Is 2012 the End of the Earth?
I know topics that talk about the end of the Earth are disturbing, it is far much worse when there are many prophecies that the end of time is soon ; December 21, 2012. This is not however the first time there have been speculations about the end of the world. In fact ,, if prior doomsday prophecies had been true, the world would have come to an end a long time ago.
Most recently, Harold Camping, an American evangelist had predicted the world will end on May 21, 2011; people waited, some prayed and fasted, the clock ticked, the exact time struck; nothing happened. “It was a miscalculation,” Harold defended himself before the indignant eyes of all and sundry who had expected his prophecy to come to pass.
The Harold Camping prediction is just one of the many failed prophecies. However ,, this doesn't rule out the probability of the end of the Earth being 2012, the day after tomorrow or even tomorrow. Let us look at some of the “evidence” the “prophets” are laying their grounds on.
The most used piece of evidence is the Mayan calendar. The Mayan calendar mysteriously comes to an end on December 21, 2012. There's however a disagreement on the exact date the calendar came into use. Some argue that this was on Aug 11, 3114 B.C., while others say it was on Aug 13, 3114B.C. The Mayan empire was one of the most advanced in civilization. They lived in Central America for almost 2000 years. There is a lot about this calendar, read more about it if interested.
Do you know that there are enough nuclear weapons in the world today that can bring an end to all living creatures in the world? Who knows whether there will be an argument among world powers in 2012 that could lead to the use of these devastating weapons? Some people use this as one of their arguments that that the end of the planet is soon, though a disagreement seems doubtful.
Aliens and their existence is another debatable topic. Real life stories about alien kidnappings are just too many, making it hard to believe that aliens don’t exist. There is an argument that there could be an alien invasion in 2012. Hard to believe,? that’s what is said.
Scientific experiments are also seen as a potential threat that could lead to the end of the Earth. A crazy scientist could blow up the whole world! There's a huge scale scientific experiment that is scheduled to be carried out in 2012. Who knows? The effects may be terrible.
Some scientists say that a mystery planet (Nibiru) will collide with the earth in 2012. However their argument is disputed; a celestial body due to collide with the earth could have been noticed.
Christian teachings maintain that that the world will come to an end, but nobody knows the hour. Jesus will come like a burglar, they say.
It is such an interesting topic. Will the end of the world ever come? Time will tell.
Tommy Nikenya is a regular contributor at Nikenya forums; he's mostly mostly interested in events happening around the planet. Find him at the news segment.
