well ok ill try to make it short...................ok im mexican so i know about the mayan calender im not an expert but from my research and hearings from people who know this stuff say , that when the calender ends it means THE BEGINING OF A NEW TIME ...NOT THE END .........that on that very day that is the day the calender ends...just a day they chose to end it on.If it meant the end why would it be in the shape it is circular and there are four cycles the last cycle ends on 2012 and start all over again.
also if it meant the end of something ....they probably ment the end of the mayans that the were not going to be any full blood mayans.
plus they have always said the world was gonna end nobody can predict that...only god in my view
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