| Some believe that the world will end based on the fact | | | | on to regulate the way that they ran their lives. They |
| that the Mayan Long Count Calendar ends on | | | | had accurately measured the length of the year by |
| December 21, 2012. But is this really a prediction for the | | | | the sun, to a far higher degree than any European |
| end of the world? The problem with any prophecy is | | | | civilization, and had made hugely precise observations |
| that until the time of the predicted event has been and | | | | of the heavens. |
| gone, there is no way for sure that we can say that | | | | You see, they were mathematical geniuses who were |
| they will or will not come true. But there are things that | | | | able to perform calculations into the millions, calculations |
| we can look at for a guideline, things that we know to | | | | that few even today could perform. All this was |
| be true. | | | | without computer support. |
| Here's the story. The Mayans as a people existed for | | | | Think about it. All of this was done without the special |
| thousands of years and were already around two | | | | instrumentation that we have today. Clearly, they had |
| thousand years before Christ. In their time. they were | | | | knowledge and experience of the stars that no one |
| one of the most advanced people in the world and | | | | else had at that time. Though no one can say for sure |
| understood abstract concepts, such as the value of | | | | that the prophecy will prove to be correct until the time |
| zero, long before other civilizations did. | | | | comes around, you can't deny that they had incredible |
| Meanwhile, they were also astronomers and had a | | | | knowledge at a time that others lacked it. |
| great deal of understanding about the movement of | | | | Surely then, isn't it possible that they knew other things |
| the stars to the point that they were able to predict | | | | that we don't know? Though there will be no way to |
| the positions of stars thousands of years in advance. | | | | be sure in advance that they are right, it would seem |
| Not only that, but they developed a calendar system | | | | that this is a people that we should be taking notice of. |
| based upon the movement of the stars that would go | | | | |