Road to destruction
You may not believe the world will end on Oct. 21, or with the Mayan calendar in 2012 or that mankind will simply make the planet uninhabitable, but if popular movies and books are any indication, there must be a lot of people who believe the world is ready for its final bow. You may subscribe to a religious End of Days doctrine, but when it comes to the planet's fate, only one thing is for certain: All good things must come to an end.
There’s little agreement on exactly how this will happen, but there are plenty of theories. Here’s a look at 12 of the most popular ones and the science — or lack of it — behind them. (Text: Laura Moss)
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The Mayan calander is just that a clock that has predicted the seasons states of the moon and planets. In fact it has not faulterd for over 3,000 years the accurate predition of solar and lunar eclipses. It does not mention the "end of the world" it mentions great change and seasons shifting. If you doubters would study a little more you would understand that there have been civilization with technologies beyond our present day. There are ruins off the coast of Japan that have monolithic slabs.... More
awesome
should have not read this article! :)
I am not one to dismiss the beliefs of other regardless of whether I agree, but I do understand one thing for sure. Eventually the ability to maintain life on the planet Earth will dwindle and disappear altogether, and only if we can cast of the petty self-centered ideology that our species has so easily clung to, can we find salvation. If we hope to propel our existence into the boundless future we must cooperate on a global level in achieving more then just a bit of space exploration. We must.... More
People who write in all caps are filled with doubt.
TOTALLY AGREE!
as a student of archiology....don`t get it confused ....mayans just rewind ...we go on ....really ....get over it .....that dude in U.S.EH...keepz changing his mind ...while believes get rid of everything and carry on ....wat a downer ....the millenium bug was just rearranging the dates ....duh .....if you don`t think this is a lab ...to see wat happenz when a mass is doomed ...well ...look at wall street ...they know everything we do ...it`z not coincidence ...it`z marketing ....mess em all.... More
Learn how to type and how to properly spell words. Spelling "it's" with a "z" is in absolutely no way a better or faster way to spell. You're a student...prove it.
archeology*
oops. archaeology*
Forgot the most likely one: the Yellowstone Caldera blows. It's about 50,000 years overdue.
#13. Rick Perry is elected president
Ancient Human Female ‘End of Times’ prediction: Man will cut all the trees down, the wind will blow the topsoil off of all the lands turning the planet into a baren desert, and only the insects and smaller animals will survive.
Slowly,your insects and small animals will die, decompose, and then it all starts over again. May take a couple of years.
OMG this is silly! We could also all fart at once and die of methane poisoning. All this Mayan calendar 2012 stuff is total crap; could we maybe expend the energy on solutions to problems rather than doomsaying?
We are seeing- solutions are turning into problems!
The most obvious (and realistic) end to our world as we know it will be the next ice age. There's plenty evidence to show it will come regardless of the CO2 levels.
The Tax Code should have been included.
They Mayan calendar ends in 2012, and our calendar ends every year on December 31. Just as we celebrate January 1st of the new year, the Mayans will celebrate year 1 of their new calendar. That's what a Mayan told me while I was in Tulum, Mexico this past summer. The Mayans didn't know the date for the end of the world; they only knew the day their calendar would end and begin anew.
Looking at these photos is hard knowing we have so much work to do in order to heel both our planet and it's inhabitants. I try to keep a positive attitude, and live a life of consumption that is in line with the hope for a better future. Recently, I came across a company called falling whistles who brings awareness and activism on behalf of children trapped in what seems to be a never ending war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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If people can be more proactive in doing a small part, maybe 100 years from now this article will read "11 ways the world could have ended: and what we did to stop them".
Im mexican and ive met a lot of mayan's trust me they all have diff. Opinions. I believe that the world wont end as such, but it will end as we know it, not by nuclear or any other but by a higher level of consciousness, hence we will simply begin to enhabit earth diferently :D
Maybe the Mayans meant to end their calendar by saying that December 21, 2012 is the end of the Mayan millennium, just like how 2000 was the new millennium for the solar calendar. The world did not end in the year 2000, so then why should the world end in the year 2012?
Life is but a mist, the earth is but dust, God is light, come into the light and do not worry about tomorro, for tomorro will take care of itself.
Stupid come into the light...blah blah blah we are all accidents of a freak of nature there's no after life or great meaning of life
thankyou so much for explaining this to me. i've been wondering about these things for all my life. i just wish that you had come along sooner to clear up my confusion.
