2012 – Is this New Year Our Last? Will the World End?
2012! It seems like everyone is talking about it. Will the world end? Is this new year our last?
Hey everyone, please consider this an op-ed piece. I will be happy to update this article with answers to any questions you may post below in the comments.
First, allow me to go on record and say that THE WORLD WILL NOT END IN 2012! There is nothing in the Mayan writings (that survived) to indicate anything different. Yes, the long count calendar does finally come to an end in December of 2012, but that is all. Nothing there suggests world destruction. An end to an age, yes. World destruction or Armageddon, no.
I know that you have seen the article on my site: 5 Signs the World Will End in 2012 (or even my viral YouTube video 5 Signs the World Will End in 2012). I created them because so many people were asking about the subject. I was sure to end the article with my personal opinion – I do not believe the world will end in 2012.
The YouTube video was really created just to add a link to my site – a way to help people find MayanPredictions.net – definitely not something I have to worry about now! Today, New Years Eve, I have over 20k visitors. The traffic has even shut the site down twice today. Even that horrible video has over 50k views – the counter is stuck on 43k but it has been that way for awhile now.
All this has told me that so many people are absolutely riveted with the idea of the apocalypse – the end of the world! I get so many questions:
Will the world end in 2012? How will the world end in 2012? Why will the world end in 2012?
So, allow me to answer these questions for you.
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Will the world end in 2012?
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How will the world end in 2012?
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Why will the world end in 2012?
The answer is no. At least, there is no better chance than any other year in the history of the world. Nothing according to the Mayans or Nostradamus or I-Ching or any other damn thing. Is a world ending event possible? Sure, just ask the dinosaurs! However, the Mayans have absolutely nothing to do with a world ending event. There 5000+ year calendar cycle does come to an end at dawn on December 21st, 2012. (Remember, the Mayan day begins and ends at dawn – not midnight.) However, that signifies the end to an age – not the world.
Well, the Nostradamus view has always been a meteor, comet, or nuclear war – depending on how you interpreted the quatrains. Another popular belief that has been gaining ground recently has been an earthquake. Other options are the polar shift, solar flares, and a rogue planet collision.
The truth is that none of these have any real factual basis. Could we enter another ice age? Yes, eventually, that will certainly happen, but it isn’t like it would be instantaneous. Could we be hit by a meteor or comet large enough to change the world? Yep. Will the poles shift? Yes, it has happened before!
Look, the earth has been here a lot longer than the human race and will definitely be here long after we are a distant memory. Short of an Alderaan type incident, I am sure the earth will be just fine.
The real question here I think is – “Why do people BELIEVE the world will end in 2012?”
The answer is because of just one guy – Michael Coe. Yep, it is his fault! Now, before you start thinking Michael Coe is just a crackpot, know that he is an archeologist with a doctorate from Harvard who has worked for the CIA. No joke.
Dr Michael Coe – one of the greatest living experts on ancient Mayan civilization – said (in 1966) that the end of the Mayan calendar could actually be the biblical Armageddon. That’s it. That’s what really started it all! Now, for nearly 50 years, we have been building this up in our social conscience. The powder keg is about to explode.
Do you have more questions for me? Feel free to post them below and I will answer them for you.
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im alice.is true that the world is going to end on december 21, 2012.
we don’t know what will going to happen in this 2012…. But I thing I can tell about that some thing will going change in 2012… In my life I have been facing so many trouble or pain in my life…30th December I went a majar(Muslim praying Place) and thought about that I can’t take this anymore… The next day 31st December I said to my friends that in 2012 something new or something will change in my life!!! now I want say that I never read or Learn about Ancient Inka people or ChaCha poyan(Cloud People)… History says that Chacha poyan lived in Andiz in south america…over 300-400 hundred year they lived and they are extinct by Inka people and Inka’s were also extinct by the Spanish people and Modern civilization come by step to step!! History proved that in the planet one nation was destroyed by another superior nation!! It may be by the help of war,,natural disaster or something unexpected things of the planet!! This year I am going to change my life..going Asia to Europe and I am trying to do that.. And My Intuitive feeling says that something will change in this year. May be the world will face a natural super disaster or A new nation will come and extinct our so many existing nation!
people may said that I am an asshole or idiot but people’s words will not affect my life and The world will not also affect u’r or mine words…it will happen as per rules of the world.
