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2012 and the Apocalypse
Nov. 18, 2009 -
- The movie “2012” was the ultimate action movie. The special effects were numerous and amazing throughout the show. It was based on the fact that the Mayan calendars end at 2012, and the assumption that that would mean that the Earth would be destroyed at that time.
According to Mayan historians this date would not be the end of the world, but just the end of their long cycle of time based on their study of the stars. The Egyptians had similar beliefs about this cycle. ... more ...
- Source: Ron's Blog
NASA: 2012: Beginning of the End or Why the World Won't End?
Nov. 13, 2009 - While movie-goers rave about the disaster film "2012," NASA gives assurance that there is no scientific basis for the movie.
- Source: NASA
- NASA launches Web resource for 2012 predictions - CNet News
'2012' is big business for film, big headache for academics
Oct. 20, 2009 - The apocalyptic movie "2012," will be released in November. Based on questionable interpretations of the Mayan Calendar, which ends at Dec. 21, 2012, the movie is fair game for science-fiction imagination. Unfortunately it also feeds irrational fear.
- "Two years ago, I got a question a week about it," said NASA scientist David Morrison, who hosts the Web site "Ask an Astrobiologist."
"Now I'm getting a dozen a day. Two teenagers said they didn't want to see the end of the world, so they were thinking of ending their lives."
Morrison says that one persistent rumor is that a planet called Nibiru, or Planet X, is going to crash into Earth.
- Source: Chicago Tribune
Phoenix crop circle may predict end of the world
June 16, 2009 - Intricate crop circles, like the one resembling a Phoenix, are interpreted by some to refer to a cataclysmic event occurring on December 21, 2012, which coincides with the end of the ancient Mayan calendar.
- Source:Telegraph - UK
NASA: 2012 'space Katrina' may cripple U.S. for months
Jan. 10, 2009 - A new study by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, warns that the Sun will reach the peak of its current 11-year cycle of solar storms in 2012.
- And if one of the sun's periodic, catastrophic storms hits Earth the way Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. coastline, the report estimates that damages from the "space weather Katrina" could top $1 or $2 trillion.
The report says that if the upcoming solar storms flare to the level of the May 1921 "superstorm" or the so-called Carrington event of 1859, the U.S. may not be prepared to handle the damage to satellites, power grids, and new technologies.
- Source: WorldNetDaily
- Space storm alert: 90 seconds from catastrophe - Prophecy Central's "Fearful Events" Section
Nostradamus: 2012
This History Channel special will be shown on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009 at 9 p.m. They will present what they call "sobering facts" and report "hysterical fiction."
- This special looks for the parallels between the nightmarish daily headlines and the 2012 prophecies from Nostradamus and others.
- Source: History.com
2012: The Movie
Dec., 2008 - 2012 is a major film from Sony Pictures. The Wikipedia article gives this synopsis:
- Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. "2012" is an epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
The production budget for the movie is $150,000,000. The planned release date is July 10, 2009.
- Source:Sony Pictures
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Will the World End in 2012?
July 5, 2008 - Patrick Geryl, a French oil worker quit his job and founded a "survival group" for people like himself who believe the world will be destroyed in 2012.
- He points to the ancient Mayan cyclical calendars, the longest of which last renewed itself approximately 5,125 years ago and is set to end again, supposedly with catastrophic consequences, in 2012.
Stephen Houston, a professor of anthropology at Brown University and a specialist of Maya hieroglyphic writing, said, "These prophecies of doom really don't have any basis in what we know about the Maya."
said . He said that the Maya saw their "long count" coming to an end on that date and a new one beginning then without disastrous consequences.
- Source: ABC
- Many Dutch prepare for 2012 apocalypse - UPI
- Editor's note: There will be a great deal of interest in this theory during the next four years. Please notice our statement about the
End of the World. We do not believe in setting dates, or that the end of the world is near, especially when such speculation is based on non-Biblical sources.
Four 'blood-red' total lunar eclipses will fall on Passover and Sukkot in 2014 and 2015, the same back-to-back occurrences at the time of 1492, 1948 and 1967
May, 2008 - This is an interesting article about signs in the heavens.
- Source: WorldWatchDaily
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2012 Links
- Nine Reasons We Should Not Be Afraid
- A message by Ron Graff, Solid Ground Brethren In Christ Church
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