To LW:
I'll answer your questions but know that nothing I have stated was meant to be an argument.
First question: "How can you tie an event like the extinction of the dinosaurs, for which there is a projected period of history that spans 10
million years, to a specific date/period in the Mayan calendar?"
First answer: Exacty that! The 5th night those many years ago
spanned 10 million years. There is no
specific date, just a specific time
period of the mayan calendar. Yes the extinction of the dinosaurs
was on a specific date, that was the start of the momentum's building
blocks, it was in the time range of the 5th night, which spanned 10 million years
then, as opposed to 360 days
now.
Second question: "How can you tie a probably fictional event, and at the very least one that has no certain date or location, like the destruction of
the Tower of Babel, to a specific date/period in the Mayan calendar?"
Second answer: Everyone thought Noah's Ark was fictional, but they actually found the
Ark! Thus the probable cause of why the time period of the destruction of
the Tower of Babel was translated accordingly from the Mayan Calendar. It is not quite so fictional
just because it was in the bible like
Noah's Ark. Again, no
specific date, just a specific location on the Mayan Calendar, the 5th night.
Third question: "How can you tie a period of social upheaval that wasn't a single event at all, but a series of different events that had different
causes and effects, like the fall of the Roman Empire, to a specific date/period in the Mayan calendar?"
Third answer: From the beginning, the events on the 5th night were on a much
larger scale, as a result, the events that occured were on a much
shorter scale. Therefore, the fall of the Roman Empire being a much
longer period of time (a series of events) is because the fall was
on a
smaller scale.
Thus the reason our
current 5th night is a much longer series of events is because it is on a smaller scale. (not a meteor ending our
civilization) Think of our economy, large, like a glacier that is melting. Well it doesn't collapse quickly at all, the momentum builds. Our economy
is huge that's why. Within that melting of the glacier is a series of events, like the fall of the Roman Empire.
[edit on 10-3-2008 by xnibirux]