![]() ![]() But then by some dubious logic, the author explains that it is no coincidence that the Mayan Long Count calendar is also called the “sun stone.” This is the first major fabrication. 21st 2012, particularly for the Mayans who still live in Central America today (although “doomsday” is never indicated by the Mayan calendar). This point I’m fine with, there are many spiritual reasons to believe something might happen when the Mayan calendar hits its last day on Dec. The Aztecs, not the Mayans had a calendar carved into the Sun Stone (George and Audrey DeLange)įirstly we have the usual drill of explaining why the Mayan Long Count calendar relates to the prediction of doomsday in 2012. Having already written an article about the possibility of a “killer” solar flare wiping out a high proportion of life on Earth, I was interested to see how this article was different. The first article of two focuses on the Sun as being the root cause of the proposed doomsday in 2012. ![]() Having checked out this website, we have quite a few “out there” articles, but none equal this article’s take on 2012. This particular article is hosted on the website “Viewzone Magazine” and it is called “The Real Doomsday?” (I have removed the link at the suggestion of one of my readers – why give the article any Astroengine traffic? Google the article if you fancy having a look). So what article am I talking about? So far I have kept it vague as to which sites I’ve referred to in my 2012 articles (as many spout the same theme), but this one is so terribly flawed, I have no problem pointing the finger. But in my books, using inaccurate science (particularly astrophysics) to prove the end of the world is nigh, is not only wrong, it is grossly irresponsible. deliberately fabricated to frighten people for personal gain), or innocently (by a non-specialist who doesn’t understand the science behind their writing), it is hard to tell. Whether this article was written maliciously (i.e. So, another day, another 2012 Doomsday article “proving” that the author can predict the future by stringing a bunch of pseudo-scientific nonsense to “prove” the planet is in peril. There is a huge number of 2012 Doomsday websites out there (plus a growing number of 2012 videos on Youtube), and if this trend continues, by 2012 I think Internet hysteria will hit fever pitch. In the weeks following, I’ve continued with a series of articles, been invited onto radio shows and received a lot of messages from (rightfully) concerned individuals. This is a topic that has kept me busy ever since I wrote the Universe Today article No Doomsday in 2012 way back in May. 2012: No Killer Solar Flare (at Universe Today).No Doomsday in 2012: The Reason Why Science Will Not Win.No Mayan Prophecy Doomsday in 2012 (Sorry).To avoid duplicating text I’ve already written about this subject, here’s some background information: I am writing this article after a number of emails were sent to me concerned about yet another 2012 Doomsday scenario, so I decided to investigate. But I have a huge problem with modern-day authors publishing scientific inaccuracies for personal gain. ![]() That’s fine, I have no problem with a mystical historic figure telling us the world is going to fry at an undetermined date by an undetermined harbinger of doom. Many historic prophecies have been made deliberately vague to make a future event more likely to match the future prediction by the prophet. We’ve heard “end of the world” theories for millennia from Nostrodamus, the Bible to the Y2K Bug, but as yet (as far as I can tell) the Earth has not been destroyed. However, there are a huge number of doomsday scenarios that are being pinned on this day too. For many reasons, this is a very important event, religiously and spiritually. The Mayan long-count calendar ends on December 21st 2012. Ancient prophecy plus a dash of scientific disinformation equals fear (and the potential to make a lot of money) ![]()
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