They say. 2012?

Question

They say that 2012

is going to be the end of the world

is that true?

Answer 1

Not true at all.

Answer 2

nope.

tomorrow.

Answer 3

The world is not going to end, however many humans will suffer. Basically it is the end of our long age that we are in and we are entering a new one. With every new age always had destruction before it started. The age of aquarius is the next age and it starts at any time and no one knows for sure when. There is a planet moving towards our solar system which is called planet x or nibiru. This planet is visible in the south part of our planet with a telescope and will be visible by the naked eye in over a year and in 2011 will look like a moon. The earth is moving into the middle of the milky way galaxy and the storms that will be caused from this event will be drastic. Coastlines are going to have major damage like in the areas of california, new york city, florida, definitly hawaii along with areas like texas and louisiana. earthquakes will come in massive numbers and tsunami's will strike along with hurricanes. Only a very few will survive this as it is not possible to keep most people alive during this and many who do survive this will perish in the upcoming months afterwards. This devistation is going to take decades to clean up and we are just starting a new age. I expect in 2010 the government and NASA who are currently preparing for this event will come out and let the public know that this is true and the population of the world will probably be under 1 billion by 2014.

Answer 4

The entire idea of 2012 is completely bogus. It goes to show, never believe the History Channel. They are the people that started this craze of false, misleading so called “information” which is nothing more than junk. No self respecting scientist would ever believe in this sort of thing.

The most significant definite astronomical event of 2012 will be the solstice which happens every year.

First of all, the Mayans never predicted that the world was going to end in 2012. That’s when their calendar ended. If we are going to assume that because of the calendar ending that the world is going to end then we might as well say that the world will end on December 31, 2009 because no calendars have been printed for 2010 yet. So here that everyone? The world will end in 2009 because Hallmark hasn’t started production for 2010 calendars. See how much this idea is flawed already? Well I’m just getting started.

Let’s start by showing how flawed the sources are to begin with. There are three main sources people use to try to argue on the side of the world ending.

1. The History Channel

2. YouTube

3. The loons at “2012.com”

All are utterly awful sources of information. First of all, I would not trust a station in which one of the programs is “Monster Quest” and “Ice Road Truckers”. In the beginning, it was a great station. But apparently, documentaries that actually tell facts have taken a back seat to modern pop culture, which is a real shame.

YouTube… ok I get that people post links to videos on YouTube because they don’t want o search the web for a video on a trusted site when the same video can be found on YouTube… I don’t have a problem with that. Occasionally I will do that. But when people search “2012” they get a bunch of wrong, misleading documentaries that make up things and twist the truth either to mess with them, or to get money.

And 2012.com is a joke. I don’t understand how people can take that seriously. I actually found it quite funny instead of scary. I mean, it’s so ludicrous that it’s actually funny! ©2008-2012… haha…. 2008 through 2012 planner… haha.

I really can’t believe that people take that website seriously. It’s like those rags you get as you check out of the grocery store!

So if you’re not catching my drift by this point, obviously, it is all stupid, false information. So if you want the science part, then read on. But if you just want a simple answer, then no nothing will end the world in 2012 that couldn’t end it any other year. If you want proof, then continue reading.

So let’s start with the most common theory. The idea that “Nibiru” is going to crash into Earth or it is going to block the sun’s light, thus killing us all. Well first of all, the 2012 loons need to come up with an original name for this so called “planet”. It’s an ancient name for “Jupiter” and Jupiter will stay in its normal orbit, even in 2012. So let’s come up with a more original name because that kind of ticks me off. It’s too bad the ancients didn’t have a copyright law, because I would love to fine all of the 2012 loons that started this c**p. Not the people that are mislead by it, because they are innocent people being blinded by the overwhelming amount of flawed logic and stupidity behind it.

So let’s refer to it as “planet x” okay? No, that’s not okay either. First of all, the terminology isn’t “the planet x” but rather “a planet x”. The term “planet x” was picked up a couple hundred years ago and used to describe planets that they knew, or though existed, but hadn’t seen yet. Neptune was once considered a planet x. Astronomers calculated that Uranus’ orbit was being affected by another large object, probably a planet. So before Neptune was discovered, its name was “planet x”. When it was discovered and seen, it was given the name it has now, Neptune and is considered a planet (obviously). Another former “planet x” was Pluto. Pluto was actually discovered by a miscalculation. Astronomers thought that Neptune’s orbit was affected by another planet, but obviously Pluto is too small to affect anything. But in 1930, Pluto was discovered. It was considered a planet until 2006 when it was demoted to a dwarf planet. Other planet x’s include Sedna, Eris, among others. All planet x’s, with the exception of Neptune were eventually demoted to dwarf planets. So again, the 2012ers need to come up with their own names!

