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Doomsday Mystery

Imagine the earth underneath your feet splitting wide open one fine morning. Volcanic lava could come running down your roof. A comet could hurtle down straight at you from the blue! These are not scenes straight out of Hollywood sci-fi thrillers. Rather, these are possibilities in the near future, which doomsday pundits have been predicting!

Doomsday 2012

As per the forecast, on December 21, 2012, the world will either end or would witness dramatic changes of the disastrous kind. Floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, or a comet would spell the end of the place we live in. A magnetic pole shift that could amount to changing the world could happen, they say. How true could the doomsday prediction be?

Doomsday Prophecy

Going a bit deeper into the heart of the matter could reveal the basis of such a prediction. The prophecy, if we may call it so, banks on the end of the Mayan calendar in 2012. The Mayan calendar is interpreted (or is it misinterpreted) as pointing to the end of the world or a period of radical changes. Known as the end of the Great Cycle, the end of the Mayan calendar does not indeed say the universe would cease to exist as December 21, 2012 dawns.

In short, it needs to be seen as a complete fabrication and a chance for a lot of people to cash in, say astronomy practitioners. However, the fear propaganda is so alarmingly huge that many have started believing in what is being falsely publicized.

The end of the Great Cycle is considered by the Mayans as a celebration day and not as a doomsday. It would be impossible for anyone to predict such an event. Nobody has done that as such. Looking back, Nostradamus is believed to have predicted that a comet will hit earth in 2012 causing major chaos on the planet. Imagine what would have happened if Nostradamus’ prediction that the world would end in the 1990s turned true. It never did and that is the truth. In an era of scientific advancement, false propaganda need not be trusted per se.

Doomsday Comet

Moreover, scientific research has found that the Mayan civilization indeed was more famous for advanced writing, mathematics and astronomy. In such a context, it needs to be noted that the end of the Great Cycle is not the end of the world – it is in fact a great celebration for the Mayans. Going by what Sandra Noble, executive director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies in Crystal River, Florida, says, “for the ancient Mayans, it was a huge celebration to make it to the end of a whole cycle. To predict that December 21, 2012 as doomsday is absolutely unscientific and stupid.”

Beliefs Aplenty

If one were to get a clear idea of what the prophecy is, this is what they say. Doomsayers believe that there will be devastating changes happening to Planet Earth in 2012. Planet X will be making its 3600 year orbit around the sun, disturbing the solar system, and the planets in it, including the earth. Also at that time, the Milky Way Galaxy, the earth, and the sun will all be in exact galactic alignment, which happens only every 25,800 years. The solar system will then end up on the underneath part of the milky way forever more. Believe it or not, this is what they say.

2012 doomsday flood

As per their belief, the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on December 21, 2012 and on that date, the world will either end or dramatic changes will take place. The possibilities are that there will be an increase of flood, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, a comet hitting earth and a magnetic poles shift. So does that mean that the North pole and the South pole would swap places? The NASA has confirmed a pole shift in the near future is a possibility. However, no one is able to confirm if this will really happen.

This in fact means that such a thing is not something one can predict. It is generally agreed that a pole shift could disrupt our planet. Science says a pole shift can take 5,000 years to complete. And, significantly, in the beginning of a pole shift, the world might face temporary problems with cell phones, GPS and the like, say experts. This indeed cements the fact that such a happening need not mean the end of the world.

2012 doomsday lightening

Beating About The Bush

Movies, debates and fear propaganda are gaining in currency as every second is being counted. Prophecies come laden with the fear factor among the general public. Much is being written and spoken about the impending disaster. What However, ask anyone who says all about the D-day, and no one has a clear cut idea of what it is all about. This may probably be because nobody knows and also because probably not much will happen.

Interesting inputs have started making the rounds as to how the world would vanish. One argument is that the energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic and is supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. They say recent solar storms have been bombarding the earth with huge amounts radiation energy, which are capable of knocking out power grids and even satellites. The argument is that by 2012, this destructive activity could worsen and scale new deadly peaks.

Meanwhile, European scientists have another way of putting it. It is being said that the scientists are in the process of building the world’s largest particle accelerator. A 27-km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the universe tick, the device could also prove to be deadly as it may also create mini black holes. So, the argument is, if this device is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed beyond repair.

Christian faith, in the meantime, says that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between good an evil, has been set for 2012. It is also argued that every 750,000 years or so, magnetic poles (North and South poles) switch slots. The fear factor arises from the fact that right now the swap phenomenon is about 30,000 years. A pole shift can indeed happen leading to earth changes, or so it is believed.

Scare, Irrational

While many from around the world feel that five years from now, all life on earth could come to an end, some believe humans themselves would trigger the catastrophe. Others believe natural disaster could hit the destruction button. The utmost spiritual beings put it to God to pull the trigger. Among all the arguments, there is one which clearly points out why such a disaster would never come about. All arguments and explanation made about the disaster theory, when analyzed properly concludes on one point – ‘We have no record or knowledge that they would think the world would come to an end at that point’.

There’s a lack of scientific information coming from well respected sources, for instance even from NASA. The world is intact for the time being, and would be so even psot-2 December 2012. When there’s no scientific data about a subject, it would be only rational to believe that there isn’t anything concrete about the prophecy.

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