Research for Final Idea

Five Key questions-
Who said the world will end on the 21st of December 2012?
The Mayans calender ends on the 21/12/12 making people think that the world will end on this day as Mayans were known as precise accurate people who provided information which was true. The people who said the world will end are people who are religious for example some Christians say in the bible that satan will come on this day and the world will be ruled by him. And then they say Jesus will also come back to Earth were there will be a war.
There are multiple story's about how the world may end but the story which they talk about is the Mayan calender. The Mayan calender has been running for 5000 years and on the calender it ends on the 21st December 2012. This has led people to believe that the world will end on this day and there is no way of saving it. Also the Mayans were also good mathematics  good time keepers and astronomers. It was impressive as they did not have technology back in that time. They knew equinoxes, solstices, phases of the moon such as eclipses. 
But other sites such as NASA say that this theory is not true and that the world will not end but will continue like every other day. 

http://kotaku.com/5872363/why-people-say-the-world-will-end-in-2012 (Who says it will)
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html (Who says it won't)
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100104230842AAOcmFH 

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1654531/pg1



What they claim will happen on this day?
Different people claim different things on what they think will happen on this day. One of the story's which they claim will happen is plant Nibiru (a.k.a planet x) is coming at earth and will cause a massive wipe out to civilization  similar to what happened to the dinosaurs being extinct. This is highly unlikly to happen this year as it would be in newspapers or on the news around the world, also NASA say that it was meant to hit Earth before but never happened so the date got changed because of the Mayan calender.

The Mayans say that we will have 3 days of darkness as there will be a eclipse which only lasts 8 minutes but it will be 3 days. They say that the pyramids will be lined up with multiple planets and that the sun will be projecting a some sort of energy which will give us more energy than usual and this is meant to happen for 8 minutes.

http://www.december212012.com/








In this video it explains more about the Mayans theory of what will happen on this day

http://beforeitsnews.com/beyond-science/2012/12/the-event-everyone-worldwide-will-soon-know-the-importance-of-december-21-2012-2440146.html

Where they claim this will this happen?
They claim this will obviously happen everywhere on Earth as they say the world will end on this day meaning every area will be affected. They don't state where it will happen first as no one knows this information, which is a reason for it not being true. But in my opinion if there were something to happen, it would be either the North or South pole as these are the most important places on Earth as they are the magnetic fields and also ice caps melting so this is the most effective place. Same goes for the world experiencing 3 days of darkness, it will happen everywhere if it were to happen and but would occur in a specific country which has sun rise first and is the time zone ahead of other country's.




Why they claim the world will end on this day?
They claim the world will end on this day due to the Mayan calender ending on the 21/12/12. The Mayans were known for predicting future events which had come true, also they had their own calender which others followed and because the calender stops on this date, people believe this to be the end of the world and no more civilization. But in the link above 'Mayan explains 21/12/12' explains what they claim will happen on this day and state that the world will not end. But why they claim the world will end is because of the Mayan calender ends on this day and people believe this because Mayans were precise accurate people and gave most information which was not false such as eclipses and other natural world events.

http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/mayan.html



Do they believe it is to do with religion or Science?
They believe it is to do with religion and science as Mayans didn't create the calender but was used by pre-Columbian central americans and also the Mayans, but Mayans were also great Mathematics were great at finding out information about the world without using technology. So it is more to do with science and calculation as the Mayans could calculate these eclipses by studying the stars and planets and they also have a theory on what will happen on this day through pyramids which were created.

But science also shows (NASA) that the world will not end on this day as there are many facts which means nothing will happen. For example Planet Nibiru was meant to hit Earth on May 2003 and this did not obviously occur as we would all be dead by now so they moved the date to 21/12/12, the day the Mayan calender ends. They also talk about how the world will not be in total blackout on this day and that they are false accusations. Below is a link to a video describing more about the Blackout.