Mayan Calendar 2012

More and more people are drawing up theories, and novelists have noticed, but scientists are much more disinterested. A celestial event that is known to occur only once every 26,000 years will occur on or about December 21, 2012. On that date, the galaxy will completely align, with unknown consequences for Earth. Tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes may become more active on that day. It's impossible to say for sure. However, this planet is old enough to have survived many previous alignments and will almost certainly survive this one.

Acadamia has remained outside the argument but confesses to the problem as "interesting." On the other hand, religion has offered some stunning hypotheses that range from the very grim to the quintessential era for mankind.

According to biblical prophecy, the "end of days" will see a great war between the legions of Satan and the followers of our Lord. The winner will rule the world and everyone in it.

The more optimistic prophecy is that on December 21, 2012, mankind will enter the "Sabbath Rest," the seventh day of creation. The Bible says that God created the heavens and the Earth in six days, then rested. Many theologists believe that 26,000 of our years form one of God's days, and that the days of creation may not have been consecutive. The end of the current cycle may be a harbinger of the start of that seventh day, an era of unprecedented peace among men.

Jesus will return to guide the human race, and war and sickness will be ended. Some people believe that the dead will come back, so that they may share in the good times.