Mankind is indeed undergoing a type of end game.
In the past when Kings wanted things they then became aware of the Price. not having the coin that the trader required came the need for some one to pay that price. This person or entity would then accept whatever they deemed fit in exchange for the items and exacted a hefty profit, This caused heavy taxation of the population . the people sick of being over taxed revolted . bye bye kings and monarchs.Hello Trader merchant bank loans.
way i see it is the population now once again comes to dangerous levels of being fed up entirely and countries peoples are and will continue to revolt.
As more and more countries go through this cycle the center of the country will collapse leaving behind a new type of government with decidedly less people and most likely a population in disarray. this cannot be stopped or halted by people because they are not united in their understanding.
this is indeed the end of the world for the people who die in these conflicts and thereafter from sickness starvation and dehydration . the new governments that emerge will be soon as corrupt as the last and this will continue.
Maybe such an event destroyed the earlier civilizations and the Mayans leaders were doing their level best to distance their people from the cycle.
If it were possible to look into the future and predict events, I would simply ask : “Tell me what is the brand of the shirt that is on my back ” ! If you cannot tell me what is now, now, now, how can you tell me what will happen as prophesies in the future ?
Even the Meteo sometimes has problem to predict accurately !
Dear all, The laws of nature changes according to need. Please remember nature has own balancing formula. Solar flares occurred recently but nothing happened to the world. If mayans says, then so many others also said. Right now…is important. Not the past and future. Death will come anyway without world ending.
I’m Alvin Mercado and I’m very worried about December 21, 2012. I hope it will not destory Apartments In The Bronx please. I reailly need to survive that date please.
do you have a date on that time????
Really…think….how many different ‘ages’ has civilization been through just throughout recorded history? I believe I have just as much of a chance to die on Dec. 2012 as I do today or any other day. We all die sometime…it is inevidable…WE ALL DIE…so who really cares what happens anyways? Why is everyone wrapped up in the ‘armageddon’ aspect of the end of the calander. People act like they were never going to die anyways. Many people that are freaking out, and have been freaking out about the 12-2012 have already passed for some reason or another. Soooo worried about Armageddon’, and they got hit by a car. I’m not trying to be incensitive to the death of others, or the fear that people have over the ‘prophecy’….that isn’t even a prophecy, but an end to an age. Just worry about today and getting through today. Hope for tomorrow, and remember…one day each and every one of us will be gone. Enjoy what time we do have, don’t freak on things that can not change. And I repeat, think how many ages we know of. The bronze age, for example. I agree wholeheartedly with this page. I do not believe that there is any greater threat to the worlds destruction on that day as any other. It COULD happen, but I don’t believe it’s any more likely than it happening today.
My question though is when did the calander start? If someone looks at the end of the calander as the ‘end of the world’, then that could only mean that there was no world BEFORE the calander either. Does anyone know when the calander starts?
The mayas did not predict their whole culture and language to become extinct and you want me to believe they predicted the world to end on 12 12 2012 lol
How do you know that? Oh wait, you don’t. 1. You cannot prove they are extinct necessarily, only that they suddenly disappeared. 2. With the vast majority of their writing burned or defaced by the Catholic, you have no idea what they did or did not predict. It’s ok to be foolish, but why flaunt it?
im worried i will die this year and everything you say about the world not eding is convincing but its your opinion and sometimes those dnt matter so wil it end or no
You just said you don’t trust my opinion and then you asked for it again.
oh my gosh i feel the same way. i am Catholic and i believe gods proficies. It says somthing like this. only i know when the time shall come,and im pretty sure he said it will end with fire. So dont believe all this mayan crap, and nostradomus saying crapo.
i think all this Mayan and world ending stuff is really cool. Lots of people have different beliefs about this, but lets face it, no one knows the truth. We may have misunderstood the Mayan calender ending as the end of the world, but there is still a chance the world could end this year. Me, i don’t believe the world is going to end this year, but i could be wrong. I read somewhere that the Mayans believed Dec 21 2012 signifies that something terrible was going to happen. what if it’s true? like i said before, even though i don’t believe in it, it’s all so fascinating!
thanx 4 making this website.
