One little thing bothering me

One little thing bothering me

Ma77y 19 Dec 2012 18:05

Sorry……. if in wrong thread im new to posting

Hi, 1st things i would like to thank you ever so much for this website it has kept me calm over the past few weeks and months since i found it and i have even passed it on to other people who are abit anxious aswell that i know at work (i work and i'm worried bout something so silly and preposterous). i took it on myself to do my own research and look up proper website and i found it quite interesting to be honest history and archaeology has always been a little interest since i was i school.

But there is one little thing i over heard today while getting on with my day as normal, how much truth if any is in, that the maya predicted the japan earthquake last year?
im just wondering. it sounds a bit out there, but i thought id asked.

thanks

Re: One little thing bothering me

Gary A 19 Dec 2012 18:08

No, the Maya didn't predict that, it's total nonsense.

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Carol29 19 Dec 2012 18:08

The Mayans did not predict this Earthquake at all.

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wazman_nz 19 Dec 2012 18:16

Know one can really know what the Maya were thinking but what we know from the evidence at hand is that their calendar continued on. Were they expecting a great change was coming? perhaps they had heard the stories of these strangers who had arrived and were unsure what it may mean for them.

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"doing nothing is not an option"

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jasonb75 19 Dec 2012 18:25

I tend to believe the Mayans created the calendar for the same reasons why any one uses a calendar today..To track time, and to make future plans. I think way to many people put way too much thought into their calendar. Their calendar also has the ability to keep going on since its cyclical. We will never know what their intentions might've been when they inherritted this form of calendar from the Zapotec and Olmec civilizations in the Mesoamerican lands. They modified the calendar, but it was in no way their creation. People either chose not to believe this or forget this part of their history.

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metalangel 19 Dec 2012 18:41

The Maya DID NOT predict any worldwide disaster or doomsday. Even Modern Day Maya disagree with this modern day myth.

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wazman_nz 20 Dec 2012 09:48

The really weird thing about all of this is the people who have been making all these predictions probably never even spoke with the Maya that are living today what they believe was going to happen.

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"doing nothing is not an option"

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wazman_nz 20 Dec 2012 11:43

How could the maya predict something was going to happen in a country that they did not know existed.

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"doing nothing is not an option"

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NATEleg 20 Dec 2012 12:23

We know the maya could not predict events. No culture or any of it's counterparts can predict events of the future, and that I am sure of! If the mayans could have predicted the future, they would have planned for being invaded by the spaniards, I would imagine! Anything you've read or heard about the mayan's predicting events or disasters is just something that comes from modern days and is the product of stretching and fabricating ideas to work with current ones that people want to portray.
So don't worry :).