BackrowSaint wrote:
The Mayans at no point predicted the end of the world, it is merely the end of the long count calender after which another will begin, as it already has on numerous occasions. Do you think the world is going to end at the end of December? Its the same principle.
There is however a prediction that the world will enter a '6th age' as we are now in the 5th. This is not pinned to the 21st and does not predict the end of the world, merely the start of a new era.
The media has taken these SEPARATE events, linked them and sensationalised them. Unfortunately, society will believe anything and follow it like sheep.
I don't even think it's the media. They're simply reporting on some of these loony groups who are certain we're all gonna meet a fiery end tomorrow. Those groups have been spinning this rubbish for many, many years, churning out books, websites and youtube videos by the thousand, while the media have only really reported on it very occasionally and a couple of documentaries have cropped up.
What's happened is believers that the apocalypse is approaching via whatever means (Niburu, solar flares, super-volcanoes, various religious apocalypses), and some 'preppers' have heard what they want to hear in the Mayan long count and tagged their beliefs on, conveniently ignoring the actual facts of the long count.