That is one of the major problems these days. Someone says something about the world ending or whatever and people buy into it and spread it around like wild fire. Ive known all along that the world would not end. All these predictions that Nostradomus, mayans, and the bible made that have come true, have only come true because people did nothing to change the events set into motion to bring these predictions to reality. If people keep going the way they are going though some really bad stuff can and most likely happen that will have a dramatic effect on the entire world. As far as being wiped out by some large scale natural disaster, its highly unlikely to happen any time soon. The human race will destroy itself before that happens, and if we dont make the right changes very soon, then the chances of that happening soon are very high.
It is proven that there is such as microscopic life on Mars, which means aliens do exsist.Is it possible they can evolve like we did and possibly invade Earth?
Will there be a 2013…? But in islamic point of view, i m relex and hope full that there is nothing happen the world is ending in 2012.
hey… thx for the articles i was worried about the END OF THE WORLD stuff….obi
I love everything u have explained in all your articles… I would love to read more please write more about Mayan predictions thank you.
So why is their so much buzz on the history channel about nosterdomis perdictig the end of the wrold and why is it most people talking about it on TV are Arthurs of 2012 books? Are they just trying to get money by scarring people.
They are exploiting the hype to raise advertising dollars. The more people that are interested – the more people who watch – the more $ they make.
I’ve been telling people this for ages that the Mayan calender ending is just the change of age, from Pisces to Aquarius. What happened to the Mayans after the calender ending no one can really tell. But We don’t have to worry about the world ending, it won’t happen. What we need to worry about is the shadow governments or illuminati that stage world events on specific dates and astronomy/ astrology events. The next big event looks to be the London olympics. So many signs from the one eyed mascots, a illuminati card with exploding big Ben with ppl wearing the colours of the Olympic rings, olympic site built on old nuclear site to the admitting the logo has a zionist link?? So many politicians have said we need a major catastrophy to create a NWO and a one world currency it is bound to happen, its just a question of when????
Hey!
Um,I don’t know wat to actually say about all of this!I’m noy a superstitious person but I do believe in certain things(with proof ofcourse).there is some truth to all of this whether u like it or not!I believe somthing major will happen to change the earth…maybe not all the things people r sayin..but definately something!!!
Do the planets suppose 2 line up or something?
I love everything u have explained in all your articles… I would love to read more please write more about Mayan predictions thank you.
I am a little bit of a worrier and the thought of dying haunts me! Reading these comments makes me feel a little better but I have been recently informed of another reason as to why the world will end.. About 10yrs ago archaeologists found 2 drawings chipped out of stone which shows god and 2012 on both and whatever visted them yrs ago will come back. I’m not so clued up on any of this! I’m not a very clever person either lol I’m kinda abit scared!
Who were these archaeologists and where was this artifact that they found? I have never heard anything about it – and believe me, I hear it all and then some.
Please explain the Last Page of the Codex Dresdensis to all who like your site…I would like to but no one seems to be ready for the World to Fall out from under their Feet…And I would also like to thank you for Building this Site where We The People can Converse with all other Like Minded People…Thank you…
sorry… meant to say twit.
Thank you for this article! I have never been superstitious or believed in any such prophecy before in my life but for some reason (unknown to me or anyone I know) this ‘prediction’ had me in a right fluster. But somehow some muppet planted the horrific idea of an mega disaster into my head and I haven’t slept properly for days!!! and I have been trying to find some information to set my mind at ease but most others I have read and only fueled my worry. Anyhow, I pleased to have read this one and feel much better so thanks.
I do feel like a right tw@t now though…
please just tell me if the earth would not end and as you said it is the end one age, so will i die.
I will tell you.
The world will NOT end in 2012.
You find me any reasons that you hear that it will end and I will tell you plainly why those reasons are false.
