If 2012 comes around, and nothing happens...at all.... How would the true believers react? Would people create their own apocalypse by creating some strange occult? Would there be mass suicides? Or would the whole thing blow over and people just go back to their normal lives?

I'd like to hear people's opinions on this

Honestly? imo, when 2012 hits, and nothing happens, everyone will just reschedule the apocalypse, ie when nothing happened in 2000...when nothing happens every radical apocalypse follower finds nothing apocalyptic occurred, they will react by saying "2012? we meant to say was 2102...completely different, and the end of the world is still coming! so look out! boogah boogah!"
but honestly if i were losing my ability to say booga booga, i'd be scrambling for a reason to keep it as well.

the "apocalypse" will be postponed, like it has many many times by various religious groups already.
Almost every single generation belives that theirs is the last, and that surely the world will end before they die.
Probably because humans have a urge to feel important, so important that they/we don't want to think the world can keep spinning even after our death

No ! 2012 is true...if that won't happen, i'll just change my users name.

The world will not end, but will no longer exist, as we know it. We will then have moved into another era, an era of peace and rebuilding. The transition will be much like any other change you see ie: change in seasons. When we go from winter to spring on March 20th they temps won't just suddenly jump by 20 degrees.
BTW the date is Dec 12, 2012 ........ however there has been disagreement on this as the calendar has been messed with by a Byzantine emperor (can't remember the name), so the year would actually be 2008.

^^ You wish, we will probably still be at war with the terrorists

And by terrorists, I mean the FCC.







































And by the FCC I mean those bastards who censor everything.

If when you say "we" you really mean the USA, then open your eye, "you" ARE the terrorists LOL

Basically seconding the above....

When 2012 Dec12th comes and goes...... Someone somewhere will recalculate and find an error in the date.
Off the top of my head the following years may be used -

2037 - Asteroid hit
2102 - Asteroid hit
2222 Feb 2 - 22nd - No idea, but it sounds funky

2012 marks the end of an era in the Mayan calendar. Basically, it'll be the "New Year" so to speak. The world isn't going to blow up or anything, it's just the end of an era in their calendar.

If nothing happens by 2012, you can bet your last breath that someone will blame it on Windows or Micro$oft!!!

We will all get drunk and party But why mass suicides???? I dont get that

I find that insulting... I have two eyes!

I totally argee. The thing tht frustrates me is that we even need a "date" to change. Shouldn't we be living and doing our best everyday? I do however think more people are becoming more open minded. Maybe it's to prepare??

Hey guys,dont forget about the 6/06/06 This June,6th day!!!

I'm not up to snuff on all the 2012 theories, but I thought it was akin to an extreme change in the planets astrological phase. Essentially I think most people are going to claim that it simply isn't about one cataclysmic event, but it signifies a new trajectory for humanity. This is what a number of less radical believers put forward, so I'm not exactly saying people will all re-write their pasts.



The entire 666 thing is very strange to me. Some attribute it to a hidden reference to Nero (which would be 616) and some simply over-generalize a numerological symbol. Of course the bible code does allegedly predict that some 666 worthy type stuff will go down in '06, so hopefully it's bogus...

Does it? can you post some?

If the 2012 thing dosen't happen - then its fine with me because God just postponed it, its all up to the Great one in my eye .

Don't take me too literally, it more predicts some end-of-world apocalyptic event catalyzing in 06. I think it's supposed to take the form of a nuke, not sure I remember correctly though. Just search for Bible Code 2006 and you should get plenty of results. btw, I only know anything about the bible code because it was on sale at B&N for 2 or 3$



This is a good point, in a sense. The 2012 prophecies etc could be WARNINGs, not things that are set to happen. It could be that if people are not aware and concious, we will destroy the world. If we collectively encourage peace or some other thing that won't lead us into war (love etc) maybe we can prevent it. This theory works well for anyone who doesn't like to believe in total predestination.

