Without any doubt,
the 21st of December 2012 being the doomsday is a viral belief that has been
plaguing us for the last few months. It prompted me to research, read plenty of
mainstream articles that either supported or opposed this idea. Hence I thought I'd share my views on the same topic.
As we know, this
is not the first time that we have heard of a doomsday prediction. Throughout
history, numerous rumors regarding the apocalypse had been erupting through
time and time and quite precisely, we have survived every single one of them.
However, the believers of this prediction claim this one to be different from the rest pointing out that the long count of the Mayans calendar
concludes on the 21st December 2012 and that marks a reset of the
Earth. It is also a well observed fact that the ancient Mayans had been
excellent scientists and astronomers who correctly predicted every eclipse,
solar and lunar so far and is still currently correct on the ones to come.
Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj is a
modern day living Mayan shaman and the appointed representative of 440 modern
day Mayan tribes. He has recently said “We are now in the window of the end of
time”. Also he went on to highlight the numerous changes and the culmination
of the predicted events that are manifesting.
The shaman also says that the more wars, the more chemicals, the more
nuclear testing and the more we heat the Earth makes it more imminent that
Mother Earth is going to strike back with millions of lives lost. This is a
fair statement as far as the environmental Biologists who believe in the Gaia
hypothesis are concerned. Gaia hypothesis states that the Earth is a
self-evolving being.
With all these being stated, we cannot
deny the abnormally huge number of earthquakes and other natural disasters that
had been striking us in the past few months. Such catastrophes had been
reported even in areas that had never been threatened ever before. However, all
these speculations are merely a prediction, theoretical and are not based on
Science or steady facts.
According to the article published on
the official site of NASA; 2012: Beginning of the end or why the world won’tend, the idea of the apocalypse in 2012 is a mere internet hoax. Many websites
publish fake content to exaggerate this speculation in order to attract more
readers and hence more website traffic. According to them, the end of the 5,
125-year old long count of the Mayan calendar is no different from the end of
an ordinary calendar that hangs on the kitchen wall. The article goes on to
explain the hoax being originated with the theory featuring a dwarf planet
called Nibiru or Planet-X that was supposedly expected to hit the Earth back in
2003, and since it didn’t, the prediction year was moved forth to 2012.
The article also stated that the Earth
had always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very
rare and that the last big impact was 65 million years ago which lead to the
extinction of primitive reptiles such as the dinosaurs. NASA monitors all
planetary motions and threats that could come our way 24/7 and there is no
proof that there are any celestial threats for the world in the near
future. And even if a planet or a comet is to hit
the Earth before the fall of 2012, it will be very well visible to the naked
eye at this point. Hence the scientists at NASA guaranteed the safety of the
Earth.
I for one strongly believe that there
are supernatural events that are beyond the limits science could reach.
However, based on analysis of the information I've gathered thus far, I believe
the scientists are right on this one. Further, all these occurring could easily
be merely coincidental and also I don't want the world to end yet :D
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