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I remember the moment when I was buying a jacket for my wife in Toronto Eaton store I saw the guy who looked like Mayan. And now, after 2 years, I think perhaps I had to ask him how long he plans to keep that small shop open :D

Seriously, I don't remember when exactly it happened, perhaps it started from 'Fingerprints of the Gods' by G.Hancock, but people have been trying to interpret Olmec calendar which was inherit by Mayan people and I'm not sure what makes them believe the calculations are accurate:question: And what really makes my eyes to open wide is this sub-title, which you can see in '2012' movie - 'Google 2012'. For me it's both commercial trick and gentle call to panic :-)
 
Jose Collado said:
The death of the 2012 tards only brings life to the 2220 tards. It's a viscous circle.
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One night back in the late 80s, when I was a very impressionable teenager, I was flipping around the TV dial (an actual dial) trying to find something entertaining to watch before going to bed. I ran across Jack Van Impe Presents, hosted by Mr. Van Impe and his wife, Rexella.

He was so passionate, so sure of himself, ripping off Bible verses like rounds out of a machine gun, using them to absolutely pepper the events that were being reported in the news having to do with Russia, the creation of a European Union, wars, and rumors of wars all around the world. He was absolutely convinced, after all of his decades of study and careful observation of the falling of each geo-political domino that the end of the world was going to finally arrive on thus-and-such date.

Again, being an impressionable teenager with an "open mind", I started wondering, "What if this guy is really onto something? He sure seems to know a lot about prophesies, and history, and geography, and what's happening in the news."

So, in the back of my mind, as Mr. Van Impe's Doomsday approached, I really got a little concerned. I even talked to my dad about it, and I rarely talked to my dad about ANYTHING in those days. Doomsday came and went without incident, but that didn't stop Jack! He effortlessly moved Doomsday's date. "NOW I see where I miscalculated things a bit. The End Times will REALLY arrive on .... Buy this book and these tapes, and they'll explain everything you need to know."

So, why don't more people regard this 2012 thing in the same way they would regard a ... whatever-you-call-him ... like Jack Van Impe?

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When someone has something for sale in relation to the "end of times" I kinda step back and wonder what good a book will do when we're all going to die anyway.

The whole 2012 thing is just another Y2K.
 
Ive never agreed with the "2012 = Y2K" analogy. Sure it might END UP that way. But the phase were in now... the 'before it happens' period is completely different. Y2K was the product of paranoia combined the human race's absolute obsession with branding. Granted 2012 is also a strong brand at this point, but it was born and is based on completely different ideas.

I do get why the comparison is made, and oviously there are some similarities (just as there are similarites between a plane that crashed due to terrorists and a plane that crashed due to engine failure). But with 2012 I often people say "oh its just Y2k all over again", and then thats the last they even consider it.

Like I said, it might end up being another Y2K (lost of noise over nothing), but right now they couldn't be more different. Not saying I believe we should necessarily take seriously a so called ancient prophecy that warned of the end of the world. But I am saying that its worth looking at, and doesnt really bare any resemblance to a fear of all technology failing due to format issue with how it knows the date.

edit, BTW I am aware that analogy is shite:D
 
bogie13p said:
lol... me too. I was going to dance around singing "we're all gonna die, we're all gonna die". oh well. Guess I'll have to come up with a new song.
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LOL. 'Want to do something good? Do it yourself!' Gary Oldman 'The 5-th Element'. I think if '2012' will bring a nice cash flow, which I'm sure will happen, they gonna make sequels and eventually we'll see a serial. And as a consequence they will have to postpone The End over and over and over....
 
This new calculation will have about the same effect on the 2012 industry that the discovery of an important new fossil has on on the fundamentalists. In other words, a fresh opportunity to shout their dogma.
 
jpw.in.wi said:
So, why don't more people regard this 2012 thing in the same way they would regard a ... whatever-you-call-him ... like Jack Van Impe?
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Historically, that's what happens in most cults. They'll just change the date. Look at Jesus. Paul said Jesus was going to return within the lifetimes of first generation Christians.
 
Do we have another link to this story?? I don't know who Samzenpus or Boombaard even is. And that is where the story is coming from apparently. I'm not against getting my news from Samzenpus if it is indeed accurate. Perhaps I just am not familiar with this individual, but it would be nice to see more on what the apparent error is in the calendar.

Personally I'd rather have it end in 2012 and the get the damn thing over with. Haven't we earned the right to laugh in the faces of all these hucksters while we are all (hopefully) still alive??
 
TClaeys said:
Do we have another link to this story?? I don't know who Samzenpus or Boombaard even is. And that is where the story is coming from apparently. I'm not against getting my news from Samzenpus if it is indeed accurate. Perhaps I just am not familiar with this individual, but it would be nice to see more on what the apparent error is in the calendar.
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Samjenpus is simply a Slashdot user, just like you and I are on The Paracast, who submitted the story which he found on a Dutch server called Boombaard, which now has something over 500 responses, some of them very good. Just so you don't have to go back, here's the link again: Slashdot | "2012" a Miscalculation; Actual Calendar Ends 2220. The article referenced and linked by Slashdot is here. Go ahead and click on it. I tested it and it worked for me: 403 Forbidden
 
If this news ever leaks, it could compromise my plan for some awesome apocalypse-sex. I was planning on the whole bath-tub full of beanie-wienies with a disco-ball thing.
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