Worried About the World Ending in 2012? NASA Releases Video Saying Don’t
- Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:15pm by
Erica Ritz
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Since Y2K, the Mayan “prediction” that the world will end in 2012 has undeniably become the most popular apocalypse theory in recent years (sorry Harold Camping). Though no one seems to be sure what exactly will happen — theories range from an alien invasion to a devastating pole shift — many are convinced that because the Mayan calendar “ends” on December 21st, 2012, the world itself will end.
A quick Google search of “2012” reveals an astonishing number of websites, each determined to teach you how to “weather the storm.” One website, Survival Guide 2012, notes there are several theories out there, including the “Bee Death Theory,” the “Monetary Collapse Theory,” and “Super Volcano Theory.”
Worried? Well, according to NASA you shouldn’t be. The agency has just come out with a devastating video that calmly rebuffs any such scenario, even explaining the “end” of the Mayan calendar. Watch it, below:
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Comments (76)
ChildofJesus
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:40pmWhen the end does come the signs that were written will be fulfilled thats when we‘ll know it’s approaching. And I can feel things fast moving toward it but how long? Well my father knows the answer I’m just gonna love,trust and obey him as long as im allowed on this earth.
Report Post »Prochef
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:10pmwith all that is happening in this world. I wonder if i am the only one that feels happy right now, I am worried for my kids, struggling like all of us, but I know (KNOW) in my heart that God will take care of me, in fact, if we are the chosen generation to witness what shall come, I am even more blessed and at peace with the knowledge that it will be ok.God bless
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:34pmBut…wasn’t it NASA that put out info about the possibility of a giant coronal mass ejection to occur between 12/12 & 3/13?
To quote BBT when asked by the president why they didn’t see the giant comet heading toward them ubtil it was too late “Well, Mr. President…our funding has been cut to the point we can only watch about 20% of the sky, and to be frank Mr, President…it’s a pretty damn big sky!”
Report Post »IhaveOneToo
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 6:43pmThere is no end to come, CoJ. You know why? Because the end came at the end of the Old Covenant. The New Covenant age lasts forever. There is no passage in the whole Bible that predicts the end of the world, unless, of course, you translate the Greek wrong.
Report Post »illigitimatefed
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:15pmWho is this d- bag that knows so little about so much?
Report Post »I think I’ve seen him on a commercial for candid camera….
palerider54
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:17pmAmen Childofjesus and Prochef.
Everything works to fulfill Gods word. I have a tough time accepting all the damage Obama is doing to this country, until I realize that he would not be the President if it were not Gods will.
God will use him, maybe like he used Saul to bring David into power.
All I know for sure is I am a born again Christian and have nothing to worry about because God IS in control.
Report Post »dissent
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:03amOr, instead of all that, he could have just pointed out the simplest bit. The Mayan calendar didn’t account for leap year. Take out the 500-odd leap years since Julius Caesar came up with the idea, and it would actually be sometime in late July 2013…
Report Post »goodnhappy
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:00amLeap year isn’t the simplest argument against the mayan calendar. The mayan calendar is the most accurate calendar period. Our gregorian calendar accounts for leap years because of it‘s ’inaccuracy‘ and if we didn’t have them, we would continue to be “inaccurate”, and lose approximately 6 hours a year off of our calendar, so that is flawed logic to argue the mayan calendar doesn’t account for leap years. It doesn’t account for them because there is no need to.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:23pmWe know the bible points out the end of the age but not the end of the world where we all go out in a puff of smoke. We will not be allowed to destroy the planet although we could make a good run at it if we detonated all our nukes, but even then life would go on at some levels and the earth would still revolve around the sun. No! The world does not end but the age of mans rule over it will. Thats coming and the signs of the times are all around us…the time civilization has been given seems like a lot but its a mere blip of time to show how we cannot rule ourselves without Gods divine laws. We have seen nations follow these laws and America was one of the greatest nations to benefit from this submission to Gods rule as we included him in our lands and even for a time our government. But now we pull away from these laws and see what is happening, this is meant to be and to show those who have eyes and ears to see and hear with can discern Gods patient with mankind throughout the ages, he allowed us to try all of our self devised systems of ruling ourselves only to show us that we cannot ever get to the place of absolute peace and love because we are fallen creatures who hate him who gave us this wonderful world called Earth. He is coming back, he said he would, his prophecies are true and have been fulfilled. Get ready today.
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:06pmIf Obama gets another 4, the “World or planet” may not end, but many peoples worlds (livelyhood) will end, figuratively and literally. That to me is more scary than the big “World” ending.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:43pmIf some of us survive the diaster, the lines in Disneyland should be shorter. Mr Toads Wild Ride is a must!!!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:05amIn the Prophecy of Malachy, 1139… where he identified 112 Popes… he said the current one: Would see the Fall of the Roman Empire.
Report Post »christopher.duncan2388
Posted on May 12, 2012 at 8:07pmLuke, not to question your logic or anything… But didn’t the roman Empire fall from power a few hundred years ago? Sure it’s still around, but it doesn’t have nearly the amount of power that it did back when it controlled the majority of the known (at that time) world
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:19pmYeah, this guy just wasted our time and money.
Report Post »Mopar 1969
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:16pmBlah, Blah, Blah,…. Whats to be will be, i’m going on with my life and if it happenes so be it.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:14pmPHOBOS MONOLITH?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=itRIgeObMvU
Itsjusttim
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:12pmNotice that this NASA rep didn’t address an asteroid, and he also didn‘t say that half the human race wouldn’t die, but that he said the world isn’t coming to an end.
