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03-25-2008, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by milohimself  So, is this gonna be some sort of Mad Max type situation? If so, I'm all for that. It would be badass. | Didn't anyone he ever cared about end up dead? | 
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03-25-2008, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by milohimself So, is this gonna be some sort of Mad Max type situation? If so, I'm all for that. It would be badass. |
All I hear is California Love......
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03-25-2008, 05:37 PM
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| I read a book recently called “Lost Star of Myth and Time” that discussed the Mayan calendar quite a bit (here’s the Amazon link: Amazon.com: Lost Star of Myth and Time: Walter Cruttenden: Books). The theory of the book is that the human population is far older than currently believed, stretching back hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years. The book also argues that, in addition to the cycles of the day (one rotation of earth on its axis) and the year (one revolution of the earth around the sun), our solar system is subject to one other cycle caused by our sun’s interaction with another star (or some other object, such as a black hole) in a binary system (which are apparently far more common in the universe than non-binary systems). Not saying I buy this theory, but the book sites a great deal of very interesting sources to support it. Essentially, the book argues that it takes approximately 25,000 years, give or take, for our sun to complete its rotation around this other sun/black hole. The period is referred to as the Great Year. There is a lot of historical information about the Great Year in many old texts, etc. The Great Year is then broken down into small periods of around 5,000-6,000 years (I can’t remember exactly). The author believes that the Mayan calendar reflects these small periods within the Great Year. Thus, the 2012 year reflects not the end of time, but the end of the current period and the beginning of the next period of the Great Year. A previous poster mentioned the ages of Pisces, Aquarius, etc. Those, too, are supposedly based on this Great Year. There was a lot more to the book, which was quite interesting. As noted, not sure I buy the theory, but definitely some interesting reading. It also explains why ancient cultures, such as the Mayans, had such incredible knowledge of things like astronomy and other sciences. | |
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03-25-2008, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by hndog609 Did you mean astronomy? | Oops.... | |
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03-25-2008, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by MontereyVol Its an interesting topic that I thought of posting here before. The Mayans are considered by some to have been more advanced in astrology than modern day civilizations. The Long count calender and the two others all end on Dec 21, 2012. What is told about this date is they said it would be the time when the solar system would be directly placed in the center of the eye of the milky way. Nasa confirmed this several years ago. When that happens it is believed our axis or polarity may shift, not the end of the earth but violent weather will probably occur. The Mayans believed this end of the calender which they have recorded before, will end in a great flood.
Which could be what we call global warming  | Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways. | |
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03-25-2008, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by dan4vols Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways. | Its the intense gravity we are experiencing.
It would explain the extra weight I "feel" like I've put on. | |
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03-25-2008, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by dan4vols Just read on the CNN site a chunk of ice the size of conneticut just collapsed on Antarctica's west coast....but surely that can be explained a number of ways. | It is not natural?
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03-25-2008, 06:54 PM
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| Haven't there been a few dates in history when folks thought the world was gonna end? I can think of three off the top of my head.
The end of time is just scary. | |
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03-25-2008, 06:56 PM
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| There has been more than a few times.......... chalk it up to fear of the unknown.
Every generation thinks that their time is the end time.
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03-25-2008, 08:11 PM
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| Let's ask Jesus.. Not Jesus the illegal immigrant. The OJ | |
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03-25-2008, 08:20 PM
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| Are people actually wasting their lives pondering this crap? How worthless.
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03-25-2008, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MontereyVol
It would explain the extra weight I "feel" like I've put on.
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So the obesity epidemic is really prophecy. What a relief.
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03-25-2008, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by therealUT Are people actually wasting their lives pondering this crap? How worthless. | Come on UT, whats more fun, talking about the doom of this country politically or cosmically... 
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03-25-2008, 08:46 PM
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| At least I feel like I can somewhat influence the future of this country. The end of the world...not so much.
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LG, when I think of UT football I think about world class sprinter WR's, like Gault,...fast bruising hard to tackle RB's, great OL play and a D that'll knock your d**k in the dirt. That's from the Johnny Major era thru the Philip Fulmer era.--HIGHTIDE 25 APR
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03-25-2008, 08:57 PM
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