But let’s pretend that there is another unknown planet out there. Let’s call it Bob. Let’s also pretend that Bob is larger than Earth. First of all, what would make Bob move closer to the sun? At first thought you would say “duh because the sun is pulling it into it! Haven’t you ever heard of gravity? Geez…” again, so flawed. First of all, this planet obviously has inertia. Duh, because it has matter! Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist motion. And if this planet is larger and more massive than Earth, it obviously has more inertial than Earth. So if in order for this planet to come towards Earth, the Earth would have to be moving towards the sun. And if the Earth was moving towards to Sun, then we wouldn’t be worrying about Bob!

And if something massive and powerful enough to knock Bob out of orbit, it would not make to Earth in time for 2012. You know what would be really funny? If Bob was real, and it crashed into Earth in January 1st, 2013. I would be laughing uncontrollably.

But let’s pretend that some event that defies all laws of physics magically moved Bob directly in front of Earth, blocking the sun’s light. Well, Bob would be in a different gravitational shell than the Earth. It would be closer to the sun, and it would move out of the way because obviously it would be orbiting faster than the Earth, because it is closer to the sun.

So Bob isn’t going to hurt Earth. If it is real, which it probably isn’t he’s not going to be bothering Earth anytime soon.

What about the asteroid theory? I can see why some people believe that asteroids will crash into Earth because they will. It’s not like asteroids haven’t crashed into Earth before. An asteroid the size of a school bus crashing into northern Africa is supposedly the cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. Geologists think that about the same number of asteroids that have collided with the Earth have collided with the moon. But this is just an estimate.

About once every decade or so, an asteroid will find itself being pulled into Earth. But because of this wonderful atmosphere we have, the asteroid breaks apart, and burns up during the entrance. If there are any remnants, they are very small and it is rare that they do significant damage, though they do make very large craters.

But the Earth has an excellent security system when it comes to asteroids. The closest asteroid belt to Earth is the one in between Mars and Jupiter. This asteroid belt divides the inner solar system from the outer solar system. Anyway, every once in a while an asteroid will find itself coming out of the belt, and towards the inner planets. It isn’t a rare occasion. But those asteroids don’t always come towards Earth. They will often hit the sun, and occasionally Mars. If an asteroid is coming towards Earth, it will probably hit the moon, and if it doesn’t the sun’s rays would have trimmed the little sucker down a whole lot. So it will probably burn up in the atmosphere. And if it was huge, the military can do a lot to take it down they can break it up fairly easily, and NASA has many ways of directing it towards the sun instead of the Earth.

Okay so now you get the scientific side of it.

And if you don’t believe me but are willing to believe the loons that write these so called “books” which are really just a waste of paper, and better used as a drink coaster, then why don’t you track one down and ask him/her to transfer all of their money into your account minutes before the world supposedly ends. You can be the judge on that one.

Answer 5

"They say..." leads to an erroneous conclusion about 90% of the time.

This whole 2012 thing is nonsense.  I have checked out each of the claims.  They're bunk.  All of them.  Some are just wrong.  Some are outright lies.  The History Channel is mostly responsible for this.  They aired a ridiculous documentary, repeatedly, and now a lot of kids are scared.  Add to that, the throngs of people who will go around authoritatively spouting this garbage just because they want to make a buck, be the center of attention, sound like big shots, or just scare kids.

It's not true.  Not any of it.  We have seen many doom predictions in the past.  I got sick of them about 30 years ago.  Go here to see an entertaining list.

http://www.abhota.info/end1.htm

You will not find a single scientifically credible person who will support any of this.  (This does exclude Montel Williams and Mel Gibson.)  Anyone promoting this nonsense, who claims to have relevant academic credentials, is a fraud.  The History Channel should all hang their heads in shame, or better yet, get sued for child abuse.  But they are about one thing: making money.  They will do anything to pull a bigger viewing audience, no matter how reckless or utterly bogus it is.

Maybe we should boycott all of their sponsors who advertised during that show.

Answer 6

2012 is part of a religion, I believe it is christianity, a dying religion that poeple are trying to holf on to, they say that in 2012 God will end the human population who are destroying his beloved Earth. Christianity is dying for so many reasons. It is false. The world is run by science and science alone.

Answer 7

No.  That is just the end of the Mayan calender, same as ours ends every Dec 31.  If the Mayans were still around they would just start marking the days again as we start to do on Jan 1.  We used the sun, they used a different star and that accounts for the difference.

Answer 8

Take heed, but fear not young one for 2012 is just the revealing of the 'antichrist' or the 'man of lawlessness' at the middle of what Jews and Christians call the 7 year Tribulation. Many pagan cultures (Sumerians, Babylonians, Cherokee, Hopi, Chinese I-Ching {confirmed by T.McKenna}, Mayans, Egyptians, Celts, Satanists, etc...) celebrate this evil event called "the abomination that causes desolation". When will Yeshua Ha'Mashiach (Jesus) come? Only God Himself knows, but soon. If you believe or not, that is up to you. Either way it still comes.

