Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Don't panic, folks! The world will NOT end in 2012! Six myths debunked...

The end of the world is near—December 21, 2012, to be exact—according to theories based on a purported ancient Maya prediction and fanned by the marketing machine behind the soon-to-be-released 2012 movie.

But could humankind really meet its end in 2012—drowned in apocalyptic floods, walloped by a secret planet, seared by an angry sun, or thrown overboard by speeding continents?

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"A lot of [the submitters] are people who are genuinely frightened," Morrison said.

"I've had two teenagers who were considering killing themselves, because they didn't want to be around when the world ends," he said. "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." Full story...

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2 comments:

  1. Don't worry, I won't panic because I know they are all myths. 2012 is just a couple of years away but I am not afraid of that.

    Here in the Philippines where I live, some religious sectors are already hypothesizing on this and some are overreacting.

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  2. Good for you, Ana! No, the world is NOT going to end in 2012, it's mostly scare-mongering. But I wouldn't discount some major changes taking place at that time...

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