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Originally Posted by Ron61
Joe,
You have a good point. I keep seeing all of that stuff about 2012 but never any specifics. I even saw on the History Channel where they have found some old text is one of the Mayan (spelling) temples and it refers to 2012as the ending, but they aren't sure what it means.
Ron  |
I haven't seen that one. The only thing I saw was that the Mayans had it as the end of an age/era. I forget what they called them but every 20 years the current era changes into the next era. The significance of the 2012 is when the solar system passes through the center plane of the milky way galaxy as we view it. This marks the end of an age, when the gods pass judgment. If mankind has "earned the right" (my own terms) to live then civilization would not be wiped out. If not then the gods would pass judgment and wipe out mankind and start over. That is what I remember at least.
Edit: the thing people fail to make a point of in this is it is supposed to be the Mayan gods passing the judgment. This means that if you are buying into the Mayan calendar marking the end of times then you are buying into the Mayan gods as the true gods. The Mayan Calendar (as with all aspects of Mayan culture) are based on the Mayan religious belief system (which includes the stars and cosmos). The Mayan calendar dates when the Mayan gods will pass judgment. If you do not believe that the Mayan gods wield any power, then the calendar has no significance.
But then again I have run afoul using common sense again.