Love your page mate! I spent years worrying about this as a kid! As an adult it’s just real interesting stuff! End of the world? Pah! Start of a new- brilliant age?! Let’s hope so! Cheers!!
Same here Chris! Thanks!
So why is their so much buzz on the history channel about nosterdomis perdictig the end of the wrold and why is it most people talking about it on TV are Arthurs of 2012 books? Are they just trying to get money by scarring people
Hi April. The short answer is yes.
TV survives by advertising dollars that are increased only by viewership. Sensationalism and fear-mongering attracts audiences.
Hey i would like to state my view on why 2012 won’t end with a meteor or 9.+ major earthquake or water tsunami or any of that stuff. If you look at all the stuff all around earthquake to start it off has been in our world since we were born and before that earthquake are things that adjust our land based on rotation and wobbliness of our world and no we’re not gonna fall in some hole in our universe, eartquake actually adjust our pieces of land together as when they were into pieces like glue and putting two pieces with glue together thats it and volcanoes are like glue. Tsunami are something that have happened before in our world and its no end of the world and if you’re soo feared of tsunamis then go take swimming lessons and scuba diving courses and believe me you’ll not be scared s**tless about water at all as it is lighter then us and its like swimming in swimming pool. Other things like solar flare, Gamma burst, Pole switching and whatever else are there are simple things to explain yet media make it “hype” to scare the bejebus out of us. Gamma ray and solar flare are part of universe cycle of sun and sun has to let go of its gas somewhere and no it doesn’t burn earth into a marshmallow because our planets such as moon, mars, mercury, venus and all have outter layer of protective sheild all around and those burst are not strong at all to burn that sheild off’ve us and kill us well not just yet maybe in millions or billion of years. As far as other things like Nuclear war or alien domination..Nuclear war is because of all the hate that our politicians and our people have burned ourselves in and if our people of this world turn out like douchebags and im sorry for this language but if thats how people turn into then the 3rd person (evil) takes over us and turns us into this so yeah i wouldn’t be surprised if we die with nuclear war because of all of us. Love each other people, help the ones in need and help someone that is poor then you even though you might not get anything back or no thank you from them. Trust me im not soo religious myself but i myself was diagnosed with central canal stenosis and im only 27 turned jan. 1 and that taught me alot in life after not being able to work for 2 years and always resting in bed. So morale to that is that enjoy life cause you could die even before anything. Other things like mayan calander and all this stuff is there but as simple as this death can be right now tommorow day after or after or after you might not even see it coming but stop panicing this stuff is where evil comes in and making people hungry for the green money so people come up with alot of things to do what they can to ruin other people’s mind but remember good is gonna win at the end not evil. God bless you all and just remember to love each other and no hate..
Hi Ali,
Great to read your response, its really humbling. I agree with you that people are worrying about the wrong thing… the world is not coming to an end anytime soon. Im also glad that you are not stressing yourself on the issue cos stress is the last thing you need in your life now. Hope you are keeping well dont overwork yourself, stay relaxed andthe stenosis will become a thing of the past in your life soon.
Stay blessed and enlightened
Afrochap
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This is the best thing I have read on this site. You are very
wise at a young age and I don’t know you obviously, but probably of going through what you did and learning to appreciate life. So true that if we all start to love each other and care about people this just might bring about the peace will all need. Hope you do ok in your recovery; I will pray for you.
If you think the world is not going to end in 2012, why has the mayan calendar stoped on the 21st december instead of the 31st?
You know, I did say I would answer any question… so:
The Mayan calendar ends on the Winter solstice – not the last day of the year. Their calendar is solar.
Our Gregorian calendar is different from what the Mayans were using. It took scientists and archeologists many years to correlate the two calendars so that we can know exactly what day in our calendar is the last day in theirs.
The Maya believed that every new day was a god – born at dawn – which is why their day begins at dawn and not midnight.
The Maya had many different calendars – a religious, a solar, a calendar round (that combined the two), and the long count.
For even more cool info, please see this article: http://www.mayanpredictions.net/long-count-the-mayan-calendar/.html
Thanks!