The world is going to end! This is creating fear.

The reason that many people think the world is going to end in 2012 is because the 'Mayan Calender' ran out on the specific date. Mayan's have also apparently foresighted every solar event in the last 20,000 years, I believe this is false as the world as I believe is a maximum of 10,000 years old. The next thing. How can people possibly think that someone knows the exact day the world is going to end? Isn't that ridiculous? Harold Camping has been proven wrong twice and will be again. In the bible, it says that no one knows the time or hour that Jesus will return, that it will happen when we are sleeping (metaphor: when we don't expect it). I also hope you're not attacking Christians saying that we believe in this? What you said is not the case, they didn't 'make-up' a date to put people in fear - a couple of scientists were studying the Mayan calendar and happened to notice that it stopped at some point in time, therefore just called it 'the end of the world' as the Mayans thought anyway. So you're wrong, it's not a religious idea. Christian's are against it. Hope this clarifies things a bit :) Sam

I agree with you. Religion has always been used in fear-mongering. The same thing is going on with all the wars. The only thing that people are willing to give up liberty for is security. Better to be safe than sorry, right?

If the world is going to end then what is Jesus coming to? I don't see any reason and if I was Him I would be scared to come to the place where I was murdered. Maybe that is why He is hiding from us.

In the Bible, it says that Only God knows when it will happen.The Angels in heaven does not know when the end will happen. Let us just have faith and believe what the Bible says. God will come when we least expect it. He will come like a theif at night. No stupid thief will announce when they will come. No other people can tell other people when a thief will also come to a house to steal. What we can do is just wait and also be ready.

world will never gonna end. Its just a rumour spreaded by some foolish people to run their shop of religion

besides, faith has nothing to do with fear. It is an inate feeling do do right by oneself and to find our higher purpose in life. Anyone who uses fear to promote religion or any type of following is a tyrant, not a religeous leader. Faith is what is needed for religion, not money, fear, or standing. People worry about the purity of their faith because it brings them closer to god. I feel bad that you think of fear alongside religion. I pray you find your faith and find peace

I agree these doomsday predictions are the handiwork of tricksters and con artists out to exploit fear of gullible folks in order to make big bucks. Time and again these doomsday predictions have been proven wrong but this does not in anyway stop these tricksters for making such dreadful forecasts again as it is a lucrative business for them. I think concerned authorities should ensure such antisocial elements are discouraged and punished severely. Moreover, common man needs to be educated on these issues so that he can control his irrational fears and not fall prey to tricksters evil designs.

Yes, my friend there have been predictions in every century that the world will end. Well, so far it is still here. I take issue with a lot of your other statements though. You are maligning the "priesthood". As far as I know the priests and pastors, rabbis, imams of mainstream religions do not predict the end of the world. It is always extreme individuals or groups or extreme sects. Do not underestimate the intelligence of the majority of the people either. The majority of people usually does not pay attention to those predictions. It is lost, insecure troubled people who flock to those doomsday preachers who will usually relieve them of their money. People of mainstream religions support their religion because their faith tells them to not fear.

The predictions of the ancient peoples do not actually say that the world is going to end. They just predict a drastic change. It could be a polar shift...this year the sun came up two days early in the arctic...This marks a drastic change in the poles. Scientists have been mapping mini magnetic poles all over the earth in recent years. Tectonic plates seem to be moving more lately which cause bigger stronger earthquakes, everywhere. These earthquakes in turn cause tsunamis. Much more destruction is then possible. We are also heading for an 11 and 1300 year convergence of Solar Sun Flare cycles. The 11 year cycles are bad enough, but when two cycles converge it should be be really interesting. These two cycles have never converged in man's history. Solar Flares can knock out all modern conveniences. Multiply this by who knows how many times and it will get real interesting. None of these things are man-made and none of them can be controlled by man. We will just be along for the ride. One thing that is true is, It is not armageddon. The christian minor christ god has nothing to do with it as it is just nature. No Messiah, not even the True Messiah is coming. It is just the earth going through growing or dieing pains.

Hi. Frederick42. I don't believe in any of Harold Camp's or other false prophets false predictions. I only believe in nothing but the Bible. Everything that Harold and other false prophets have predicted thus far has never came to pass and it never will. God has all of the cards in his hands, and as Christians we are to live by the Word, his Word. Nothing else, nothing less. The world will not end in 2012. God already knows how things will take place. Man can come up with solutions, thesis, examinations, hypothesis, predictions, and calculations, but God is the only person that is on complete control. I just wished that Harold and all of the other false prophets out there will learn to realize this.

The world is not going to end.

