Is the world really going to end in 2012? It's looking pretty bleak..What do you think?

Question

1. Mayan Calendar

The first mob to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things:

Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and

Sacrificing Virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well.

2. Sun Storms

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery: our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012

3. The Atom Smasher

Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. Basically its a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

4. The Bible says...

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks are getting in on the act aswell. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

5. Super Volcano

Yellowstone National Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

6. The Physicists

This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

7. Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

Answer 1

Matthew 24

14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15"So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,'[b] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. 18Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. 19How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. 22If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. 23At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. 25See, I have told you ahead of time.

26"So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. 27For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. 28Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.

29"Immediately after the distress of those days

" 'the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'[c]

30"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

32"Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[d]is near, right at the door. 34I tell you the truth, this generation[e] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

The Day and Hour Unknown

36"No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,[f] but only the Father. 37As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 39and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 41Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.

42"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. 43But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. 44So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

45"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? 46It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. 47I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. 48But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Answer 2

Sorry to burst your bubble But only God knows when Earth will be destroyed. God has the date to start Armageddon. The Mayans did not know the end. So I wouldn't worry about it. Live your life instead of worrying about it. Oh yes, the Antichrist is 8 years old now. That's what you should be worrying about.

Answer 3

yes we will die.

Answer 4

The Bible clearly foretells the end of the world. Jesus Christ and his disciples spoke about the time of the end. (Matthew 13:39, 40, 49; 24:3; 2 Timothy 3:1; 2 Peter 3:3; King James Version) However, they did not mean that the earth itself would be destroyed. Of the literal earth, the Bible says: “It will not be made to totter to time indefinite, or forever.” (Psalm 104:5) The expression “end of the world” means simply “conclusion of the system of things.”—New World Translation.

" Whenever it is that they are saying: “Peace and security!” then sudden destruction is to be instantly upon them just as the pang of distress upon a pregnant woman; and they will by no means escape"  1 Thess. 5-3

What about survivors? Indeed, no one needs to perish at Armageddon. The apostle Peter observed: “Jehovah . . . does not desire any to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)

And the apostle Paul stated that God’s “will is that all sorts of men should be saved and come to an accurate knowledge of truth.”—1 Timothy 2:4.

respectfully,

Simone

Answer 5

I think Armageddon is getting close. Get close to God.

Answer 6

No-one truly knows...but if you read the bible...and know the feasts of the old testament...you'll realize they were a dress rehearsal for the real thing and it could be within only hundreds of days!

find out about the feasts and go on NASA web site and look for the eclipses

Answer 7

when god wants it to then it will end

Answer 8

so, what seems to be troubling you?

Answer 9

Sounds right.

As in the days of Noah, some will heed the message, warnings.

Greatlyl written, Data gathering's soooo good.  

Loved all You wrote.

Answer 10

maybe if Obama wins, 4 yrs of h**l

the mayans did not predict the end of the world, just an end  of a calender, mine ends every yr

Answer 11

Is the world really going to end in 2012?  No its not

It's looking pretty bleak..What do you think? No the world will not end in 2012.

The mayan calendar does not end but ends a cycle. A new cycle will begin. According to the calendar when cycles end major disasters happen.

The bible gives no year or date for Armageddon. It will not happen in 2012. A seven year tribulation period will happen and at the end of that comes Armageddon. This is 2008 if the rapture happens in 2008 the tribulation begins in 2008 and would not end until september 2015.

Half way point of the tribulation would be March of 2012. The last half of the tribulation would be world war 3.

Answer 12

Could this world really end? If it did, what would it mean? Has a world ever ended before?

A World Ends—Another Replaces It

Yes, a world did end. Consider the world that became very wicked in the days of Noah. The Bible explains: “The world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water.” The Bible also says: “[God] did not hold back from punishing an ancient world, but kept Noah, a preacher of righteousness, safe with seven others when he brought a deluge upon a world of ungodly people.”—2 Peter 2:5; 3:6.

Note what the end of that world meant and what it did not mean. It did not mean the end of humankind. Noah and his family survived the global Flood. So did the planet Earth and the beautiful starry heavens. It was “a world of ungodly people” that perished, a wicked system of things.

Eventually, as Noah’s offspring increased, another world developed. That second world, or system of things, has existed down to our day. Its history has been filled with war, crime, and violence. What will happen to this world? Will it survive?