Nothing happens at all ? Something would happen !!! Time will continue going, people will blink...

Seriously SOMETHNIG WILL HAPPEN !!!: THE WORLD WILL BE DESTROYED !!! And if nothing happens at all I svear to God that I will wear a T-shirt standing: "I love America" for the rest of my life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if nothing happens and all the belivers find out they were wrong im going to build the worlds largest megaphone and scream OWNED though it for 20 days and 20 nights. UGGHHH i can feel it that own would be the biggest slap in the face i would be so hppy i would run down the street naked

OOOOOOWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDD

omg, the world really is going to end!!!

I dont believe that any date that man says the world will end will happen if i remember correctly the Bible says no man will know when it will happen

The same thing that happened with all the John Titor fans when 2005 ended and there was no civil war in the US; Find something better to talk about.

2012?

Isn't that when the Earth is scheduled for demolition by the Vogons to make way for a hyper-space by-pass?

Of course, if the dolphins subsequently manage to have a duplicate Earth put in it's place, we won't actually know anything has happened, except perhaps for an odd feeling that everything is exactly different to how it was before....

If the world doesn't come to an end in 2012, the fearful sheep will have another date to add to a long list of "failed" doomsdays.

195 AD (or CE) deduced by numerology from the Greek spelling of Rome and the Greek value for its letters adding up to 948 which would be the length of time Rome would last.

365 AD (same # as the number of days in a year, must mean something....)

1000 AD Chapter 20 of the book of revelations refers to the 'millenium'

1030 AD possibly the 'millenium' was to be measured from the Passion, rather than the Nativity?

1033 AD (see above)

1492 Sir Thomas Browne noted the belief that (a) the world was created in 5509 BC and that ( its ordained lifetime was 7,000 years. Since he wrote this in 1645, he may have detected a flaw in his calculations.

1496 AD a 'monster' was reportedly fished from the river Tiber, heralding the end of the world....

1524 AD As per the astrologer Stoffler, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter would be together in the sign of Pisces (the fish) signalling a world wide flood.

1588 AD Stoffler tried again, although, no world wide flood occured, the waters DID cover the Spanish Armada.......

1666 AD Ooooh the number of the beast! Kind of, sort of. No end of world, but London was burned in the great fire of that year.

1833 AD William Miller, a doomsayer who bad a career (badly) of predicting the end.

1834 AD Miller strikes (out) again.

1843 AD Miller realized he made an arithmetical error, and this was truly the end year of mankind.

1844 AD Millar tries one last time. At years end, there was no destruction, but a creation: Some of Millers followers splintered away and formed the Seventh Day Adventists.

1847 AD Both the missionary Joseph Wolff and a woman named Harriet Livermore independantly came up with this one, both based upon the book of Daniel.

1874 AD Proclaimed by Charles Taze Russell whose sect would later become Jehovahs Witnesses, the messiah was born, but for reasons of his own would remain under the radar for 40 years.......

1881 AD By "Mother Shipton"

1882 AD by the same Mother.....

1911 AD Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer-Royal of Scotland determined that this date would signal the beginning of the "tribulations" based on "pyramid inches".

1914 AD As per Russell, the messiah would begin now.

I have more, but this is getting long. I'll just give the dates, and if anyone wants futher info, just ask.

1917
1920
1921
1925
1928 (29th of May)
1931
1936
1953
1969
1972
1973
1991
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2012
2537
6300
470,000
1,100,000
12,960,000
10,000,000,000 AD According to Encylopedia Britannica, this is when the sun is due to burn out.


Any questions? Oh, the above data was gleaned from numerous books, magazines, and articles regarding the end of the world.

If the prohecy was only ment for the natives of that time, then we may already be seeing the last traces of their former world dissapearing through migration, media, and this skrinking world of better transportation.
In some remote areas things are still done in many ways as they were long ago, especially when it comes to local farming, but that is quickly fading away.

"Don't Panic"