World will not end in 2012, according to 9th-century Mayan calendar

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The Mayan calendar claims that the Mayan calendar ends in 2012. The claim that the world will end in 2012 is something that started with Hollywood.

According to Mayan myth, the world has actually already ended three times before. This is supposedly the fourth world that the gods created after mucking up the first 3. The reasoning behind 2012 being the end is that their system for counting seasons and such will roll over to 13.0.0.0.0 or 13 b'ak'tun (which is made up of 20 k'atun which is made up of 20 tun which is made up of 18 winal which is made up of 20 k'in. Kind of like our year being made up of 52 weeks which are made up of 7 days and our DD/MM/YY system). 13 b'ak'tun was the supposed lifespan of the first 3 worlds, so therefore this world is going to be no different.

The point though is that if one wants to believe in this then it means one is believing in yet another trivial religion of the world. Until these gods can be proven there's no reason to think that 3 previous worlds existed and that this one will end at 13 b'ak'tun.