some dude probably made it up so long ago to get a shag he never actually thought about when it would come round what would happen, now hes like, shiiiiiiiiit its actually here? ah well was a good shag
True. Many Mayans themselves disprove the theory of the calander. The only reason it ends in 2012 is that they ran out of symbols. They'll make a new one to represent the continuation and things will be fine. Think of it like us adding a new 1 to show that things have gotten bigger. 9 becomes 10, 99 becomes 100. Simple as that.Silva said:The sad thing is that the 2012 thing isn't even a Mayan prophecy, but a silly interpretation of the fact that their calendars happen to end on that particular year. It's like saying the world will end because it's December 31st. To say that this is a silly idea, even from an astrologically-learned perspective, is an understatement.
I've read Revelations from a standard Catholic Bible (twice actually, cause it was confusing the first time) and if that isn't describing a type of Rapture/end times/2nd coming of Jesus, then I don't know what you would consider Rapture to be? (Or maybe I don't understand the pedantic meaning of "Rapture")Snowalker said:I can't guarantee this to be true, but I believe the person who sparked the Southern Baptist sub section made this theory, and all of his believers follow it. And if you don't know, aside from Mormons, Baptists and Southern Baptists are the most outspoken group of Christians, so of course it spread like wildfire. You can double check, I'd appreciate it to be honest, however, I am sure Rapture is a theory, not part of the bible. It goes back to old testament, God didn't send the Jews away from Egypt when the plagues hit, he just merely protected them from it, thats the way Revelations leads you to believe the apocalypse will play out.RatRace123 said:I was misinformed, my apologies, still, the theory is awesome. And if the rapture is not part of your religion, yet somehow got attached to it, what was it originally stemmed from?Snowalker said:Small problem, Rapture isn't the bible, its just as stupid a theory as 2012. You can look it up, rapture isn't part of my religion, and people who think its part of the bible haven't actually read the thing.
As I discovered by speaking at length about this over the years with religious friends (I'm an agnostic myself) there's more to your second point than that.The_AC said:I'm not sure which is stupider:
a) That a few Christians believe in the whole Revelation, "arrival of the Beast" thing.
b) The fact that most Christians who believe in the rapture thing want to avoid it ("Don't elect Obama, he's the antichrist!"), even though the Bible explicitly says that it's a good thing.
Rapture isn't Revelations, Rapture is the belief that before the 1st of the 7 seals are broken, the Christians we'll have their souls go to heaven and will not experience the apocalypse. The end of days does happen, but in the bible, us Christians will have to witness the horrors.Nalesnik said:I've read Revelations from a standard Catholic Bible (twice actually, cause it was confusing the first time) and if that isn't describing a type of Rapture/end times/2nd coming of Jesus, then I don't know what you would consider Rapture to be? (Or maybe I don't understand the pedantic meaning of "Rapture")Snowalker said:I can't guarantee this to be true, but I believe the person who sparked the Southern Baptist sub section made this theory, and all of his believers follow it. And if you don't know, aside from Mormons, Baptists and Southern Baptists are the most outspoken group of Christians, so of course it spread like wildfire. You can double check, I'd appreciate it to be honest, however, I am sure Rapture is a theory, not part of the bible. It goes back to old testament, God didn't send the Jews away from Egypt when the plagues hit, he just merely protected them from it, thats the way Revelations leads you to believe the apocalypse will play out.RatRace123 said:I was misinformed, my apologies, still, the theory is awesome. And if the rapture is not part of your religion, yet somehow got attached to it, what was it originally stemmed from?Snowalker said:Small problem, Rapture isn't the bible, its just as stupid a theory as 2012. You can look it up, rapture isn't part of my religion, and people who think its part of the bible haven't actually read the thing.
This is true. The modern day mayans (by geographical location) are known to resent the very notion of an apocalypse theory prophecized by the Ancient Mayans.Silva said:The sad thing is that the 2012 thing isn't even a Mayan prophecy, but a silly interpretation of the fact that their calendars happen to end on that particular year. It's just like saying the world will end because it's December 31st and our yearly calendar happens to end at that point. To say that this is a silly idea, even from an astrologically-learned perspective, is an understatement.
TheTygerfire said:9/11 was an inside job
The Moon Landing was faked
The classic crazy people talk like that.
I was there and I can guarantee that the Moon landing was not faked. Footage you didn't see was me getting attacked by a Moon bear (his name was Desmond, in case you were wondering). It may have been censored, but not faked.Macksheath said:I actually am sceptical about the moon-landing, as I don't see how a flag can flutter in space.TheTygerfire said:9/11 was an inside job
The Moon Landing was faked
The classic crazy people talk like that.
But yeah, 9/11 was an inside job tops the list.
Shouldn't you be making the tea bassist while we get the girlsAunel said:Bass hasn't got 4 strings.
[small]What do you mean 5 strings, by god man, nobody can live at that speed![/small]
I met a guy on Modern Warfare 2 who was called [9/11]was_an_inside_job.Macksheath said:I actually am sceptical about the moon-landing, as I don't see how a flag can flutter in space.TheTygerfire said:9/11 was an inside job
The Moon Landing was faked
The classic crazy people talk like that.
But yeah, 9/11 was an inside job tops the list.
here's a theory for youAlpha Centauri said:Yeah it is and I don?t care, right now as I type this, I'm in my science class doing 'research' on the 2012 'theories' for an opinion paper, so, I?m going to ask you guys, what are the stupid pointless or down right stupid theories or websites you've seen or heard?
Links would be nice. I can?t wait to blow up some of the more retarded theories.
It?s going to be a fun day.
If Wikipedia is to be believed (and I think it can be trusted on this, it has a lot of reliable looking sources), this is true, the 20th December 2012 is the day 12:19:19:17:19. It is only the end of the Mayan calender if you ignore that the Mayans had two extra digits before the 12, although they were very rarely used. It would be like us including the zeroes in our year, saying "This is the year zero-zero-2010".ravens_nest said:It's actually more annoying to hear about people criticizing the Mayan 'prophecy' because they are often terribly innaccurate when it comes to laughing at it... The Mayan long count calender doesn't end on 21/12/2012. It ticks over just like our gregorian calenders do every 31st December.
The Mayans weren't stupid or forgot to make another calender and I find most peoples ignorance woeful. Actually, they were comparably very intelligent. Their long count calender is actually far more accurate over long periods of time than our current Gregorian calender.
Actually the Mayan long count calender works on a 5800 year or so cycle. Apparently we are about to start a new era... The mayans believed that each era was ushered in by a series of natural disasters. There was never any mention of the world ending. It's just interesting that the Mayans seemed to have disappeared around the time of the last cycle. They also believed the cycle before theirs contained other civillizations that we no longer have proof for, Atlantis for eg (again mythically wiped from the earth apocolypse style)...Xodion said:If Wikipedia is to be believed (and I think it can be trusted on this, it has a lot of reliable looking sources), this is true, the 20th December 2012 is the day 12:19:19:17:19. It is only the end of the Mayan calender if you ignore that the Mayans had two extra digits before the 12, although they were very rarely used. It would be like us including the zeroes in our year, saying "This is the year zero-zero-2010".
The confusion and belief that it is the end of the world seems to arise from the Mayans calling the FIRST day of their calendar (the day they said was the end of Creation and the beginning of the Mayan civilisation) 13:0:0:0:0. I imagine they had lots of myths and stuff about this first day, and they seem to have been misinterpreted as happening when the next 13:0:0:0:0 comes around.