Indeed! History repeats itself. It's hard to understand why people still believe the same prediction. The scriptures says " even the angels, nor the Son of God knows the end of time, only the Father in heaven".

did Jesus really tell you that? why He didn't tell me?

Yes these claims of a judgement day is aimed to instilling fear and guilt to all people. And unfortunately many still fall in this trap, this big lie...First of all there will be no judgement day, for no one has the right to judge another person but himself alone. There is no heaven and hell, its a big lie to keep people in fear and beLIEve in a certain religion. You are right, we should all become our own self, or if i will put it, go within yourself and know thyself...

I agree The end of time has been coming ever since we have been alive. And it is the end for someone each day.

It only creates fear in people who do not know God's word, the Holy Scriptures. The literal earth is to be permanate. Ec.1:4; Ps.104:5. The end is likened to the flood of Noah's day. Only the wicked were destroyed not the earth. 2Pe.3:5-7; Ge.7:23. Wicked destroyed but a great crowd survive. 2Th.1:6-9; Re.7:9,14. Only the wicked have a need to fear.

I think you're being unfair to "the priesthood". What do you even mean by this? Roman Catholic priests, Buddhist priests, Anglican priests, the Aaronic priesthood, Jehovah's Witness priests, Mayan priests (are there any?)? It's usually some fringe group that pulls this sort of thing, you shouldn't go lumping all priests together. You're also rather confusing 2012 with the Biblical Apocalypse. I think people "keep falling for it" for a number of reasons. It's got to happen some time. There are a number of things that seem to suggest the end, or at least a big change, is coming soon. Some people think that God works in round numbers so the end will come about the year 2000. I suppose it could be 2000 years past the crucifixion so look for more hysteria around 2030. The Bible prophecies that Israel will be restored before the end, that happened in 1948. Also a new Temple needs to be built so the anti-Christ can desecrate it, this is being planned. All nations need to gang up against Israel, well look at the Muslim countries and all the inexplicable sympathy to Islam in the West. Then there are some things that have nothing to do with Christianity, like the Mayan calendar, I think Nostradamous (OK, he was a Christian convert from Judaism) says something about an apocalypse around 2000. Buddhism says that a sign of the end of the world will be men walking on the moon, hasn't happened for a few decades but probably will again soon. Then the signs of the zodiac have moved round a month since they were worked out and some people claim that this will mean an end to age of Christianity (Christians say that this proves that astrology is bunkum). It is kind of odd that all these things are rather coming at once though. Then of course we're living in times unlike anything that ever came before: aircraft, antibiotics, the internet, the rise of Islam and China (probably likely to cause a huge war soon), nuclear weapons, genetic engineering and nanotechnology starting to step onto the stage. There are probably a whole bunch of other things I didn't think to mention and some things I (and perhaps everybody else) don't know about. I don't think anybody in their right minds believes that things can go on much longer without some huge changes. Of course we're all going to die sometime, probably before the end of the world. We don't know when we're going to die although we may have some strong suspicions, perhaps with good reason. You might have a freak heart attack or get killed by a falling space station toilet or blown up by terrorist in the next few minutes. You might make a miraculous recovery from that fatal disease or get that last minute phone call from the governor. I suspect that many people alive today will have their lives extended a great deal by nanotechnology. This is annoying because while you'd like to make the best of what could be your last day, you're probably sill going to need friends, money, a home etc. and would rather not be in prison or hospital tomorrow so we're probably not going to live this day like it's our last. Perhaps some people would just like to have the last day blowout and that's why they believe end of the world claims.

It is also a business, just take a look to how many people wrote books about this, another thing to keep in mind is that, there's a very wide category of things that can be used to make claims of this type, you just have to make a simple calculation of the maya calendar, and the sequence of numbers of the dates will end in the combination of 2012, a pure coincidence.

Everyone has different views on this subject. For one because some believe in God and some don't. I don't judge people, but I believe in him.He is the one who created this world, heaven, and hell, with everything in it. Just because some man said the world is going to end, doesn't make it true. Either there will be a judgement day or their may not be. Only time will tell. Its hard for people to predict the weather. So how will anyone tell me when My last day omln earth will be.

I have read some of your other posts and notice your are quick to judge religion without apparently knowing much about it. People who arent religeous fear 2012 as the end of the world. People of faith who read and learn what the bible teaches us about the return of christ have learned of signs in which to look for his coming. We see certain signs, but we are still a ways off before the second coming. 2012 is just the end of the mayan calader. No one actually knows what is going to happen if anything. If you want to judge people based on your own unfounded beliefs about other peoples faith, you need to read up on your theology and understand what you are talking about