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Rev. Horacio Duran

Mayan Calendar....

  • To set your mind at easy, there is no end to the Mayan calendar, it is just one of many calendars, for ejemplo in Chichen-Itza, there is a pyramid that has 91 steps per side(4) plus the altar... it adds up to 365..meaning one year... so, as obsessed as they were with measuring time with galactic help(i.e, the stars,) it is more like astrology than prophecy.  See you  on December 22nd!

     

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  • Sandra Palmer
    Sandra Palmer Actually, it is the end of a katun, but it's not even the end of a long count. Per http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/cal/mayacal.htm
    For one thing, this is a the...  more
    December 19, 2012
  • Sandra Palmer
    Sandra Palmer that some occurance of the Christian millenium marks the expiration date of the Universe is based on base 10 math: the fact that the Mayans adopted a base 20 system shows how arbitrary this assumption is. And anyway, last time I checked, the date is now 2...  more
    December 19, 2012
  • Sandra Palmer
    Sandra Palmer So while all this calendar stuff is amusing, it doesn't have any meaning as far as the end of the world as we know it. Oh, and there IS no "cosmic convergence" going on, either.
    December 19, 2012
  • Rev. Horacio Duran
    Rev. Horacio Duran Agree with Robert, maybe too much tequila.... Sandra, thank you for your info, I am familiar with both the Arqueological value of the pieces, and the anthropological value of the observations, at the end it is our intelligence that help us create an answ...  more
    December 19, 2012