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Originally posted by Anubis Kanubis
Originally posted by Emile124
I do not think we should expect Christ's return in the very near future like the 23rd of December. There is a lot of evidence that there may happen something on that date or in 2012 or whenever but I think if this is true it will be more like the beginning of the end. In revelations we can read about everything that has to happen before He will return. Things will get far worse here on earth for example there will be false prophets or people claiming that they are Christ and will deceive many. There will also be lots of wars and natural disasters. Here is a link where the book of revelations is thoroughly explained:
www.thercg.org...
The virgin (Venus) will literally have 12 stars (planet conjunction) about her head and the (full) moon at her feet on December 23, 2007, exactly 3.5 years after the 2004 Venus transit... as in Revelations. The problem is our calender is off by 4-5 years. When the Mayan Calendar was translated, it was applied to our wrong calendar, yet still falls on a lesser celestial event on 2012.
en.wikipedia.org...
[edit on 10/22/2007 by Anubis Kanubis]
It is really important to understand where the December 21, 2012 date comes from—as you note it comes from the interdisciplinary work of three scholars. They worked with dates recorded on long count monuments C-14 dated between 300 a.d. and 900 a.d. The correlation of the Mayan calendar and Gregorian calendars is based upon this range, and gives us December 21, 2012 as equivalent to 13.0.0.0.0. In other words, the data comes from a context after 4 b.c. so there is no need to correct for a 3 or 5 year gap of "uncounted" time. More to the point, if for example the Long Count date 9.16.4.4.1 was determined to be equal to May 7, 755 a.d. in the Gregorian calendar, a predictable number of days would have to elapse before 13.0.0.0.0 was reached. That number of days brings us to December 21, 2012. If we had implemented an adjusted system to correlate our own year counting with the actual birth year of Jesus, the same number of days would have to elapse but the date would be called, not December 21, 2012, but December 21, 2017. This seems to be a very roundabout and belabored way of clarifying something that is basically not really an issue. If a researcher proposes that the end-date is "really" in 2017, or some other year, and the argument is based upon an adjusted system to account for the true birth year of Jesus, then that adjusted year must be designated as the "adjusted year count" and if we looked at how it correlates with the old "pre-adjusted" Gregorian calendar, it would correlate with the year 2012. It's not that time is skipped or missing—the entire frame of counting is simply shifted 5 years.
Originally posted by Terrapop It isnot that time is skipped or missing—the entire frame of counting is simply shifted 5 years.
Originally posted by Anubis Kanubis
I suppose with time you'll realize the Bible is a personified sham of an ancient religion...
Originally posted by Copernicus
Something needs to change the world.. I doubt we can do it ourselfs most of the time, even though I keep doing my part. If you want to change the world, start with yourself, someone wise once said.
Originally posted by Anubis Kanubis
How selfish of you...
Originally posted by Anubis Kanubis
It is embedded in you to hoard selfishly at the expense of others, nature, and the value of your life.
It is a plague among mankind, like we are upon the Earth. Your job, cars, money, and life are more important than breaking this harmful cycle?