Report Post »Prochef
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:18pmHe knows for sure It will not end! wow so i guess we should send more money to Nasa
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:25pmI figure the lord can end it anyway he wants to. I suppose he can even make Nirubi appear if he wills it.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:37pmWhen they say….Peace and Safety….sudden destruction comes! Its biblical.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:09pmHe didn’t go over a bunch of radical Jews, Christians and Muslims playing apocalypse in the desert.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:09pmnasa is part of the bs…
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:00pmYou mean I bought that cave, and all that freeze dried food and guns and ammo for nothing? DAMN!
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:56pmif obama successfully buys the re-election from his ‘useless eaters’, then America really WILL end by 21 Dec 2012, as all of America will be engaged in a bloodsoaked civil war before Thanksgiving.
Knwo your neighbors, who and what they are. obamademocrats stopped being Americans –and proved it after Nov 2008, they are The Enemy.
and never forget, obama already told the illegals that good decent pro-America Whites are His Enemy.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:55pmThis is called LOGIC…for all those that think the world is going to end, let me get Ms. Cleo for you.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:06pmThat‘s because it isn’t the world that is ending, but that it’s a large portion of men that is coming to an end.
Report Post »Prochef
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:16pmcrazytimes, its not the end of the world Y2K, or the spaceships coming. It is coincedence that the Mayan calandar ended around the time the stuff will hit the fan worldwide.you are right i don’t know if they predicted anything ,it is curious that we are in CRAZYTIMES and the timing fits
Report Post »Prochef
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:51pmHe said there are no solar storms ( eruptions) , what? we just had one !!! The peak of solar sunspot activity will be may of 2013 ?Hello that is only 5 months later. the worst storm may occur before the peak. The Mayan caladar has predicted the end of the “great nation” and world war III. We will still be here…. just not gunna be fun.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:57pmPro,
He DID say solar flares happen… and do you read Mayan?
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:06pmI agree with you (hence my name) but what is going on in the world is based on ideologies; not of planet X or the poles shifting. The problem is this; we do live in crazy times, however, time will carry one, if we like the outcome or not.
Just want to clarify; didn’t want to come off as a troll :-/
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:49pmNasa is now part of the progressive movement. They may be right and they may be wrong about the future,same as the rest of us.My gut tells we that something of biblical proportions is heading our way this year or 2013 or later.
Report Post »Devil Dog 7175
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:47pmNo one but the Father knows…Not even the Son.
Report Post »Lumbar Spine
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:54pmHow many Gods are there then…?
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:42pmNASA should know better than anyone that an apocalypse won’t be from asteroids or space anomalies.Obama pretty much /$slashed$/ all hopes of USA dominance and human exploration of even the MOON.Between Communist China and Communist Russia,we’re screwed.
Report Post »But wait,the ever so ingenious Japanese may well be our last hope.At least they are still an USA ally.And they are 3x’s are smart as a lowly communist from China or Russia,who STEAL USA and Japanese technology on a regular basis!
cookcountypatriot
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:38pmnasa? really,,,they are still sucking money?..go fly a kite
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:35pm…
Report Post »NASA has know about Alien activity for many years, but they never let us in on it.
MCDAVE
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 5:40pmevidence please,..It is a interesting topic,but yet to see any real proof..
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:50pmJose Rodriguez Garcia Goldstein. Need more proof?
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:33pm…
Report Post »If there were a giant sized Asteroid heading straight for the Earth, and it was to hit us tomorrow, the Government would never even let us know.
In my opinion, the Government is our worse enemy.
Popp40
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:28pmThe Mayan calender ends on 12/21/12….it doesn’t mean that the world will physically end…it can also mean that there may be a major change….such as a New World Order perhaps? Don’t take it so literal but look at it from different angels and you may see why the Mayan calender ends….plus the Mayans could just be messing with us as well!!!!!
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:36pmsorry that should have been angles…..not angels..
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:27pmI lived in Houston for a long time. NASA sucks up money and does nothing now. Why the hell do we still pay for stuff like this? Incredible….They are no better than a welfare recipient, except they go to thier office and log in on Facebook… Worthless Government employees…End it. They are a waste of space…pun intended.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:26pmNASA only knows what it sees – It what is unseen that will get ya!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:29pmAnd… what it sees… is Light from Ages, past!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:25pmNo, but i am worried that ignorant people will vote for obumbler again and i am worried about Muslimes taking over my country, also worried about jobs,economy,healthcare,our borders,our constitution just to name a few, other than that im just freakin peachy……….
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:25pmAnd… the Dinosaurs just announced: “There will be no end of the World”!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 7:55pmI don’t believe anything Earl Sinclair says anymore.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:06pm@CHIPS1
Report Post »LOL :) He’s probably great at predictions: Experience, you know!
chips1
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:20pmDid you know he belongs to the Tree Pushers Union? Last I heard, he works in the Gobi Forest.
Report Post »sooner12
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:25pmIs this what NASA is now doing? What a waste of taxpayer money!
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:27pmThey are a Muslim Outreach Organization, thanks to Barry.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:20pmFinancial collapse maybe? Civil unrest perhaps? Societal collapse?..,NASA address that?
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:42pmThose things worry me a whole lot more than the end of the physical world.
Report Post »Sonicviewlover
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 4:49pmIf anybody is gona end the world it will be man kind itself!
Report Post »9111315
Posted on March 9, 2012 at 8:14pmThe earth is too big. We are like ants.
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