This has probably been asked before but . . .

[Floogeldy]

. . . Does anybody here attach any significance to the Mayan calendar and the fact that it ends on December 12, 2012? Or is this just pop religion stuff?

Thanks

B-)

[joefree1]

1. Wow, on my birthday

Didn't the Mayans believe in a cycle of life. Not many of them around to ask anymore. I'm an eco-pagan and believe the Universe is on it's own schedule not tied to the puny dramatics of humans.

However I will party a little harder on 12/12/12 (dig those numbers).

[jbnow]

2. The Mayans had a great understanding

of mathematics, time, eclipses, the cycles of Venus and so on. They have, what, twenty calendars?
The winter solstice in 2012 will align with the Milky Way's galactic center, seems remarkable that they knew that. It does make sense that it would be an end of an age.
But I don't think we have an idea what comes at that point (even if it is more then just scientifically interesting.)
It ends an age, but the world? Is there a time shift so that their system of timekeeping would need to change and they thought they had time? Are we outside of time then in some way? We don't even know what they thought, let alone what will be.

I see it as intriguing, hopeful, not threatening.
But then I am intrigued by "Apocalypse" because the Greek word means uncovering, it's about truth being revealed, not about destruction.God knows we could use truth.

[freebird1]

3. We've been studying it

and what we believe is - Yes there is a shift in energy on the planet - things will be different - but it isn't the end of mankind.

[LaurenG]

4. Here is a link from a neat website

http://paulapeterson.com/Mayan_Calendar.html