http://www.itwire.com/science-news/biology/54664-maya-mural-found-refutes-worlds-end-on-122112,
20/5/2012 1600, William Atkins, Yahoo News.
William Atkins Saturday,
12 May 2012 00:13
Archaeologists discovered
an ancient Mayan mural that contains a calendar, which refutes the idea that
the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012. It looks like we are safe
again from another misguided doomsday scenario.
The
recently discovered calendar states predictions that go out several thousand
years into the future – way past 12/21/2012, the mythical end of the world
date. Boy, that was close! I thought we were goners later in 2012!
The Mayan
mural was found in an ancient Mayan house deep in the Guatemalan rainforest. It
was found in 2010 within the ancient Maya city of Xultun in northeast
Guatemala.
Dr. William
Saturno, an assistant professor of archaeology at Boston University, is the
leader of the archaeological team that uncovered this ancient mural.
(Personally, I tend to believe much more in such scientists as Dr.
Saturno, than people who promote these doomsday scenarios, often for
money or other personal gain.)
Saturno
stated, “The paintings we have here—we've never found them anyplace else.”
[National Geographical (5/10/12) “Unprecedented Maya Mural Found, Contradicts 2012
"Doomsday" Myth”]
And, the
5/11/12 Christian Science Monitor article “Oldest Mayan calendar found, and it goes way beyond Dec. 12,
2012” goes into much more detail as to what was found to refute the
doomsday predition that the world will come to an end on December 21, 2012
based on the Maya calendar.
The CSM
article states in part, “The oldest-known version of the ancient Maya
calendar has been discovered adorning a lavishly painted wall in the ruins of a
city deep in the Guatemalan rainforest.”
And, “The
hieroglyphs, painted in black and red, along with a colorful mural of a king
and his mysterious attendants, seem to have been a sort of handy reference
chart for court scribes in A.D. 800 — the astronomers and mathematicians of
their day.”
Further
(and most importantly), “Contrary to popular myth, this calendar isn't a
countdown to the end of the world in December 2012, the study researchers
said.”
Read more
of these stories to better inform yourself on what will "not" happen
on December 21, 2012 (the mythical end of the world) and what "will"
happen on December 22, 2012 (the day after December 21, 2012 ... just another
tomorrow).
For
instance, LiveScience.com writes about other failed doomsday predictions in “Oops! 11 Failed Doomsday Predictions.” They state, “When
it comes to apocalypse and planet-wide destruction, there seem to be no
shortage of details on the when and how and why, with some "prophets"
saying they are certain the world will come to a halt on this day or that.”
And, “Most
prophets of doom come from a religious perspective, though the secular crowd
has caused its share of scares as well."
Further
(and, again, most importantly): "One thing the doomsday scenarios tend
to share in common: They don't come to pass.”
Many
people are talking about the end of the world, we’re all gonna drown, or
starve, or overheat, or be blown to smithereens. Well if you read a couple
science articles about all of these myths you will realize there’s not much
truth to any of them. Here is just one example of one such article. Below I
have provided links to websites with masses of innovative ideas that we people
have come up with, technology and more, that will enable us to adapt to the
issues facing the world. Not only that the scientists say that we would have at
least one year warning if something was to hit the earth even the smallest
meteorite can be seen from light years away, and in that time we would be able
to adapt, although the likelihood of a meteorite is something like 1 in 100
years or something. I have read somewhere that the world is much better off
than we think, it is only because of the media and media hype surrounding some
few articles concerning certain theories that a mass of people are scared,
however the real situation isn’t widely talked about, people need not be so
scared. As I have previously said do not accept what you read in a newspaper as
unshakeable truth, do not believe all of what you hear on the news, there is
always more to the story, more information, more facts, that can be
purposefully left out to make a certain point. Also things can be exaggerated
to enhance the drama factor and thus increase readers or viewers and thus
revenue (money income).
Some
examples of really good innovations are the new Japanese wind turbines, the German
houses inside a hill, the battery and hybrid cars are spreading across Europe and
the rest of the world within a couple years they will be common instead of new
and different, as will solar panels, water tanks, and wind engines. People don’t
realize how much technology is being developed, how many different people there
are out there all working towards a more sustainable future. Regardless of who’s
fault the situation is, why these issues are happening, and what you yourself
can do about it, the world is not so bad off due to technology and human
adaptation.
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