End of the world prophecies on or about 2012-DEC-21

Original basis of the prophecy: the ancient
Mayan calendar. Various interpretations.

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Original basis of the 2012-DEC-21 prophecies:

• 6 Baktun,
• 19 Katun,
• 18 Tun,
• 1 Uinal, and
• 5 Kin

This date represents 1,007,305 days from the start of their calendar.

J. Eric Thompson determined that the first day of their calendar (0.0.0.0.0) occurred on 3114-AUG-11 BCE according to our Gregorian calendar. ₆ This was when the Mayans believed that Venus was born. Another source says that this happened on AUG-13 of that year. The example given above, (6.19.18.1.5), occurred in the fourth century BCE.

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• End-of-the-world scenarios that, so far, have all failed
• Predictions of the end during 2006
• Predictions of the end during the 2010's (not including 2012)
• Premillennialism and other competing Christian theories about the end of the world.

References:

The following information sources were used to prepare and update the above essay. The hyperlinks are not necessarily still active today.

1. Robert E. Bradley, "The Nodding Sphere and the Bird's Beak: D'Alembert's Dispute with Euler," MAA Mathematical Scienced Digital Library, 2008, at: http://mathdl.maa.org/
2. Ellie Crystal, "Precession of the Equinoxes," Crystalinks, at: http://www.crystalinks.com
3. "The living prophecy," 13-moon Natural Time Calendar, at: http://www.13moon.com/
4. From the opening song of the 1960s stage play "Hair"
5. "Astrological Age," Wikipedia, at: http://en.wikipedia.org/
6. Bill Joy, "Why the future doesn't need us," Wired Magazine, 2000-APR. Online at: http://www.wired.com/
7. Asteroid 1997 XF11 has its own web page at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/
8. Carl Johan Calleman, "The Mayaonics: Where science and spirituality meet," at: http://www.ioon.net/
9. "End of Mayan Calendar," at: http://www.disastercountdown.com/

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