The Future of This World

After saying the world in Noah’s day suffered destruction, the Bible account continues: “By the same word the heavens and the earth that are now are stored up for fire.” (2 Peter 3:7) Indeed, as another Bible writer explains: “The world [the one existing today] is passing away.”—1 John 2:17.

The Bible does not mean that the literal earth or the starry heavens will pass away, even as these did not pass away in Noah’s day. (Psalm 104:5) Rather, this world, with its “heavens,” or governmental rulers under the influence of Satan, and its “earth,” or human society, will be destroyed as if by fire. (John 14:30; 2 Corinthians 4:4) This world, or system of things, will perish just as surely as did the world before the Flood. Even Jesus Christ spoke about the situation in “the days of Noah” as an example of what would happen just prior to the end of this world.—Matthew 24:37-39.

Significantly, when Jesus spoke of the days of Noah, it was in answer to his apostles’question: “What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” (Matthew 24:3, King James Version) Jesus’ followers knew that this world would end. Did this prospect frighten them?

On the contrary, when Jesus described events that would occur prior to the world’s end, he encouraged them to rejoice ‘because their deliverance was getting near.’ (Luke 21:28) Yes, deliverance from Satan and his wicked system of things into a peaceful new world!—2 Peter 3:13.

But when will this world end? What “sign” did Jesus give of his “coming, and of the end of the world”?

“The Sign”

The Greek word here translated “coming” is pa·rou·si'a, and it means “presence,” that is, actually being on hand. So when “the sign” is seen, it would not mean Christ was soon to come but that he had already returned and was present. It would mean that he had begun ruling invisibly as a heavenly king and that he would soon bring an end to his enemies.—Revelation 12:7-12; Psalm 110:1, 2.

Jesus did not give just one event as “the sign.” He described many world events and situations. All of these would take place during the time that Bible writers called “the last days.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5; 2 Peter 3:3, 4) Consider some of the things that Jesus foretold would mark “the last days.”



“Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom.” (Matthew 24:7) War in modern times has been of greater magnitude than ever before. One historian noted: “The First World War [beginning in 1914] was the first ‘total’ war.” Yet, the second world war was much more destructive. And war continues to ravage the earth. Yes, Jesus’ words have undergone fulfillment in a dramatic way!

“There will be food shortages.” (Matthew 24:7) Following World War I came perhaps the greatest famine in all history. Terrible famine also followed World War II. A scourge of malnutrition affects up to one fifth of earth’s population, killing some 14 million children every year. Truly, there have been “food shortages”!

“There will be great earthquakes.” (Luke 21:11) On the average, about ten times as many have died each year from earthquakes since 1914 as in previous centuries. Consider only a few major ones: 1920, China, 200,000 killed; 1923, Japan, 99,300 casualties; 1939, Turkey, 32,700 fatalities; 1970, Peru, 66,800 killed; and 1976, China, about 240,000 (or, according to some sources, 800,000) casualties. Surely, “great earthquakes”!



“In one place after another pestilences.” (Luke 21:11) Right after World War I, some 21 million people died of the Spanish flu. Science Digest reported: “In all history there had been no sterner, swifter visitation of death.” Since then, heart disease, cancer, AIDS, and many other plagues have killed hundreds of millions.

“Increasing of lawlessness.” (Matthew 24:12) Our world since 1914 has become known as one of crime and violence. In many places no one feels safe on the

Answer 13

Yellowstone will kill us Americans no the world, got the rest make me really depress I just fell like killing myself

The sun was predicate in 2011 but I dont think we are going to die we well just have no energy

The Physicists prediction is not a very possible

Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG! is possible but I don't think It will happen for a while

Answer 14

probably not. But...the world will end some day, and the universe would be better off without humans. So, it will happen sometime in the future.

Answer 15

Well Pam, you seem to have covered it all! Miss Doom and Gloom! is your nick-name Jonah? remind me never to go on a ship with you, will you? lol. Have a great day hon!

Answer 16

if true .. classic "moot point"

Answer 17

Absolutely nothing you wrote is actually true.

1)  The Mayan calendar is simply going to go to the next baktun (like our millenia) on December 12, 2012 by our calendar.  Remember how cool it was when our calendar went from 12/31/1999 to 01/01/2000 at the turn of the century?  That's exactly whats going to happen to the Mayan calendar.  Its going to change from 12.19.19.17.19 to 13.0.0.0.0, just as it has done the previous 12 baktuns.  There's no evidence to suggest the Mayans expecteted anything more than another new years celebration.

