This History Channel program argues that it might be:
Decoding The Past
Episode: Doomsday 2012: The End of Days
There are prophecies and oracles from around the world that all seem to point to December 21, 2012 as doomsday. The ancient Mayan Calendar, the medieval predictions of Merlin, the Book of Revelation and the Chinese oracle of the I Ching all point to this specific date as the end of civilization. A new technology called “The Web-Bot Project” makes massive scans of the internet as a means of forecasting the future… and has turned up the same dreaded date: 2012. Skeptics point to a long history of “Failed Doomsdays”, but many oracles of doom throughout history have a disturbingly accurate track record. As the year 2012 ticks ever closer we’ll speculate if there are any reasons to believe these doomsayers.
It airs Saturday, March 03 01:00 PM eastern time.
I don’t buy it for a second. Of course I do believe the world will come to an end, maybe today, or maybe a long, long time from now. As a Christian, I find end times prophecy fascinating, just as most people do.
I saw part of this show when it aired last night; I plan to watch and tape it. I find it odd that so many predictions of this type capture the public fancy, yet the same public will completely ignore the Biblical view.
The key word in the ad blurb above is “speculate”. That is the only possible source of any date for the end of time, the end of days, or whatever term you want to use. No one knows what is coming or when.
The producers of this show, or at least the advertising blurb, suggest that the Bible record in the book of Revelation predicts this date. Wrong!
No where in the Bible is any date given. Fact is Jesus himself stated that no one knows the hour or the day that the end will come except the Father.
It should be an interesting hour of television. I will let you know what I think after I evaluate the program and its sources.
You saying “You dont buy it for a second” is a bit foolish thinking considering multiple ancient texts pinpointed the exact same Month, day, and year of the end of days even from civilizations thousands of miles away and thousands of years apart
I saw the program as well, and being a Pastor of a church I was very intrigued by it. Either, Spiritually speaking, a bunch of demons got together one day and whispered a lie in someone’s ear eons ago or it may be the right thing.
Just because Christ said No one knows the time and the hour not even me doesnt mean that we would not necessarily know the wherabouts.
Dec 21, 2012 just may be the start of the end and not the exact end per say
Thank you for commenting pastor. I see the point. To me other texts pointing to the same date have the same set of problems that the show has, namely a lot of assumptions that can not be validated or a simply spurious. However, I don’t think your statement “Dec 21, 2012 just may be the start of the end and not the exact end per say” properly addresses the fact that the show specified the date for “doomsday” which I understand as the end period. Not the start etc. I do think there is a lot of room for debate and doubt about when this comes about. I guess we will just agree to disagree.
i Dont believe that doomsday can be predicted,nobody can tell what can happen tomorrow, what will be the situation if Dec 21 2012 nothing happens and is just a new day, will all the predictions be in vain and the mayans are wrong
In preperation for my neew book The Last Mayan Message – December 21,2012, I have found that there are stone head carving in south America that seems to look Chineses. In south American harbors the remains of Chinese ships over 2,000 years old have been found. Could it been that the visiting Chinese left behind I-Ching? If that is the case then the mystery of how I-Ching and the Maya predictions are both the same.
Please see David Flynn’s book: Temple at the center of time