I always thought the Mayan theory talked about a "Great Awakening" when man would know his true self and what not. I didn't think it actually spoke of the end of the world. But hey, I could be wrong. Imagine that. :P
In all honesty, I've dropped the Christian idea of the end of the world. Well, the conventional idea anyway.
I saw something on solar flares on the History Channel one time. It said the next predicted giant flare was around 2011. This flare would beat away our magnetic field just enough to fry all electronic devices. I imagine it would mess up our climate and ecosystems for awhile as well. And as we all know, an end to all electronics would effectively "end the world" as we know it today.
Personally, I think our race has been a scourge to the planet since we began to industrialize. If Earth wants us gone, then we'll be gone.
Huzzah and hoodalolly for my first post! Heh, who knows if there will be more.
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