The end of the world subject matter has been a universal topic throughout the world from several decades ago up to the present time. You have probably read different prophecies on what is going to happen to our world in the future. Whether through scientific, religious, or cultural aspect, the looming end of the world is mentioned and perhaps predicted. Those who certainly believe in the coming of this frightening phenomenon are called the doomsday believers or doomsayers, and they follow specific predictions which they regard as the justifiable source. When we speak of the source of the end of the world predictions, the Mayan Calendar is often than not mentioned first. So, what does the Mayan Calendar say about 2012? 13.0.0.0.0—this is the equivalent date of December 21, 2012 in the Mayan Long Count Calendar that corresponds to the end of the 5125-year cycle and the beginning of the new world age. That’s it. The calendar didn’t say anything about an apocalypse. Imperatively, if you’ll consider it as an ordinary calendar used by ancient civilization in Mesoamerica, you’ll associate it with the ordinary Gregorian calendar we use today, which always resets after December 31 and another cycle of a new year will come.

Perhaps the amazement of archeologists and historians on the historical contributions of the Mayans in mathematics and astronomy prompted the end of the world scare. The Mayans were so great in these aspects that people think they are the rightful race to ever predict our future. Another element that prompted this is, on that same date, December 21, the winter solstice—the tilting of North Pole 23.5 degrees away from the sun—will occur, but according to NASA, this happens annually. So, did we experience anything unusual yet? None.

There are a lot more prophecies associated with the 2012 end of the world scare.

In science, there is the super volcano in the Yellowstone National Park, United States, which is said to may erupt anytime and inflict massive destruction on Earth. In religion, the Book of Revelations in the Christian Bible tells of the apocalypse. Even Nostradamus, the great seer, predicted World War III and bloodbaths throughout the world. But, no one really can tell if the end is going to happen in 2012, or if there is such thing as the end of the world. In conclusion, what all of us have been reading or hearing about the doomsday are mere fictional assertions of which no evidence and no scientific explanation can attest.