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“End Of The World As We Know It... And I Feel Fine”
Categories: GRAB BAG, OCCULT, RELIGIONS, WORLD EVENTSWhat does the Bible say about the whole ‘2012 doomsday’ thing? Will it happen or not?Sincerely,
Counting The Days
Dear Counting The Days,
Feel free to do your shopping for the holidays in 2012; the world isn’t likely to be destroyed on Dec. 21, 2012. For those of our readers unfamiliar with the 2012 doomsday schtick… we will take a moment to explain this New Age teaching. The idea that the world is going to be destroyed or transformed on December 21st (some say 23rd), 2012 is based off of the Mayan Long Count calendar. The Mayan Long Count calendar is a non-repeating calendar that was used in Mesoamerica during the height of the Mayan civilization, and because it is a non-repeating calendar (unlike the Roman calendar which repeats every 365 days), it eventually runs out of days. The last day on the Mayan Long Count calendar is December 21st, 2012. Therefore, some folks are expecting a cataclysmic change to the world order on that day.
Now that we’ve explained what it is, let’s explain what it isn’t. It isn’t right. We here at AYP are pretty sure that if God was going to hide the date of the end of the world in a conspiracy-theory fashion, He probably wouldn’t hide it in the calendar of a blood-drinking, child-sacrificing, snake-worshipping heathen culture. But, hey, maybe that’s just us…
God promises that He will return like a thief in the night (1 Thess 5:2). The whole world would be a lot better off if it stopped trying to guess the day it will end and start trying to be prepared for when it does.
