Aby_Z said:
Hey, if people decide to commit mass suicide because they actually believe that crackpot theory then I think we're likely better off without them here.
As for Obama... that's actually a good point. Considering how much so many Americans seem to be anti-Obama, they very well may equate Obama with the end of the world. Hell, they've already equated him to the Antichrist before, haven't they?
Chances are, it'll just be another Y2k and it'll come and go in just the same way. I'll bet money on that.
(And think about a bet like that. What could you hope to gain from betting for the end of the world? To make it more obvious: How do you plan to get paid/reap your rewards if you bet for the end?)
Key thing to keep in mind, a lot of Americans have characterized him as the Anti-Christ (or Nicholai Carpathia esque if you prefer) but ALSO a lot of people have charactarized him as the MESSIAH . . . so that one goes both ways . . . frankly he's human and a politician . . . take from that what you will.
as for 2012 . . . I don't assume about anything . . . but seeing as how the civilization that made this calender they keep refering to that ENDS in 2012 was destroyed by the Spanish . . . I don't think we can take it all that seriously as being definitive.
They didn't know that humans from another part of their world would come and slaughter their people and loot their treasures. All they ever seemed to have predicted (according to the calender at least) was natural disasters.
Picture this if you will . . . a scientist comes up with a calender that we will be able to go by for the next few centuries. It's called the "GLOBAL CALENDER" and shines with importance somewhere.
As human race population grows it expands into new planets and ostensibly new races. Now, Earth is long forgotten, the few that remain during those centuries still abiding by the GLOBAL CALENDER and all it's shinyness. Then, a race of humans that moved off world come back, wanting what ancient goods might still be around, destroy it and leave.
Now, fast forward to nearly the end of THAT calender . . . this new Race (like ours now) will likely go "HOLY SHIT THIS THING ENDS IN LIKE 20 YEARS! WE'RE ALL SO FUCKED!"
sound silly? hmm . . . I wonder what ELSE along that kind of line sounds silly . . . hmmmm . . .
but I don't assume, so while the evidence doesn't line up when you REALLY start looking at details, they could have made the calender knowing the exact date of the end of the world . . . if so . . . may I say in advance to you all, good night and good luck.