![]() They designed temples (Pyramid of Kukulkan, Chichenitza Mexico) to honor the yearly motion of the sun across the horizon. Through detailed observations of the sun and celestial sphere, the Mayans understood the length of a year to within 1/1,000 of a day. They observed the sky and made careful and accurate observations of the movements of celestial bodies and recorded their observations in a series of manuscripts or books called codices. During this time, the Mayans developed keen skills in astronomy, mathematics, time keeping, agriculture and many other disciplines. Mayan civilization spanned a period of about 3,000 years from 1,800 BCE (earliest records) to around 950 AD. So, what's all the fuss about? Should we max out our credit cards and live literally like there is no tomorrow? Should we give credence to these Mayan prophesies? To find the answers, we need to understand Mayan science, Mayan mathematics, and perhaps a little about human psychology. "Two women in the last two weeks said they were contemplating killing their children and themselves so they wouldn't have to suffer through the end of the world." (ref: )īy the way, it appears that World Suicide prevention Day is September 10 every year.just in case. "I've had two teenagers who were considering killing themselves, because they didn't want to be around when the world ends," he said. I'm doing it anyway but she did put a thought in my head that the Mayans could be wrong." (ref: ) My mom caught wind of this and has been yelling at me non stop. "I already broke up with my boyfriend, cash all my bonds and whatnot and plan on dropping out of school at the end of the year and totally living it up for 2011 since that's our last year on earth. Here are some representative quotes I culled from internet chat rooms. Yes, there are people planning to commit suicide and some who are even planning to kill their whole family to avoid what they believe is the coming apocalypse and end of the Earth. New Zealand Suicide prevention Action Plan 2008-2012) but most are. Of course they aren't all related to the 2012 Mayan Prophesy (e.g. Type in 2012 mass suicide and you get 170,000 results. In fact, a Google web search on "2012 Prophesy" returns over 1.5 million results and a search on "2012 apocalypse" returns 2.6 million! Now, here's something truly scary, type in "2012 suicide" and you get over 3.6 million results. The internet is filled with websites supporting this thinking. Lou Mayo What's Up? The Mayan Calendar and the 2012 Hoax By Lou Mayoīy now, there probably aren't many people who haven't heard that the Mayan Calendar predicts the world (as we know it) will come to an end through a series of global catastrophes on December 23, 2012*.
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