What we know is very little, and what has been projected on rather shaky assumptions is unfortunately quite extensive. And some of the assumptions by those who would debunk the "predictions," are as weak as many of those made by the prognosticating prophets of doom. If profiteering, pompous ego building, and thorough indoctrination in various mindsets were all eliminated, there would be precious little information out there on this subject.
Some of the debunkers are as lacking in information as the most rabid of prognosticators. But that has not stopped them from their process of "authoritatively" debunking that, about which they have no more knowledge than anyone else.
One particular day near the end of December 2012 could very well be when we see the end of the world. But so could tomorrow for that matter. And so might yesterday have been. The debunkers are, by and large, just playing the odds by saying it is an unlikely event for December 21. And, of course, they are justified in the assumption (that is, their assessment of the odds) because such predictions have come and gone in the past, and this one is backed up by almost no serious evidence that anything unusual should be expected. But most of the time the debunkers fail to acknowledge the one caveat in that last sentence. That would be the word, "almost," describing a "nearly" complete lack of evidence for expecting anything unusual.
A great deal of effort has been marshaled in assembling an unusually wide variety of loose strands of vaguely (sometimes wildly) predictive verbiage about the tendencies of our culture and of our current planetary trends. All of this has been tied together in an almost mystical fashion, and targeted by some unexplained coincidental mechanism, to correspond to the only specific date that any of these assertions has determined. That date, of course, is December 21, 2012, which was given to us in an indirect form by the ancient Maya of Central/South America.
The date comes to us from a 2,500-year-old calendar. Is that calendar remarkable in any way? Yes, certainly, it is at least remarkable. For one thing, it has endured for over 2,000 years. For another, it is poignantly terminated at a date that corresponds to our December 21, 2012. That point alone makes it particularly interesting for our point of view here in the early 21st century. But there are numerous reasons for considering this calendar to be remarkable.
What may be most remarkable is the amount of information that has been related to that December date, just because the Mayan Long-Count Calendar ended on what is apparently that day. And running a close second in the remarkability category, might possibly be the amount of energy that has been expended on debunking the assertions made about that date's meaningfulness. Arguably, too much has been made of the whole affair. But there is that nagging perception that this entire corpus of tiring literature is about something as monumental as... yes, the end of the world. That subject should be something of at least marginal interest to anyone with a brain and currently living on this planet.
The author has created a website devoted to critical analysis of the various positions taken, both in favor of extraordinary events associated with 2012, and in rebuttal--those voices offering an attempt to debunk such claims. That website can be found at http://whatabout2012year.com/.
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