by NIJ » Tue Nov 21, 2006 10:02 am
First, this calendar (associated with the long date) was only used regionally and fairly briefly. Other, more prevalent and equally accurate systems, don't end at this date.
Second, the calendar doesn't end at that date, just the current baktun.
Third, the baktun has reset quite a few times already if you are an evolutionist, or at least once, if you are a creationist, and the world is still here.
I could add a million more reasons why these doomsday predictions are irrelevant, but instead I will just make the following:
The Mayans and the Chinese used the same systems. How come no one is freaking out over some obscure Chinese calendar flipping to the next page?