December 21st 2012?

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I'll jump back in....

The reason a lot of well educated people study the Mayan Calender is so far it is extremely accurate. It doesnt use inuendos like Nostradamus or others. The Mayan calender is actually more accurate than the Roman Calender we use today. They did predict astrology and tie it into how it would effect earth better than anyone so far.

The big question is how did they do this without hubble or others to help them? Was the old man from the sea who they depict as a huminoid or did they actually record the history throughout their span. The latter is hard to believe since it spans thousands of years further back than their own origins the former is for believers in aliens. Whats not really in dispute is that the calender has been correct and used by agencies such as NASA for research.

And I love the History channel, but they left a lot out on this story. Granted they were probably gearing it to the audience but I wish they wouldve gone more scientific with it.

All I know is, on Dec 21, 2008 I will be vacationing at my moms house in Knoxville. I have done some flood charts for global water heights and K-town should be safe if not for more lakes :)
 
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MontereyVol said:
I'll jump back in....

The reason a lot of well educated people study the Mayan Calender is so far it is extremely accurate. It doesnt use inuendos like Nostradamus or others. The Mayan calender is actually more accurate than the Roman Calender we use today. They did predict astrology and tie it into how it would effect earth better than anyone so far.

The big question is how did they do this without hubble or others to help them? Was the old man from the sea who they depict as a huminoid or did they actually record the history throughout their span. The latter is hard to believe since it spans thousands of years further back than their own origins the former is for believers in aliens. Whats not really in dispute is that the calender has been correct and used by agencies such as NASA for research.

And I love the History channel, but they left a lot out on this story. Granted they were probably gearing it to the audience but I wish they wouldve gone more scientific with it.

All I know is, on Dec 21, 2008 I will be vacationing at my moms house in Knoxville. I have done some flood charts for global water heights and K-town should be safe if not for more lakes :)
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Did you mean astronomy?
 
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I read a book recently called “Lost Star of Myth and Time” that discussed the Mayan calendar quite a bit (here’s the Amazon link: Amazon.com: Lost Star of Myth and Time: Walter Cruttenden: Books). The theory of the book is that the human population is far older than currently believed, stretching back hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years. The book also argues that, in addition to the cycles of the day (one rotation of earth on its axis) and the year (one revolution of the earth around the sun), our solar system is subject to one other cycle caused by our sun’s interaction with another star (or some other object, such as a black hole) in a binary system (which are apparently far more common in the universe than non-binary systems). Not saying I buy this theory, but the book sites a great deal of very interesting sources to support it. Essentially, the book argues that it takes approximately 25,000 years, give or take, for our sun to complete its rotation around this other sun/black hole. The period is referred to as the Great Year. There is a lot of historical information about the Great Year in many old texts, etc. The Great Year is then broken down into small periods of around 5,000-6,000 years (I can’t remember exactly). The author believes that the Mayan calendar reflects these small periods within the Great Year. Thus, the 2012 year reflects not the end of time, but the end of the current period and the beginning of the next period of the Great Year. A previous poster mentioned the ages of Pisces, Aquarius, etc. Those, too, are supposedly based on this Great Year. There was a lot more to the book, which was quite interesting. As noted, not sure I buy the theory, but definitely some interesting reading. It also explains why ancient cultures, such as the Mayans, had such incredible knowledge of things like astronomy and other sciences.
 
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MontereyVol said:
Its an interesting topic that I thought of posting here before. The Mayans are considered by some to have been more advanced in astrology than modern day civilizations. The Long count calender and the two others all end on Dec 21, 2012. What is told about this date is they said it would be the time when the solar system would be directly placed in the center of the eye of the milky way. Nasa confirmed this several years ago. When that happens it is believed our axis or polarity may shift, not the end of the earth but violent weather will probably occur. The Mayans believed this end of the calender which they have recorded before, will end in a great flood.

Which could be what we call global warming :)
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Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways.
 
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dan4vols said:
Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways.
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Its the intense gravity we are experiencing.

It would explain the extra weight I "feel" like I've put on.
 
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Haven't there been a few dates in history when folks thought the world was gonna end? I can think of three off the top of my head.

The end of time is just scary.
 
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There has been more than a few times.......... chalk it up to fear of the unknown.

Every generation thinks that their time is the end time.
 
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At least I feel like I can somewhat influence the future of this country. The end of the world...not so much.
 
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dan4vols said:
Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways.
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It wasn't actually that big. It was cited to be "4 times larger than Manhattan." It has, by collapsing, however, put in danger of collapsing a part of an ice shelf that is the size of Connecticut. I'm not sure how imminent that "danger of collapse" is, though...
 
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hndog609 said:
As a matter of fact:

Global warming cleared on ice shelf collapse rap | The Register

And keep in mind this is coming from people who believe in AGW.
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That seems to be fairly in line with things I've heard from some climatologists..that the Arctic ice is the primary concern, followed by the western (I think) Antarctic ice shelf...which is by far the smaller portion of Antarctic ice... It seems they feel that the larger Antarctic ice mass will be stable for a while...but I was never sure why. It sounds like it has a lot to do with the ocean circulation ... I guess Antarctica has an extra "air conditioner" that regions of the Arctic don't have....
 
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