so who did it?

so who did it?

maddi (guest) 15 Jun 2010 22:05

Ok so I've heard a TON of things about 2012, but right now what I really want to know is who started all this maddnes in the first place???? Was it a group of people?? Only one person?? How and when did it even start??

Re: so who did it?

RickardM 15 Jun 2010 22:44

A guy named Bryan posted this video a while ago: http://fora.tv/2010/04/24/David_Morrison_Surviving_2012_and_Other_Cosmic_Disasters. I think it pretty much covers all the most well-known aspects, and proponents, and as a bonus the information is actually delivered from a really credible source (David Morrison). It's a little long, almost an hour, but it's really worth taking the time looking through it. At least if you have a genuine interrest in gaining some facts on this hoax.

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Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: so who did it?

bikenbeer2000 15 Jun 2010 23:12

Dr Ed Krupp of Griffith Observatory explains something of the origin of the 2012 hoax in this article: http://www.griffithobs.org/exhibits/special/2012_2.html
It goes back 40 or so years to speculative writing about the Mayans published in books by Michael D. Coe, Frank Waters and the McKenna brothers. Since then, others have been jumping on the bandwagon. When the world failed to end in 2000, the usual doomsday nuts looked around for the next calendar rollover date and happened across the Mayan Long Count in 2012. Now it's become a competition to make up the most ludicrous doomsday prediction and attach it to 2012.

Re: so who did it?

maddi (guest) 16 Jun 2010 00:51

Alright, thankyou so much! This should help me. I just had one more question to ask. Did the mayans actually say something about 2012 or is that just some random date that somebody said would be the end of te world to make money?

Re: so who did it?

Alene Y 17 Jun 2010 04:05

Hi Maddi,
The Maya didn't predict any doomsday in 2012. Their only mention of their date that corresponds to 2012 in our calendar system was an inscription on a monument. It is very worn and defaced, but translates as something about the nine support gods descending into something. Nothing at all about the world ending.
Even if they had said such a thing, why should we care? These people believed that the world was flat, with 4 corners held up by 4 trees, all on the back of a giant crocodile. I don't think they ever said what the crocodile bigger than the Earth was supposed to be living on. I don't assign much credibility to the strange myths of ancient cultures.

Re: so who did it?

maddi (guest) 18 Jun 2010 21:50

HA HA! That's kinda funny! ok thanks! I'll remember that next time someone asks me what I think of 2012!