2012 Doomsday

   Lately there seems to be a growing interest in the Mayan calender and their doomsday predictions. Scientists say that the Mayan calender ends on the Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012. We are then led to believe that this calender predicts the end of the world through a great flood. The "great" Mayans predicted it so it must be ...right??
   Well I personaly haven't spoken with any Mayans lately, well o.k., ever. So I have no way of knowing if this is truely what the calender means, and public "knowledge" has a history of changing from time to time. I mean, these scientists are probably the same guys who said it was good for you to increase your red meat and eggs intake in the seventies, only later they tell me that it caused my clogged arteries and high blood pressure. So I am going with the tried and true saying, "I call bullshit." Let's think about this together. I will try to simplify my reasoning:

1. Bookmaking.  I am one who loves to take the favorites in a bet. They are called the favorites for a reason, they predominately win. So , that being said, man has forecast the end of civilization for literally thousands of years, and no one has got it right yet. No One. That's zero percent correct. Not Jim Jones, the Egyptians, those Hale Bop comet chasers, and I'm going out on a limb here to say that the Mayans don't have it right either. Of course, sooner or later the favorites bet tends to get upset. But I can't believe this is the one. Play the odds.
2. History. If the Mayan's were so damn smart, why aren't they still around? No one knows exactly what happened to them. Just vanished. The platypus managed to stick around and not go M.I.A. Hell, the Chinese have been here for a few thousand documented years and they didn't disappear. And who would you rather have calculating the endless mathmatics of the universe? A Chineese grad student, or a loin clothed cannibal living in the jungles of South America that doesn't have the intuition of a platypus?  No brainer there.
3. Religion. If you choose to believe the scientists version of the calendar then you probably aren't a Christian. The Bible speaks of a totally different end to the world. No water there, only a firey Hell. God already did the whole "flood the earth" thing. Nothing new to prove. And besides that, what Christian would believe that God would end all of existence just four days before his birthday? The Bible says God made us in his own image and I know that I personally love my birthday parties, so God must too. Why cheat yourself out of all those gatherings in your honor. In my opinion, the Mayans could have gathered more support from Christians if they would have chosen Halloween as a day of obliteration.
4. Drama. As a nation, a people, and a world population, we love drama. What could be more dramatic than to predict the end of everything? Mass hysteria in the streets. A shockwave of second guessing as the day draws near. Tons of finger pointing , and when the day passes an outcry of "I told you so" raining down from the buildings. You can't write that story without someone buying it, and people WILL buy it. (Note to self...get a couple of those "The end is near " shirts made)
5. What's Behind Door #2 For those of you who choose to believe that this is nothing more than an extreme marketing ploy, you will be faced with life changing decisions. Decisions that may very well affect the outcome of your own personal eternity. Pray....don't pray.   Repent...Don't repent.   Pay the December bills.....Go spend the cash at the riverboat with a room full of hookers. If you don't think those are decisions that will affect your eternity, go ahead and spend the cash. When December 22 rolls around, go home and tell your wife where you've been and see how that forever-after works for you.

   In closing, I will not personally be at the riverboat on December 21,2012. I will probably be working or sitting at my computer waiting to write my first "I told you so " blog. Until then I will be waiting for a group of scientists to show up at my door with the solutions to these problems. Besides, I get some of my best Christmas shopping done on that week.