So what your saying here Dave is that I have to throw out all those cardboard signs i'v been making, my silken robes, and that rental I have on the street corner.
I'm more afraid of the power going out in a large city for 2+ weeks than I would be the prophecies of ancient seers.
I think the calender maker got tired of working and said "pizz on it I'm done" and they probably said "you're next on the chopping block" and that was it!
I was recently watching some series on the history channel called ancient aliens. Basically they think aliens came to earth way back when and helped create man and build the pyramids. Those scientists think this calender was made with the help of aliens and that it either signifies some catastrophic event that the aliens wanted us to prepare for or it is when the aliens plan on coming back.
I would personally prefer the aliens coming back and showing us all how to live again.
MonsterQuest and MysteryQuest are also on the history channel. It doesn't mean actual historians believe that ghosts, bigfoot, and aliens are part of our history.
^^^ ancient aliens is a cool program, it kind of does make you think what if...And if this could be verified, it may explain the many religious beliefs all over the world!:shhh:
Those Mayans showed centuries more foresight than those software engineers who made a calender that rolled over in 2000.
I am not sure why their "turn of a new cycle" would have to be an end of the world?
(except of course it makes for some cool doomsday prophecies)
As for ancient aliens, it is possible, as long as it is kept too vague for proof/disproof and you don't expect an explanation for why they stay ancient.