Why is the world suppose to end in 2012?

Question

like i here a whole bunch of ppl saying the world will end in 2012. but what is suppuse to happen that will end the world.

Answer 1

Many people are claiming different things. Most are just trying to scare people.

Ever since the 6/6/6 (June 6, 2006) End of the World scenario did not pan out, the scare mongers have been touting the 2012 End of the World scenario. When 2012 does not happen either, I am sure they will think of something else.

"But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come." (Mark 13:32-33)

Jesus told us in no uncertain terms that we were not to know when the end of the world would come but that we were always to be ready.

The early Christian Church thought that Jesus was going to return at any moment. Only after a couple of centuries did the Church realize that it may be 2,000 or 4,000 or 8,000 years before Jesus returns.

The Catholic Church wisely follows Jesus' advice and teaches that each of us should live as if we will meet our maker in the next ten minutes and that we need to work to make the world a better place for our 100 X great-grandchildren.

Do not worry about the end of the world. Trust God to make sure everything happens to plan. Just be ready to meet God at any time.

For more information, about what Catholics believe about the end of the world, see: http://www.americancatholic.org/Newslett...

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

im a christian and i beleive wat the bible says is troo. the bible says that only God knows when the world will end. man can never and will never know. wat u have been hearing cums from and ancient aztec beleif where their prophecy was that the world would end in 2012 with fire. the bible does not say this. i do not beleive it.

Answer 3

Read the book of Revelations - it's in the Bible.  

According to the many prophecies, there's a lot of talk about 2015.  Only God knows the hour.

Are you concerned?

God bless you.

Answer 4

Not sure but it will end for sure and since I am a very nice guy I will accept 100% of your assets in 2011 to make the end easy for you.

Just email me to make the arrangements !!!

Answer 5

It's not going to.

The world will, however, "end" in approximately 6 billion years when the sun burns itself out. But I'd be prepared to wager that mankind finds a way to make themselves extinct or destroy the planet long before that, anyhow. We're well on our way to the second option, anyway.

But the only reason people keep saying that is because the Mayans, so precise with everything else, didn't provide for any years after 2012.

Answer 6

Only Jesus knows man is always trying to figure out the mysteries of the unknown especially with religion/spirituality this is why we need faith.

Answer 7

It won't

Matthew 25:13Watch therefore [give strict attention and be cautious and active], for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come.

Answer 8

No way. That is when the Mayan calendar ends. Nothing more to it

Answer 9

well according to the myan callender it ends.  not sure how though. but just poof. the end!   have a nice day.  

Answer 10

it won't

the Mayan's failed to make a calendar that went beyond 2012, so every crackpot and his brother has picked up on this and sensationalized it

*****

regarding the answer below:

A) the calendar in question was of the Maya

B) the aztecs (and the maya) were not from South America LMAO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan_calen...

so if you don't even know the difference between North and South America, upon what are you basing such sweeping conjecture as "was surprisingly accurate"?!?!

this site is cracks me up with the ABUNDANCE of misinformation that people share with a completely scholarly tone!!

Answer 11

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 12

That when the mass of the stupid people all start to form a black hole, and earth. moon and sun are sucked into it.

Well, it is as good as saying some old guy's calendar is broken and he can't figure time beyond 2012.

Answer 13

The aztec calendar found in south american ruins ends at the year 2012, this is why people think that.

The aztec calendar was suprisingly accurate for the time it was made.