Posted on 12/02/2011 11:46:17 AM PST by Winstons Julia
Various Mayan scholars have attempted to debunk this reading, including Sven Gronemeyer of Australia’s La Trobe University, who has studied the Tortugero tablet in great detail. On Wednesday he presented his decoding of the inscription, suggesting that Bolon Yokte’s prophesied appearance on December 21, 2012, represents the start of a new era and not the end of days. Proponents of the apocalyptic interpretation have misunderstood the poorly preserved hieroglyphs, he said.
These yahoos must be wrong.
I sold my house, have taken out huge loans and have moved into a tent so that I may have plenty money to party my arse off until the Doomsday Date.
If the world continues to exist beyond that date, it would be terribly inconvenient for me. Therefore, the world will end on the predicted date.
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