:LOL: I remember as a child I was at summer camp and everyone was worried that skylab was going to crash on us. The whole camp including the councilors was looking up at the sky hoping to see it enter our atmosphere... I was seriously bumbed out when it didnt land near us...
Mayan Astrology?????
First of all, do you have any idea exactly what is the significance of Dec 21, 2012 from an astrological perspective?
This page describes the mumbo jumbo typically associated with this "event".
Allegedly, on Dec 21, 2012 the Sun, when viewed from the Earth, will be in alignment with the Galactic equator, on the Winter Solstice.
And this signifies what exactly?
This page points out the insignificance of this event.
Once a year the Sun, when viewed from the Earth, is aligned with the Galactic equator.
The only difference that 2012 is supposed to have with any other year is that the date that this alignment takes place is the Winter Solstice.
This alignment does not indicate the position of the Sun relative to the Galaxy, as it moves above and below the galactic plane, it is simply an artifact of geometry of the Earth's movement relative to the Sun.
If the plane of the ecliptic, the path the planets follow around the Sun, did not cross the Galactic equator, this alignment would never happen.
Oh, BTW, the alignment on the Winter Solstice already took place in 1997, so if that was supposed to be such a momentous event, it already happened.
As far as the Mayan calendar "ending" is concerned, let me ask you a simple question.
I assume you had at least one calendar last year.
Did it "end" on December 31st?
Mine did.
What happened after it "ended"? Did the world end?
I simply got out my new calendar and it repeated the cycle that existed in the previous one.
What makes you think that the Mayan calendar is any different?
Yes, it had the "Long Count", but that is simply a different way to divide up time from what we use, why does everyone assume that the "end" of their calendar is any different from the "end" of our calendars?
As I said before I find the stuff interesting and the year 2012 obviously holds some significance,but I also realize Prophecies are a bunch of bunk... IMO the world will end someday its not if its when and what drew me to 2012 was so many prophets are converging on this date... But I do realize a lot of these people who predicted the end in 2012 thought a Volcano was a a God or an act of God... But we now realize a volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains or features like mountains over a period of time. Volcanoes are generally found where tectonic plates are diverging or converging. A mid-oceanic ridge, for example the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has examples of volcanoes caused by "divergent tectonic plates" pulling apart; the Pacific Ring of Fire has examples of volcanoes caused by "convergent tectonic plates" coming together. By contrast, volcanoes are usually not created where two tectonic plates slide past one another. Volcanoes can also form where there is stretching and thinning of the Earth's crust (called "non-hotspot intraplate volcanism"), such as in the African Rift Valley, the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field and the Rio Grande Rift in North America and the European Rhine Graben with its Eifel volcanoes.Mayan Astrology?????
First of all, do you have any idea exactly what is the significance of Dec 21, 2012 from an astrological perspective? Yes the center of the milky way..
This page describes the mumbo jumbo typically associated with this "event".
Allegedly, on Dec 21, 2012 the Sun, when viewed from the Earth, will be in alignment with the Galactic equator, on the Winter Solstice.
And this signifies what exactly?
This page points out the insignificance of this event.
Once a year the Sun, when viewed from the Earth, is aligned with the Galactic equator.
The only difference that 2012 is supposed to have with any other year is that the date that this alignment takes place is the Winter Solstice.
This alignment does not indicate the position of the Sun relative to the Galaxy, as it moves above and below the galactic plane, it is simply an artifact of geometry of the Earth's movement relative to the Sun.
If the plane of the ecliptic, the path the planets follow around the Sun, did not cross the Galactic equator, this alignment would never happen.
Oh, BTW, the alignment on the Winter Solstice already took place in 1997, so if that was supposed to be such a momentous event, it already happened.
As far as the Mayan calendar "ending" is concerned, let me ask you a simple question.
I assume you had at least one calendar last year.
Did it "end" on December 31st?
Mine did.
What happened after it "ended"? Did the world end?
I simply got out my new calendar and it repeated the cycle that existed in the previous one.
What makes you think that the Mayan calendar is any different?
Yes, it had the "Long Count", but that is simply a different way to divide up time from what we use, why does everyone assume that the "end" of their calendar is any different from the "end" of our calendars?
Spanish conquistador's are to blame for killing off a lot of the Mayans...
They preferred fire at the stakes for heretics and witches. They must have a fascination with the idea of hell fire over still beating hearts.Pffft... Maybe christians should have helped cut still beating hearts from people's chests, too, then. Huh? Huh? You ever think about that?
SteakalamayaHey! there's nothin like a nice hot flame broiled stake..er..nevermind...
Hey! there's nothin like a nice hot flame broiled stake..er..nevermind...
Pffft... Maybe christians should have helped cut still beating hearts from people's chests, too, then. Huh? Huh? You ever think about that?
They don't eat meat on some religious days.
