Reply #23: I know you're just kidding, but seriously, the Mayan calendar doesn't say that.

[Bucky]

The Mayans had several calendars based on different heavenly bodies; the Venus calendar was probably more important that the solar calendar. The solar calendar had two cycles--one of 260 days and one of 365 days--which both culminated at 52 years intervals, thereby starting the next round. The year 2012 is just the ending of the current count, but there's nothing special about it nor any reason to assume the world will end in 2012. The Mayans panicked every 52 years as each calendar year ran out because that was the time they'd find out if the gods would continue the world or not. But we know 2012 is not going to be the end of all creation because we've read revelation and know that the End Times won't arrive until at least five more members of the Bush family can claim dominion over Babylon.