From what I've seen you have to pick and choose and be careful what you read on the topic.  There seems to be more conspiracy theorists out there than scientists and those that try to mix science into their own theory's.  Some make more sense than others.  I'm a bit of a realist when it comes to "end of the world" stuff and tend to lean a little more toward science than anything else.  and there will be lots of opportunity to read up as the date draws ever nearer.  For now I'm still going to focus on what I love best, my job and my music.  What will be will be and there's no real point in getting all worked up about it.  I feel I am here for a reason and when my destiny is fulfilled then and only then will I move on.

On The History Channel on Thursday:
Decoding The Past
Episode: Mayan Doomsday Prophecy

The world is coming to an end on December 21, 2012! The ancient Maya made this stunning prediction more than 2,000 years ago. We'll peel back the layers of mystery and examine in detail how the Maya calculated the exact date of doomsday. Journey back to the ancient city of Chichen Itza, the hub of Maya civilization deep in the heart of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, to uncover the truth about this prophecy. The Maya were legendary astronomers and timekeepers--their calendar is more accurate than our own. By tracking the stars and planets they assigned great meaning to astronomical phenomena and made extraordinary predictions based on them--many of which have come true. Could their doomsday prophecy be one of them? In insightful interviews archaeologists, astrologers, and historians speculate on the meaning of the 2012 prophecy. Their answers are as intriguing as the questions.

Scheduled Times: (All times are Eastern Standard)
Thursday, January 24
 08:00 PM

Friday, January 25
 12:00 AM

Sunday, January 27
 01:00 PM



http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=179854

This looks like it may be pretty good!

Last night, I had the pleasure of watching, "Decoding the Past: Doomsday 2012: The End of Days".  This was the first time I had seen this episode though the series itself, 'Decoding the Past', is in reruns.  I must admit, it piqued my interest, so I started talking notes.

Now I admit that I was aware of the Mayan Calender ending in 2012, having taken an interest in the Mayan culture during the times I was doing amatuer studies in archeaology.    The  one book that I found on the subject at my local library at the time was at a master's degree level of college, and me and my 15 year old mind went forget this.

After watching this episode though, it brought that old interest back up.   The show mentioned ten different things that had predicted or possibly predicted the world's end or a world-changing event in the year 2012.    Ten different things.   

They are the following:
~Mayan Calendar
~The Sybillian Prophecies
~The Delphi Oracle
~I Ching
~ Mother Shipton's Prophecies
~Merlin Prophecies
~Native American Prophecies from Black Elk of the Sioux and the Hopi Tribe
~ Web-BOT


I'm actually doing an amatuer study into this and posting the results on all of the blogs that I have...which is all of one livejournal and two Myspace.

I can post my findings if nobody minds.

I pretty much already have my mind made up on the whole deal, but, I'd love to read your findings.  You know what they say.....a closed mind is an empty mind.  At least thats what I say.  Feel free to quote me on that. 

Please, post your findings. This is such an awesome topic to me.