same environment as we have, they could be considered as geniuses.

IchooseU said:
Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012.
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I could interpret from the Bible that the world ends tomorrow. The Bible is a book where personal interpretations are quite common. A passage can mean multiple things to different people. You can't really rely on 'expert Bible interpretations' because they're only personal views too.
 
Echo said:
Remind me to laugh at people going 'omg joke lol' about the subject when the world actually ends during that day. Over a half of the posts in this thread only show that certain members can't deal with the subject in a mature manner.
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Yeah I bet you'll be in stitches when "24. Spiritual Evolution" takes its grim toll...or perhaps "8. Rapid-onset Ice Age". The OP's list is like a really bad Chinese take-out menu...

Whatever event brings about "the end of world" (whatever that means) will certainly not be preventable, much less foreseeable. Anything that doesn't wipe out all other lifeforms on this planet won't destroy humanity.

Actually one of my personal fantasies is to somehow be around to witness the aftermath of some cataclysmic event that wipes out the majority of humans and sets the rest back to the stone age. Fast forwarding thousands of years, can you imagine the awesome new cultures and languages that would exist?
 
If anything I want to see the detailed explanations of the other 18/25 just for entertainment's sake. Many of the reasonings are so flaw its ridiculously funny (Eg. The physicist one)
 
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