Is it true that according to Nostradamus the worlds going to end 2012?

I dunno, I sure don’t believe it, nor do I think we should worry about it.

(cough) Ancient Mayans(cough) end of the Long Count Calendar on Dec 21 2012.
There is zero scientific evidence that anything will happen, but there are numerous things that could easily threaten the human species in the year 2012, such as a geomagnetic reversal, asteroid strike or supernova. Or something more intimate, like a flu pandemic, or a nuclear war.

Google site.fluther.com and put 2012 in “search within results,” and see the many versions of this question.

Many, many, many.

check out the Mayan calendar. I don’t know about Nostradamus, But the Mayan calendar says so.

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NO, Nostradamus has made predictions into the year 3000 and beyond.

We’ll, I reckon I’ll head down to the fallout shelter with Dave about…now. Looks like we’re going to be seeing another wave of the 2012 questions.

@missjena: Next time, use the “search” feature conveniently located at the top right corner of the page.

No, he’s a deceiver.

Is it just me…i thought something GREAT was going to happen in the year 2012? I’ve heard from a kind of shamanic background i think…..

lynne disappears to go figure where she’s got this info from…

Dave the deceiver or Nostra the deceiver?

—How does one hear from a kind of shamanic background? I’d like to tap in.-

I’m not a deceiver. There’s not a trace of doubt in my mind. I’m in love. Oooo I’m not a deceiver I couldn’t leave her if I tried.

put 2012 in google or wiki most things that are supposed to happen will be found on there like the end of the world and reversed axis etc etc

@gailcalled I have a friend who is uber spiritual (he healed himself of bowel cancer through meditation and nourishment…and other…weird stuff)and a lot of his thoughts, ethics, practices seem to derive from shamanic beliefs…and he speaks about 2012 being a major shift in the collective consciousness of the world for the better good…all sorts of “good” things are supposed to happen or begin in creating a new enlightenment…still need to look into this more though to give those interested a bit of an insight… or just to satisfy my own mystery about this…..both.

To each his own, of course. If the world ends in 2012, that means I can skip my next colonoscopy.

Do we really think the world is going to end in 2012? Is there anyone here that believes that?

I dont believe that it will end

Nostradamus has exactly the same success rate at predicting the future as my belly button fluff.

Judi is right, this stuff comes from a mistinterpretation of how the Mayan calender works, Mayan scholars suggest that for the Mayans that date would have been a time of celebration, not fear. The myth regarding 2012 apparently started with some self confessed guru named José Argüelles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Arg%C3%BCelles

…and frankly I wouldn’t rely on a people who couldn’t predict conquistadores, to tell you when the world was going to end.

I would also suggest that his views also sound about as equally reliable as my belly button fluff…

but hey, perhaps it’s pretty impressive fluff

…so i was right then about it being a positive year and not a negative oh my god the world is going to end kind of year… i knew i got it from somewhere….and Mayan sounds very familiar to me… they work on a 13 28 principle don’t they> Anyway…

The world is not going to end in 2012. Here are some predictions and the true facts behind them.

Nibiru
2012 myth: A planet called ‘Nibiru’ will collide with the earth in December 2012.

Fact: The planet Nibiru does not exist. It has never been seen by any astronomers. The claim was first made by an obscure sci-fi author and was latched onto by conspiracy theorists. They claim that the planet is ’‘invisible’’ but this is impossible. It would also be impossible for the government to conceal a new planet as it would be tracked by academics and amateur astronomers worldwide.

Mayan calendar
2010 myth: The world will end at the same time as the Mayan calendar in December 2012.

Fact: There have been thousands of calendars in use over the years. Calendars, whether contemporary or ancient, cannot predict the future of our planet or warn of things to happen on a specific date such as 2012. Digital clocks reset at 23.59 each night to 00.00 but the world continues. Calendars go from December 31 to January 1 each year but the world continues.

Earth’s rotation
2012 myth: An alignment of planets in our galaxy, the Milky Way, could revers the Earth’s rotational or disrupt the Earth’s gravitational field.

Fact: A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. It has never happened and never will. It would be like a basketball that is spinning on somebody’s finger suddenly stopping and going the other way.

With regard to the Earth’s gravitational field, the magnetic polarity of Earth does take place around every 400,000 years but scientists don’t believe it will take place for another few millennia and there is no evidence it would do any harm.

Nostradamus
2012 myth: The end of the world in 2012 coincides with a prediction by sixteenth century seer Nostradamus.

Fact: There’s no evidence that Nostradamus has correctly predicted anything. His vague writings are based on imagery and metaphor and can be interpreted in many different ways.

2012 film
2012 myth: The film ‘2012’ is a warning sign or prediction that the world is due to end shortly.

Fact: The film uses a sophisticated PR campaign which incorporates elements of ‘viral’ marketing. The trailer for the film plays on conspiracy theorists’ fears that the truth is being somehow hidden by directing viewers to a ‘faux scientific’ website. Did the events in Jurassic park, Jumanji, or Men in Black ever happen? Quite simply, Hollywood bossed have used fears, rumours and scaremongering to make money at the box-office