Since the human race began there have been prophesies of it
ending. Every civilization has had its guess at what the end of the world will
be. The Bible, Koran, and other religious books all agree upon the coming of an
end of days. This of course has a lot of relevance because the agrees upon day
is approaching very quickly. So why is it that we believe in our own ending?
Why are we so quick to believe that the world can not go on forever, and n fact
will end this very year? It is because
of a nice little civilization that we call the Mayans.
The Mayans were a genius society in their own right, years
ahead of their time. When we think of Mayans we tend to think of their “barbaric”
practice of human sacrifice, which they did every day to appease their Gods in
order to make the sun rise. We tend to over look the groundbreaking invention
in math science and astronomy that they have contributed to our species. They
are considered the first to come up with the concept of zero. They also were the first to attempt brain and
other surgeries. All of the inventions’ that they have come up with are what establishes
their ethos, and allow us to trust their word about things. This is because
their “beliefs” are based in science and can be proven, rather than mythology.
This leads us to their most talked about invention, the Mayan Calendar. 
The Mayan Calendar is so talked about, not only because it led
to our basic calendar, which follows the moon and other stars based around
positions of the sun, but because it has a definitive end. Many people believe
that the Mayans new when the world was going to end, and because they were right
about so much other stuff, people believe that they are right about this too.
They have such strong belief because there are so many stories about the world
ending, and prophesies being right, so being given an actual date relieves some
people, and sends others into denial. This calendar feeds into societies own
belief that it will end soon. People use the established ethos of the Mayans
and the pathos of society to lend credibility to this theory of the end.
Personally, I am a wait and see what happens kind of person, I won’t know if it
is true until it happens, so like the rest of the world, I will be holding my
breath in December.To learn more visit this link: http://www.exitmundi.nl/Maya.htm
For the longest time, I didn't know a lot about the Mayans. Until the past couple years, I never really heard about their science and astronomy. But I have heard about their calendar. The fact that their calendar ends on December 21, 2012 is one of the solid proofs that the world will end on that day. What I have also heard, however, is that back when the Mayas were a thriving civilization they added to the caledar yearly. The fact that the calendar ends on December 21, 2012 only means that the civilization did not survive another year to add on to it. So what people take as serious proof of the end of the world, was really only proof that the Mayan culture died. Does it mean anything? I suppose that depends on what you take from it. I agree with you, I am not holding my breath.
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