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Originally Posted by Eta C
The "end" of the Mayan calandar has been discussed in several threads before. I'll link to them if others don't beat me to it. My understanding is that it isn't the END in the aspect that there's nothing beyond it. It's just the start of a new cycle. Sort of like a car with a 5 digit odometer rolling over to all 0's after 100,000 miles. The car doesn't automatically fall apart at that point (although it sometimes seems that way  ). |
Absolutely correct, and one of my major pet peeves since the mayans are an interest of mine. The mayan calandar doesn't END in 2012, it simply rolls over, much like what happened in 2000 on our calandar. (and remember how traumatic and horrific that was? lol)
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