Second Mayan calendar found: 2012 the end?

The Mayan calendar ends in the year 2012 on the 21st of December, inspiring apocalyptic movies and prophets of doom to predict this date to be the end of the world. Up until now this was all based on one stone tablet found in Tortuguero, Mexico.

But recently, the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History admitted to having found a second ‘doom’ tablet, referencing the calendar’s end. The 21st of December is still the day the Mayan calendar stops counting. The second tablet was found in the village of Comalca, not far from Tortuguero. The stone tells of the end of the ’13 baktun (Mayan time period of 144.000 days).

A spokesman stated that there is no intention to show the second stone to the world. According to him, the stone does not reference any apocalypse, but simply marks the end of the Mayan calendar after which a new time period would begin: "Western messianic thought has twisted the Mayan cosmovision."

The fact that the Mexican Institute ‘hid’ the existence of the second stone suggest they believe people would panic, regardless of their assurances the Mayans did not predict our doom.

What do you think? Will you be hiding in a bunker next year or are people just being silly?

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Newuronet - 2011-11-29 19:03:29

We've been living in a zombie apocalypse for decades. Watch people in malls, voting, getting mortgages or watching tv. But the question remains: where are the survivors and when are we eating their brains?

Caduceus Mercurius - 2011-12-01 11:58:16

It will be the end of free-market capitalist democracy, and the beginning of a New World Order based on social capitalism and Round Table meritocracy, i.e. government of the people, by the people, for the people. It will be the end of the evil Abrahamic faith religions and the dawn of Illumination. In many ways it will be a new world, but the only ones who need to fear doom and gloom are the superrich elite, for their wealth will be taken from them through the implementation of 100% inheritance tax.

Ex Ungue Leonem - 2011-12-01 13:01:30

that would be very nice but i fear thats will not happen

badabeng - 2011-12-06 14:38:03

honestly i couln't care less

Noyakin - 2011-12-06 22:34:33

Huh... humans.

The Mayan calendar does not end next December. Simply a new long count will have been started.
Nonetheless December 21st 2012 marks the Galactical Alignment:

"On 13.0.0.0.0, the December solstice sun will be found in the band of the Milky Way, directly in the position of the "Dark Rift" in the Galaxy, forming an alignment between the Galactic Plane and the Solstice Meridian. We are about to enter into a literal alignment of the Cosmic, Galactic, Solar, and Lunar Planes. This is an event that has slowly converged, over a period of thousands of years, and is caused by the precession of the equinoxes."

If this sounds all too new to you go see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcojACnm4Ag
straight away.

Shakespeare´s stage has seen some funny scenes lately though the last seasons were dominated by tragedies.
Now for the final scene of tonight´s entertainment the directors behind the curtains have gone for a magnificent trick of art:
In order to wake up the audience we will see a fire expanding into the auditorium for they want people to realize there is no difference between the play and the real spectacle thus even the deepest abyss might just be an orchestra pit.

checolin - 2011-12-12 04:31:14

There is no difference, if the world ends or not on December 21,2012 were going to die any way it does not matter sooner or later we dies and we cannot do anything, then is no “Problema” when the time comes it comes 2012, 14 ,20, 30,60 but it will come so don’t worry and be happy.

bad ass brant - 2012-05-11 23:23:38

What a bunch of namby pamby doomsayers! ;0)

khlaris - 2012-05-13 07:17:29

12/21/12 is not the end of the world,only the northern hemisphere will be affected;cross of hendaye tells us...thru fire renewed whole;last time occurred 910AD in southern hemisphere(maya vanished around 900 AD and yet they built a city in Georgia about the same time;in the northern hemisphere(about 1100 years ago)they had to keep calendar goining;they were expecting and hoping there would be survivors.