The day the Dolphins win the Superbowl
At least the guys heart is in the right place; trying to get the word out and warn people. How many would have the courage to do that.
God is the only one who knows when the world will be distryed.not even the angels or the son,only god knows.
No god has ever produced a single drop of needed rain or stopped a single drop of unneeded rain yet the religionists always give credit to their god whenever a drought or flood ends. But NOTICE!: the only give credit to THEIR god and not to the other guy's god!
When there are no labs or scientific equipment running... what will save you then? When there is no communication or technology or electricity, what will save you? Some of the most intelligent and accomplished Scientists in history have believed in God.
And plenty of accomplished and intelligent scientists believed in OTHER magic skymen too, not just that particular "God". Doesn't make their scientific accomplishments any meaningful. Their gods are still meaningless fantasy.
What will save you? Not God... There is no GOD people!
Why do people always look to religion for answers when religion is based on hearsay... look to science as it is based on fact. Whether the world ends in 2012 or not, religion won't save you, science will.
Humans have been creating gods for hundreds of thousands of years to explain that which they don't understand. It boggles me that we can't just say "it's ok not to know." Science is working on discovering the truth about many things, but many answers are centuries away. To create a fantasy to give us comfort about unknown things is irrational, unreasonable thinking.
Science is only a tool, which in the hands of selfish people has created more unnatural disasters than one could count. Example: G.E. designs a cost cutting, shielding-reduced nuclear reactor and calls it safe...how safe are they now? Not to mention all the buried nuclear waste that is lurking everywhere.
Ok, according to your rationale I can say since "god" created man and thus man has "created" science. God has indirectly created science thus making your point invalid and moot. Hitler was not an invention of science and destroyed the lives of millions. Don't you think "god" would want us to learn and find out the truth of our coming to be? Put down the bible and open your mind...
For the uninformed, science is merely a restatement of what human beings (that would be you ...) have sensed about their 'physical' surroundings. You of course have no concept or an open mind to further investigate what may be science. Obviously, 'real' scientists must have an open mind for things that may not fit their own paradigm of what should or could be (i.e. thinking outside the box is crucial and logic may not always dictate a solution to the scientific question(s) being asked).More
Forget all the religious clap trap the earths nemisis rises in the east and sets in the west when the sun dies so will planet earth game over.
That will be lifes ultilmate demise, however man will be long dead before that time, and probably take most of life with him/her.
Read this :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1362454/Sixth-mass-extinc...
So we should stop talking of UFO and Martians, and acknoledge the very actual destruction that is currently happening under our very
Read the Bible. It tells about the World's end. God the creator has full control.
Except how all the parts about creation, logic, history, et all have been conclusively proven incorrect, ergo we can conclude the same about the ending. Thanks for playing, though.
When has anything been proven? How do you prove something doesn't exist? And why trash someone else's beliefs? Believe what you will. This is one Christian who wont try to convert you or argue with you. You'll simply learn the truth when you die.
Jesus Christ never wrote anything nor did he sign his name to anything. Ergo: Jesus Christ could neither read nor write.
THANK YOU LORD GOD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN YOU AND WHO ARE, DESPITE NEY SAYERS REVIEWS, ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS WITH YOUR WORD. LOOK AT YOU LIFE. IT DOESNT MATTER HOW WELL YOU ARE PAID OR WHAT LUXURIES YOU INHERIT, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF THAT HAS HELPED YOU ALONG THE WAY. GOD BLESSES THOSE WHO BLESS OTHERS. EXCEEDINGLY, ABUNDANTLY, ABOVE ALL. AMEN.
AMEN to your comment. I agree 100% and if people would just read the BIBLE and try to understand it, there would be less confusion out there. Our earthly things are nothing compared to what we have waiting for us in Heaven with our Heavenly Father. We must all put our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus CHRIST. He is the only way. He is truly our rock and He will never leave us, all we need to do is get down on our knees and pray and as Him for forgivness. The world is going to end, as we know.... More
People do not like missives that are written in ALL-CAPITAL LETTERS! Its childish and immature and I usually totally ignore them.
good man ;)
One thing is for sure, the more media hype 2012 gets and the closer the day becomes, the higher the anxiety level of people will be. When people hit high anxiety levels, they do unpredictable things.
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