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Originally posted by randomname
i'm sick of these f-ing mayans. they can predict the end of the world but they can't predict a bunch of drunken, gold stealing conquistadors from enslaving them.
Originally posted by DelMarvel
I don't know why this is a top topic. The OP ran into an old lady who thinks something bad is going to happen on Dec. 21. You can find thousands of them in a few minutes on the internet.
Originally posted by Xaphan
reply to post by mazzroth
We don't need the government to survive. They need us to survive. Without our money they would practically be homeless.
edit on 3-12-2012 by Xaphan because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Steffenfield
Since I don't have enough posts yet to create a new thread, I hope it's okay to post the following in here because it's somewhat active at the moment.
There was a documentary on 12-21-2012 that I saw as a teenager back in the late 1980s. I'm thinking perhaps either '86 or possibly '88.
It could have been from a Christian channel since that was all I was really allowed to watch back then.
The show absolutely terrified me and still kind of haunts me even to this day.
I'm trying to face my fears and watch it again now that I am much wiser now and this date is soon approaching.
So if anyone could help me find this broadcast, I would completely adore you.
In his article, “What You Should Know About 2012: Answers to 13 Questions,” Hoopes traces the origin of the 2012 doomsday myth back to the late 1800s, when German historian Ernst Förstemann attempted to decipher the Maya hieroglyphs in the Dresden Codex, one of the few existing books of the Maya, believed to date back to anywhere from the 11th to 14th centuries.
According to Hoopes, Förstemann determined that some of the hieroglyphs in the codex were warning of the world ending in a catastrophic flood.
“Mayanists disagree about these interpretations,” writes Hoopes, “with some suggesting that the image [originally interpreted as a world-destroying flood] represents the annual arrival of the rainy season, not a cataclysmic flood.”
But Förstemann’s ideas took on a life of their own and inspired many writers since to repeat them, adding their own embellishments.
Hoopes added that in 1915 and again in 1946, archaeologist Sylvanus Morley published works that echoed Förstemann’s findings. And in 1966, Yale University archaeologist Michael Coe published a book that linked the hieroglyphs with the end of the long count calendar, the end of the world, and the Christian Armageddon.
“In the mid-1970s,” writes Hoopes, “Michael Coe’s speculation became associated with pseudo-scientific speculation by bestselling Swiss author Erich von Däniken through a popular made-for-TV program called “The Outer Space Connection,” which claimed that “the ancient Maya had been contacted by ‘ancient astronauts’ or ‘ancient aliens,’” who were expected to return to earth on December 24, 2011.
Originally posted by BlueAjah
I do not believe any of the hype about anything happening on a specific day, such as the 21st. (Although with the condition of the world, something life-altering is going to happen eventually.)
But - this thread peaked my interest.
My first thought was - it is silly to think the government would happen to plan some experiment on a date that just happens to be hyped as the end of the world.
Then.... I considered - what if they government created all of the hype around Dec. 21st? Or at least used it to their advantage? If they planned some major event that may end up possibly altering something enough to cause world-wide damage, what better way to ensure that at least some of humanity buys into the hype enough to be prepared for something? The preppers would ensure the survival of the human race because at least some people would have the supplies and skills to survive such an event. If there was no hype about the certain date, it would end much worse, as very few might survive. By creating the panic, so many have built underground shelters, or at least prepared in other ways, that the toughest of humanity might just survive the event.
Oh well - it made me think, although I still think it is highly unlikely.
Originally posted by Turkenstein
Originally posted by BlueAjah
I do not believe any of the hype about anything happening on a specific day, such as the 21st. (Although with the condition of the world, something life-altering is going to happen eventually.)
But - this thread peaked my interest.
My first thought was - it is silly to think the government would happen to plan some experiment on a date that just happens to be hyped as the end of the world.
Then.... I considered - what if they government created all of the hype around Dec. 21st? Or at least used it to their advantage? If they planned some major event that may end up possibly altering something enough to cause world-wide damage, what better way to ensure that at least some of humanity buys into the hype enough to be prepared for something? The preppers would ensure the survival of the human race because at least some people would have the supplies and skills to survive such an event. If there was no hype about the certain date, it would end much worse, as very few might survive. By creating the panic, so many have built underground shelters, or at least prepared in other ways, that the toughest of humanity might just survive the event.
Oh well - it made me think, although I still think it is highly unlikely.
I have been thinking along those lines, myself.
Originally posted by PaperbackWriter
What interested me is the location in Alaska of an obviously "Rusty Mountain" where there may be a core
of iron that runs pretty deeeeep.
The water situated near it might be to conduct some sort of electricity.
Originally posted by Steffenfield
Hey there longlostbrother.
Thank you so much for posting a reply, but the The Outer Space Connection was positively not what I remembered watching.
I so want to see this film/special/documentary again.
I wish that I could at least find one lead on this because I've been searching for days now.
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing have created a weapon that can knock out computers The missile is thought to be able to penetrate bunkers and caves Experts warn, in the wrong hands, could bring Western cities to their knees
For the full story please see - 21/12/12 – Tibetan monks make a statement for NASA Doomsday
“Fall and winter will be warm, and from 12/21/2012 Earth will begin to pass through the galactic” zero band. “This is a special state space where the blanked and not be subject to any energy. Was complete darkness and silence. The electricity and communications. Darkness will be accompanied by flashes of light, as well as the play of light and shadow. Sometimes it may seem that roam figures – as if the dead rose from their graves. earth will shake slightly – like a small earthquake. Some buildings can be destroyed “- warned Lama. “Animals feel the earth before the coming of the” cosmic dark “and go to ground – said the monk. – People in cities do not feel so are the victims of insanity. Can be lost 10% of the population. “