2) I think you might be thinking of the changing of the sun's magnetic poles.  The sun is indeed going to flip its poles around 2012.  It does this every 11 years.  No big deal.

3) The Large Hadron collider is actually doing its first run on September 10, 2008.  Any black hole created is going to be microscopic and evaporate almost immediately.  Collisions of much higher energies hit our upper atmosphere every single day, and we're still here.

4) The religions of the world have all predicted the end of the world countless times.  Every time, the day has come and gone without incident.  There's no reason to think 2012 will be any different.

5)  Again your taking something out of context and sticking in into the whole 2012 mythology.  Yes a major eruption is predicted to happen at Yellowstone.  But theres no indication that its going to be happening any time soon.  Certainly not as soon as 2012.

6)  See number 5.  Again, there's no reason to pinpoint 2012.  People just take what scientists say out of context and fit it to their own mythologies.

7)  Wrong.  There is no clear pattern of the Earth's magnetic field reversal.  It ranges in intervals from tens of thousands of years to millions of years.  The last reversal happened about 780,000 years ago.  That does not mean that therefore it will happen in the year 2012.

I hope that clears some things up.

Answer 18

End no change yes nature looks after its self and we have push it to its limets at present so we will just have to wait and see.

As for the super conductor railgun jobies theres two of them and the thing that worries them is a strangiod I think they call it as the name sugest its dose funny (not ha ha) things that the boffins dont have a clue about but when has that ever stoped them in the past its a case of if it works great if it fails whos going to be around to call em a Bunch of c###s and complain. And then the merkins have HARP just to f### up the ionosphere we are in for fun time all right, just LIVE life and think loving thought what ever happens we wont be going any where just relocating.

Answer 19

Probably not.

1. The Mayans not only just ran out of paper, they didn't stick around to see it.

2. The sun has been having storms since God created it.

3. Scientists were convinced the detonation of the Atom bomb would cause a chain reaction and destroy the universe. Some of them even believe in Global Warming.

4. The Bible does not give the year of Armageddon. Men have been trying to guess at this for 2000 years.

5. Volcanoes have been erupting since God said "Let there be light." They wreck things but not the entire planet.

6. Physicists are scientists. See #3

7. Is a far out theory that even most scientists say cannot happen. And even if it did, the magnetic field would have no effect on the atmosphere which is what protects us from UV light.

Make peace with God so when he does bring about the Biblical prophecies, you will be ready. Even if it is 100,000 years from now.

Answer 20

We will just have to wait an see

Answer 21

"The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012."

No... the Christians made that prediction. The Mayans predicted humans would transition into a new epoch becoming more god-like.

Don't you research anything?

Answer 22

The only one I am worried about is the poles changing, as that seems to make more scientific sense, though I don't think anyone can really predict that it will be on 2012.

Answer 23

OMG, no the world is not going to end in 2012.

Answer 24

Well, its a shame that you got pretty much all of your "facts" wrong...

The Mayans only worked out when their then cycle of their calendar would run out. With results no more dire than Jan 1, 2000 was to us.

"Sun storms", well thats false.

The European accelerator is fine.

The bible is nonsense, with many debunked "predictions".

No professional geologist has "predicted" Yellowstone going up in 2012.

No physicist had made such a prediction, either.

And, the magnetic pole shift is nothing like your claims:

At present, the overall geomagnetic field is becoming weaker at a rate which would, if it continues, cause the dipole field to temporarily collapse by 3000–4000 AD. The South Atlantic Anomaly is believed by some to be a product of this. The present strong deterioration corresponds to a 10–15% decline over the last 150 years and has accelerated in the past several years; however, geomagnetic intensity has declined almost continuously from a maximum 35% above the modern value achieved approximately 2000 years ago. The rate of decrease and the current strength are within the normal range of variation, as shown by the record of past magnetic fields recorded in rocks.

So, your grade: F-

Answer 25

http://www.exitmundi.nl/exitmundi.htm

Actually it is going to end for humanity b/c I've got a .38 and 12 billion bullets. Your collective asses are MINE !!!! Live it up while you can losers, b/c in 2012 I get to killin'.