Okay, since this thread is about trying to understand where believers are coming from I thought I should speak up.
After a lot of time spent reasearching the topic I have come across a lot of compelling and, well, not-so-compelling arguments on the legidimacy of
predictions for 2012. But in the end I have found that there is an overwhelming amount of evidence that does suggest something huge will occur before,
on, and following December 21st, 2012.
Geological evidence- The Atlantic(and Mid-Atlantic) ridge is a giant scar that extends downward from iceland, through the atlantic
Magma explodes out of the earth's mantle along this ridge, expanding the ocean floor. The weird thing is that while mapping the ridge, scientists
discovered that each time the magma became part of the crust, the magnetic polarities were recorded in the rock itself.
What they saw while scanning this, was a striped zebra pattern of positively charged and negatively charged volcanic material.
This means the earth has changed it's polarities dozens of times before.
The approximate time between these reversals was found to be 2600 years, this is eerily close to the proposed 2300-odd-years the the Mayan Calendar,
and other sources predict.
Biblical relevance- This is an obvious one, Noah's Ark, apocalyse, fire, brimstone, etc.
Astrological evidence- The procession of the Equinox is very important to consider because, as previous posts have said we are moving out of Pisces
and into Aquariaus. Although this sounds new-agey, it's actually based on the planetary alignments. For your viewing pleasure:
www.woodstockstory.com...
Every "age" is approx. 2300 years long, and the 12 signs of the zodiac change every 26,000 years. Dec 21st 2012 happens to be in the midst of this
transition from one sign(constellation) to the next.
Astrophysical evidence- There was a gravitational pull detected in both the late 80s and early 90s (I reccomend the documentary 2012: Science or
Superstition for this and much more) coming from the far edge of our galaxy. The reports indicated that the pull was increasing over time, suggesting
that there was a planet or star that was heading in our direction, and quickly.
This coincides with another theory that our sun is actually part of a binary star system. This means that two stars continually circle each other,
increasing speed as they approach each other, then dosey-do-ing around each other, shooting away from each other again and decreasing speed as
distance increases. Leaving a large gap in time until they reach the end of their course and pull each other back in. It's proposed that the type our
sun is linked with is a brown dwarf. Once again, I love visual aids:
scienceblogs.com...
This very well could make sense of all that planet X/Nibiru talk...
It is also very much true that the galactic alignment will occur around, you guessed it, Dec 21st 2012. This is the earth lining up with the sun,
lining up with the milky way and ultimately the black hole at the center of our galaxy that scientists believe may in fact be the origin of all
physical matter that made up our solar system, and galaxy. There is also Mayan and Aztec art that depicts this alignment, giving rise to a the theory
that they may have in fact witnessed one, which could be why they had such incredibly precise astrological knowledge.
Ancient sources- The Mayan calendar is relevant not only because of when it ends, but because of it's amazing accuracy. They actually calculated the
sun's trip around the earth within decimals of today's calculations. They also believed that time is fluid, there is no past, present, future. They
are all one indivisible mass simultaneously happening all around us.
I'll write more based on if I'm boring you all to death or not...lol
-Sunseeker