Things to look for to PROVE it to yourself soon:

>Crash of American banks and its financial underpinning: Operation Sitting Duck

>Fall of America as an economic power and other ways.

>The Big One: Revelation 18. America goes down on the list of fabled societies nobody believes in any more like Atlantis, Mu, Lemuria, Hyperborea, etc..

>Martial law. (Google some of Bush's executive orders concerning it- Nightmarish!)

>Implementation of Project Bluebeam (be ready to hear more and more 'alien talk'... watch your local skies for the show!) Google and youtube it. Aliens... aliens... aliens...

>Trying to make people first accept the REAL ID card (to get you in the system) and then right after forcibly implanting people with these RFID microchips:

http://www.verichipcorp.com/ http://youtube.com/watch?v=f0gXGTcd6eE

>The start of the North American Union.

>Push to attack Iran which will start WW3-the atomic war to end all wars. (If you think China, Russia, and the Muslim world would just sit back, you are a mistaken fool!)

>Final push to one world government: The New World Order- The 4th Reich!

(The brutal final empire foreseen by Daniel and John)

>Rise of a miraculous and awe inspiring world leader later to turn world dictator.

>Push to one world religion where there are "manys ways to God".

>Toleration of everything but Jews and Christians.

>Temporary and unheard of "peace in the middle east".

>Revelation13:10  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P-hvPJPT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNPn2JLz7...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epMeGr-wD...

>More world wide food shortages and famines.

>More earth quakes. More fires. Strange and severe weather.

>Major spiritual awakenings.

>Rise of Islamic fanaticism.

>Rise in wickedness and corruption.

*** ALERT: THEY ARE ALREADY PRACTICING [A MUST SEE!]***

http://youtube.com/watch?v=932Zu4e4iVM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=plELx_wmNgU

Christians and Messianic Jews look forward to this as it means they will soon join their Messianic Saviour in the Millennial Kingdom of the next Age and their Heavenly Father later as "Children of Light". If you try to equate 2012 with Y2K or some other date that cried wolf, then you will be making the worst mistake in your life. Research all these things FOR YOURSELF!

Answer 9

No, it isn't.  There is no scientific theory or evidence that anything unusual is going to happen in 2012. It is a collection of myths and disproven theories being promulgated by doomsday predictors, who predict a new one every few years.  Remember the ones on 2000 and 2003?  The longer explanation is below:

It is based on the end the current cycle of the Mayan long count calendar. No doomsday was predicted and the Mayan civilization died out, so a new cycle wasn’t written.

Niburu (Planet X) doesn't exist. Zecharia Sitchin is an author of books promoting the ancient astronaut theory for human origins. He attributes the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Annunaki (or Nephilim) from a hypothetical planet named Nibiru in the solar system. The Doomsayers predicted that it was to hit Earth in 2003. Undaunted when it didn't show up, they just moved it out to 2012 to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar.

Galactic Alignment - takes 36 years to precess through galactic equator, we will be 6 degrees off in 2012.

Asteroid Apophis - the 2001 alert was for 2029, and was canceled after additional observations showed it would not hit us.

Polar Shift - the magnetic poles are moving all the time. Polar reversal happens over thousands of years.

Passage through a "photon belt" has been added. This is also untrue and wouldn't hurt us if it were. Photons are merely units of light.

Solar flares happen all the time and we have more of them at some times than others. They haven't caused any serious problems in the past. The direct effects of solar flares are mainly related to communications and radio transmissions. We had a major series of solar flares in 2005. Did you notice anything? I didn't.

Answer 10

Ask me again in 2013.

Answer 11

No, just check how many different versions without any evidence are there.

A general advice, always check if

a) "they" really say it, the Web is the home of so many misquotations, it's really foolish to rely on it without checking

b) are "they" competent in a relevant field

A "self taught scientist" isn't worth much, or would you go to a "self taught dentist"? Even if the person in question is a real scientist, it doesn't mean he is an expert for everything (again a medical example, a dentist and a orthopedist both have studied medicine, but you wouldn't consult the orthopedist for a toothache)

Answer 12

No the aztec calender does not say that the world will end just because the calender does.

(Also why is everyone asking this question if it has been answered millions of times in the past.)

Answer 13

only idiots fall for it just like 1999. look it up the world was supposed to end LOTS of times.

id be more worried about 2029 i think it is and 2036.

2029:an astroid is supposed to make a near miss. altering its orbit.

2036: the astroid comes again. making a hit or a REALLY close hit