Will the World Really End on Dec. 21?
With end of the Maya's 'long count' calendar set to end in 11 days we want to know: Will you be having an End of the World Party on Dec. 21 or do you still expect to be around the next day?
Residents of Chatham, we have a Question of the Week for you: Do you expect the world to end on Dec. 21, 2012? Before Europeans came to the New World, indigenous tribes used a calendar system now called the Mesoamerican Long Count, which predicts an apocalyptal event on Dec. 21, 2012, an event interpreted in some circles to mean the end of the world. And with less than one week to go, everyone from radio DJs to NASA is getting in on the action. The agency created a page on its website devoted to debunking the myth—not least because the Mayans never predicted any such thing. The date is simply the end of one time period that simply starts over. “Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible …
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tasteyy Williams
3:47 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
This whole entire theory was blown way out of proportion. Peace people and help your neighbors. If anything is going to happen on Friday I believe it will be panic more ›