The coming end of the world

According to the ancient Mayan calendar, the end of the world will come on December 21, 2012. That's not far away!

Some will survive, however, says the ancient Maya: "After Thirteen Heavens of Decreasing Choice, and Nine Hells of Increasing Doom, the Tree of Life shall blossom with a fruit never before known in the creation, and that fruit shall be the New Spirit of Men."

Tezcatlipoca, god of death, will remove his mask of jade and reveal himself as Quetzelcoatl, god of peace. At that time, "we will realize God within ourselves, and in the seventh age we will become so spiritual that we will be telepathic."

Better than psychopathic!

In the Netherlands, thousands of people are taking the end of the world prediction of the ancient Mayas seriously. A Dutch-language newspaper, de Volkskrant reportedly spoke with thousands of people who actually believe the Mayan fairy tale. According the de Volkskrant, "many of those interviewed are stocking up on emergency supplies, including life rafts and other equipment.

"Some who spoke to the newspaper were optimistic about the end of civilization. "You know, maybe it's really not that bad that the Netherlands will be destroyed," said Petra Faile. "I don't like it here anymore. Take immigration, for example. They keep letting people in. And then we have to build more houses, which makes the Netherlands even heavier. The country will sink even lower, which will make the flooding worse."


There are other people around the world who think the Mayans were on to something, but I can't find any other large groups actually making preparations for what so many Dutch feel will be the end of civilization. And I don't know why so many Dutch are taking this particular nonsense seriously. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the Dutch live in constant fear of being washed out to sea.

One must consider, however, that some students of the Maya claim the Maya had a circular view of history, and so this date will merely end one era and begin another. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to make it to the seventh age and become telepathic.


This is the kind of speculation, lacking a scientific understanding of the world, that leads people to do many stupid things. It's no different than all the so-called Christian and other religious prophecies about the end-times; none of which have come true, of course. But people following crazy preacher/prophets have sold all their goods and climbed on top of a hill to await their savior only to go home hungry and disappointed and a lot worse off than they were before.

It would seem that the religions of the world have perpetrated more scams than the Bush administration!