Originally posted by unsolved2490
ok...i have a question.........does religion have to do anything with this?
As far as modern day religion? It might, like everything in life its all about interpretation. Most christians think that jesus second coming is
right around the corner. Does that mean its going to happen?
2012 could be the end the human existence?
might be, but I doubt it. Lets say most ancient civilizations along with most current religions are right about something happening soon. Most of
them agree that it is not the end of the world, but a dawn of a new era.
i dont know....but something
is going to happen....why would mayans end the calendar on December 21st? pretty odd....and why 2012? are they trying to warn us back then?
Something might happen, something might not. Most of the stuff on the mayans is mostly theory. All we have are a bunch of drawings and a few stories
and a couple buildings to study of them. We do know that they were the masters of the stars and astrology. They predicted every astronomical event
for over the last 2000 years. Every full moon, eclipse, etc.
why did they select dec 21st? because its the winter solstice or summer depending on where you are. on this day the planet's axis is tilted at its
most away from the sun, and marks the shortest day and the beginning of winter, (in the southern hemisphere this is the summer solstice).
And why dec 21st 2012 you ask? This is considered the day the earth crosses the "sacred tree" as the maya put it. Where the sun aliegns with the
galactic equator or the center of the milky way. I noticed you brought up 11:11. I have read a few books that say on Dec 21st 2012 at 11:11AM is
when this crossing of the sacred tree will take place. but I cant verify that.
If they were trying to warn us, its only about the next step in life, or rebirth of earth. Not all doom and gloom.
I know some people think big deal, our calender ends every year. You have to remember though that the maya used 3 calenders.
The Haab (like our year calender), The Tun-Uc (the moon calender for tracking the moon) and The Tzolk'in (is the Sacred calendar of the Maya and is
based on the cycles of the Pleiades. The cycle of the Pleiades uses 26,000 years, but is reflected in the calendar we are using by encompassing 260
days).
What is coming to an end is the long count or sacred calender, its not like our where we just start over at 1-1-06 etc. It actually restarts at
0-0-00 (or in mayan terms 0-0-0-0-0). and starts working its way back up again.
Read here for more info:
www.crystalinks.com...
This site covers a little about everything mayan.
