2012 - end of the world?

I've been reading in to this and it's got me quite intrigued.  The question is simple, do you think the world will end in 2012?

I'm very sceptical about this scientific/religious/secret organization's massive prediction.  I've pulled this article from another forum when I googled the subject, it's quite a scary thought.

7 reasons the world will end in 2012
 
Scientific experts from around the world are genuinely predicting that 3 years from now, all life on Earth could well finish. Some are saying it'll be humans that set it off. Others believe that a natural phenomenon will be the cause. And the religious folks are saying it'll be God himself who presses the stop button...

1. Mayan Calendar

The first mob to predict 2012 as the end of the world were the Mayans, a bloodthirsty race that were good at two things:

Building highly accurate astrological equipment out of stone and
Sacrificing Virgins.

Thousands of years ago they managed to calculate the length of the lunar moon as 329.53020 days, only 34 seconds out. The Mayan calendar predicts that the Earth will end on December 21, 2012. Given that they were pretty close to the mark with the lunar cycle, it's likely they've got the end of the world right as well.

2. Sun Storms

Solar experts from around the world monitoring the sun have made a startling discovery: our sun is in a bit of strife. The energy output of the sun is, like most things in nature, cyclic, and it's supposed to be in the middle of a period of relative stability. However, recent solar storms have been bombarding the Earth with so much radiation energy, it's been knocking out power grids and destroying satellites. This activity is predicted to get worse, and calculations suggest it'll reach its deadly peak sometime in 2012

3. The Atom Smasher

Scientists in Europe have been building the world's largest particle accelerator. Basically its a 27km tunnel designed to smash atoms together to find out what makes the Universe tick. However, the mega-gadget has caused serious concern, with some scientists suggesting that it's properly even a bad idea to turn it on in the first place. They're predicting all manner of deadly results, including mini black holes. So when this machine is fired up for its first serious experiment in 2012, the world could be crushed into a super-dense blob the size of a basketball.

4. The Bible says...

If having scientists warning us about the end of the world isn't bad enough,religious folks are getting in on the act as well. Interpretations of the Christian Bible reveal that the date for Armageddon, the final battle between Good an Evil, has been set down for 2012. The I Ching, also known as the Chinese book of Changes, says the same thing, as do various sections of the Hindu teachings.

5. Super Volcano

Yellowstone National Park in the United States is famous for its thermal springs and Old Faithful geyser. The reason for this is simple - it's sitting on top of the world's biggest volcano, and geological experts are beginning to get nervous sweats. The Yellowstone volcano has a pattern of erupting every 650,000 years or so, and we're many years overdue for an explosion that will fill the atmosphere with ash, blocking the sun and plunging the Earth into a frozen winter that could last up to 15,000 years. The pressure under the Yellowstone is building steadily, and geologists have set 2012 as a likely date for the big bang.

6. The Physicists

This one's case of bog-simple maths mathematics. Physicists at Berekely Uni have been crunching the numbers. and they've determined that the Earth is well overdue for a major catastrophic event. Even worse, they're claiming their calculations prove, that we're all going to die, very soon - while also saying their prediction comes with a certainty of 99 percent- and 2012 just happens to be the best guess as to when it occurs.

7. Slip-Slop-Slap-BANG!

We all know the Earth is surrounded by a magnetic field that sheilds us from most of the sun's radiation. What you might not know is that the magnetic poles we call north and south have a nasty habit of swapping places every 750,000 years or so - and right now we're about 30,000 years overdue. Scientists have noted that the poles are drifting apart roughly 20-30kms each year, much faster than ever before, which points to a pole-shift being right around the corner. While the pole shift is underway, the magnetic field is disrupted and will eventually disappear, sometimes for up to 100 years. The result is enough UV outdoors to crisp your skin in seconds, killing everything it touches.

http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=629455

I think it's fair to say I beat robbyr to this one!  

I'll make sure I'm out that day then.

Weren't there predictions of the world ending during the 90's and around the year 2002?

Anyway if it does end in 2012 then we wont know if they were right or not because know one would be here

Might be possible.

Remember SARS, Bird flu and Influenze A H1N1, earthquakes are playing their parts too.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/end_wrl1.htm

Interesting link, i particularly like the heading "15 failed predictions of the end of the world during 2006"

I will take my chances and still buy christmas presents that year

As long as we win number 19 I am quite content.

December 21st 1 day after my birthday Ill be on a bender somewhere I dont think it will be as painful then.

Didn't Man City make like a 5 year plan to win the league last season when the Arabs took over?

Well, thats them fu**ed

Newcastle might never make it back to the Premier League, either.

 I thought the world ended in 1954 when we got relegated to the old second division.Luckily enough we were reincarnated when we got a saviour called Bill Shankly and went on to make so much history.

I heard that the world will end in 2012-12-12. That would mean that me and Agger won't have a birthday that day

I'm too young to die.

2 years to enjoy myself, think I'll dump my son in an orphanage, dump the other half and go live my life like an international playboy and do everything I have missed out on.



 

Wasn't the world supposed to end in 06/06/2006? 

Wasn't the world supposed to end in 06/06/2006? 

World had to end in 2000, too

What about the Olympics though?

What about the Olympics though?

Probably why this nonsense was drummed up.

So if that happens then next year will be the last world cup... EVER! 

So if that happens then next year will be the last world cup... EVER! 

No worries, England disappoint me every year anyway. I wont be thinking about them in December 2012 while im sinking in lava on LFCReds.

The world can end, but as long as we have No.19 in the bank and on top of the league come Dec.21, 2012 

Notradamus also predicted the world to end in 2012

 http://www.satansrapture.com/nostra2012.htm

Were all doomed I say doomed!

I've heard about this before! Especialy the Mayan Calender stuff, didn't they make a prediction about the twin towers on 9/11.Ther's a film being made about it too, aptly named........"2012".

“Great Birds will come from the sky and end a great city to the north at 9/11/01″ That's what they said aparantley..hopefully that's been made up coz otherwise we'r dead! 

Mayans stopped making the calendar at the stage 2012 which many see, wrongly, as them predicting the end of the world. They only stopped because it was so far into the future they didnt see any point going on. Its pure scare mongering. There is no planet X etc etc. In 2012 Ill be celebrating title number 21