I always hear and see people on the world wide web so worried about the coming of 2012. Some of them say that we must prepare for 2012 because their god or gods will be coming on that day. Some of them say and believe that the world will really end on that date. Some of them believe it is because the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. Some of them believes that Planet X will hit Earth. Most of them (if not all) do not have any basis or solid evidences at all to back this up. They simply accept the hearsays of others and of marketing ads. What bugs me about this is that these people who believe in this lie are mostly educated people. Yes you read it right, educated people. Maybe the education in their country or the one they are taking (or took) is(was) not that good or they simply lack education. I just can't believe that these "educated" people fall for this crap.
Failed Doomsday prophecies
There were already hundreds or maybe thousands of other similar failed doomsday prophecies like this one. Lets take a look at some of them:
- in 1900's people stood in Utah on a mountain they thought it was the end of the world
- 2000 - y2k?
- in 1998, people though that time was going to repeat itself through the dawn of time.
- june 6, 2006 theory
- 1954 (armaggedon man), a man predicted the end of the world to be on 1976, nothing ever happened on that day
- 2007 on july 4, apocalyptic nuclear bomb from iraq?
- 1986 zombie attack blowing out the human race that wont be contained
Debunked
One of the basis or evidence that 2012 doomsday will happen is the end of Mayan Calendar. According to the believers of 2012 doomsday, the world will end on 2012 because the Mayan calendar will end in 2012. Because of this, they believe that our world will also end. But the Mayan calendar do not really end on 2012. It's the time when the largest grand cycle in the Mayan calendar—1,872,000 days or 5,125.37 years—overturns and a new cycle begins*. During the 2012 winter solstice, time runs out on the current era of the Long Count calendar, which began at what the Maya saw as the dawn of the last creation period: August 11, 3114 B.C. The Maya wrote that date, which preceded their civilization by thousands of years, as Day Zero, or 13.0.0.0.0.** The point is that time and the world gets renewed all over again just like we renew our calendar on New Year's day.
Another thing that doomsday believers claim is that a certain Planet X, also known as Nibiru, will hit our planet Earth destroying all life and nonlife forms. This is called the Nibiru collision. Even a near miss could still destroy most of our earth. Fourtunately there is no such planet as Planet x. Astrobiologists and astronomers simply do not believe that this planet exist. Even if there was, astronomers would have been studying it for the past decade.
These two are just some of the myths about 2012 being debunked. You can see the whole list of myths being debunked at the National Geographic website here.
Why would I care?
I care because these people, especially the ones who were behind the marketing, are spreading lies and fear to the people. This could result to panic and maybe chaos. Also the people who believes in this crap blindly are panicking and in fear. People should not be worried about these things. 2012 is just a movie. An entertainment. People should not take it seriously. So stop worrying and enjoy.
Just a tip, do not just accept or deny a certain truth without recourse to knowledge and reason. Use your head.
References:
*Said by Dr. Anthony Faveni
**National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091106-2012-movie-end-world-fears-maya-predictions.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/091106-2012-end-of-world-myths.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/11/photogalleries/maya-2012-failed-apocalypses/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl2.htm
4 comments:
"D.I." You are very courageous being that you are in the most Catholic country in Asia. Doomsday prophecies are totally stupid and never pan out. The Mayan interpretation is that it is a new beginning. The western interpretation is that the world will end. Good luck to you my friend. Salamat.
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