Mayan calendar 2012

For those who are worried about this I noticed something you might find interesting.

The Mayan calendar is divided into sections of times, one of those called "baktuns" which is about 400 years, and 2012 is the end of the final baktun. According to experts each baktun ending marked a major change for the Mayans. Each time one ended, their cities were abandoned or other major events occured changing life for all.

But here's what's interesting. 1618 was the end of the last baktun and was approximately the time the Mayan civilization fell to the Spanish. But what of the Spanish? What about the rest of Europe, Asia, or other points of the globe?

1618 and beyond were full of the usual wars, famines, and other assorted natural disasters, but there were no major European cities abandoned. China saw the end of the Ming Dynasty, but they obviously survived and went on to sell us tons of cheap junk in Walmart.

Exploration and global settlement advanced rapidly and 1620 was when the Mayflower landed to find the lands already inhabited by numerous tribes of natives. Many of the great scientists lived in these times. Artists like Rembrant were painting todays masterpieces.

So just because the Mayans decided to put themselves through a major upheaval or abandon cities every 400 years according to what they interpreted the positions of planets and stars to mean is no proof that any other civilization will end on their calendar time.

hold on while i put on my tin hat

I think those hats are only good to block telepathic control waves or death rays from aliens.

What seems to make this whole thing more plausible and worrysome to the doomsday circles is the accuracy of the Mayans on their calendar and their knowledge of astronomy. But they were still guided by superstition based on unknown factors that caused them to do rediculous things like abandon cities and that point seems to be missed alot.

The Romans and Greeks built great cities with fantastic architecture, yet still believed in mythical gods. The Europeans in the 1400's learned how to make flintlocks, printing presses, fine musical instruments, and ships capable of global travel, yet many still believed you could fall off the edge of the planet and they were convinced that burning accused witches was a good thing.

Today we have traveled to the moon and sent probes to Mars and beyond. We communicate by way of computers, harnessed the atom, and made advances that were considered science fiction just 50 years ago. Yet we still have Fred Phelps, Osama Bin Laden, and a public gullible enough that Pelosi got into office. I really don't think I'm going to plan my days based on what the Mayans believed.