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ZeromuS
Canada13408 Posts
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HansMoleman
United States343 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:40 ZeromuS wrote: Did anybody ever stop to think maybe the mayans were dead before they got around to making a new calendar? Maybe they thought, "hey we got time to make a new one when it gets closer, those calendars are a lot of work ... Hey what are those people with sticks doing there?" EDIT: dead as a major civilization Did anyone who ever uses this argument ever stop to do research about Mayan religion and astrology? | ||
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
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Dankmids
United States316 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:44 HansMoleman wrote: Did anyone who ever uses this argument ever stop to do research about Mayan religion and astrology? Mayan astrology was insane, knowning the exact seconds the equinox would occur, knowning when eclipses happened, building those towers/temples to work with solstices(with the shadows). I dont know much about religion with them but it was probably just as badass. | ||
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shaunnn
Ireland1230 Posts
It doesnt even have credibility in the first place, why would a ignorant tribe 4000 years ago who have no idea of celestial mechanics, the make up of the universe or general relativity without any satilites in space know something about the universe we dont. Its prophecy, they could predict that in 21 of december 2012 that somewhere in the world someone will be eating potatoes, it will more than likely be 100% correct but the prophecy would still be based on complete bullshit as they would have no way of knowing | ||
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Dankmids
United States316 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:55 shaunnn wrote: I really dont understand the people trying to disprove the prophecy by semantics, differenciating the translations of the calender ending and the world ending. It doesnt even have credibility in the first place, why would a ignorant tribe 4000 years ago who have no idea of celestial mechanics, the make up of the universe or general relativity without any satilites in space know something about the universe we dont. Its prophecy, they could predict that in 21 of december 2012 that somewhere in the world someone will be eating potatoes, it will more than likely be 100% correct but the prophecy would still be based on complete bullshit as they would have no way of knowing Ya i agree 100%, the weird thing is though, on december 21st 2012 its going to be a planetary eclipse and all our planets in our solar system are going to go into a straight line for a little bit, and is said the east coast of the US(i dont know where else) will go pitch black because of the blocked sun and is going to happen around noon. | ||
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SolaR-
United States2685 Posts
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agarangu
Chile274 Posts
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
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FataLe
New Zealand4553 Posts
On March 14 2011 03:00 CultureMisfits wrote: I can't take the world seriously when I know there is people out there that believe in shit like this. This, over & over. | ||
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shaunnn
Ireland1230 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:59 Dankmids wrote: Ya i agree 100%, the weird thing is though, on december 21st 2012 its going to be a planetary eclipse and all our planets in our solar system are going to go into a straight line for a little bit, and is said the east coast of the US(i dont know where else) will go pitch black because of the blocked sun and is going to happen around noon. Source? | ||
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WhiteDog
France8650 Posts
On March 14 2011 01:30 Consolidate wrote: Looks like you're neglecting more than rigor in your post. What is your point exactly? Something something 'economy is a serious case in this regard'. wtf? My point was that, in those culture, the end of the world most likely also mean the birth of another world. Economy and politic nowadays is based on so many belief / myth about the purpose of live and how economic growth will lead us to a better world. There are myth everywhere, as they act as the fondation of some social behavior / practice. | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
On March 14 2011 03:09 WhiteDog wrote: My point was that, in those culture, the end of the world most likely also mean the birth of another world. Economy is based on so many ridiculous belief / myth on what is the purpose of live and how economic growth will lead us to a better world. So you're saying that belief in economic theory in general is 'ridiculous'? Look at Japan's rebuilding after WWII Look at China's progress resulting from Deng's economic reforms. You would have them starving in mud huts. | ||
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Alexson
Belarus293 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:53 Dankmids wrote: Mayan astrology was insane, knowning the exact seconds the equinox would occur, knowning when eclipses happened, building those towers/temples to work with solstices(with the shadows). I dont know much about religion with them but it was probably just as badass. Most mayans are under 6' so that's the only un badass part about them lol | ||
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Hyst3ria
United States167 Posts
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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WyghtWolf
Israel145 Posts
On March 14 2011 02:59 Dankmids wrote: Ya i agree 100%, the weird thing is though, on december 21st 2012 its going to be a planetary eclipse and all our planets in our solar system are going to go into a straight line for a little bit, and is said the east coast of the US(i dont know where else) will go pitch black because of the blocked sun and is going to happen around noon. that. is. complete. and. utter. BULLCRAP! and now seriously: that's complete bull(get an astronomical calendar or w/e those things are called. no such thing for the next few million years.) not to mention that there's no solar eclipse predicted for the US till 2017, and have you ever seen venus or mercury eclipse the sun? happens about once or twice every year. you know why you don't see it happen? cuz venus is about half the distance the earth is from the sun, and the same size as the earth, which means that, on the surface of the sun it would look like a flea don't believe me? voila: http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhuw8vyinH1qzgcufo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1300127618&Signature=HKPawFwV/3M9DadR2j7sDEs7suI= also, even during a total lunar eclipse the place under it doesn't go pitch black, simply cuz the sun creates so much damned light, that the sun that goes to the other sides of the sun, not just in our direction, is strong enough to light up the sky anyway. but go ahead, have fun with your pseudo scientific crap. | ||
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h3r1n6
Iceland2039 Posts
On March 13 2011 23:55 Flavalanche wrote: Regardless of what the Mayans say, there are going to be some astrologically significant events happening to earth. The sun is going to line up with the energy source at the center of the galaxy, and earth is going to get bombarded by solar energy, it won't be 'the end of the world', but it'll fuck some shit up. Ridiculous half-truth. Happens every year. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
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Aoi SCV
Sweden10 Posts
Seriously? Are you even able to predict the consequences of the simplest everyday events? Do you think that magic happens when the milk lines up with the butter in the fridge also? Or do magic only happen to celestial bodies? | ||
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