Can you imagine the meltdown if the folks that believe this went out and maxed out every credit card, purchased any car they could afford as well as house and drag out the payments in anticipation of not having to finish paying for it. Bet you some stupid people really will do this.

but everyone should be prepared to meet their maker !

could be sooner or later but we do not know. If anything it would be an economic melt down.

everyone who reads the Bible should know that Jsus plainly states that no one knows the date and time except God.

In my view, we need to distance ourselves from anyone who says the know. Especially if they want you to donate money for any reason.

Having said this, it is interesting to study others ideas. Studying others thoughts and ideas in no way means we accept them.

No! It started to end in 2008

No not 2012 and here is my reasoning. I believe the rapture will occur first. When all the Christians that the Lord takes away from this Earth are gone the rest left behind can speed up their own complete destruction over the next 7 years. Based on my belief of what scripture says the very earliest it could be is 2016 if the rapture happens this year. I know that some of you out there believe as I do but won't say a word in agreement, and the commenters that are going to try to rip me apart for my "crazy religious beliefs" all I can say is, only time will tell who was right and who was wrong. So don't try to get me to try to convince you of anything. Do your own research. After all this is still a free country and you are entitled to your own opinion. We all live and die by the decissions we make, at least until the government takes over all our decission making for us. Funny, I see that happening already don't you?

Obama administration ends by the 2012 elections. That said, I have faith in mankind and the resilience of the planet. Unless we're hit by a meteor or comet that some well placed nukes can't take out, I'm sure we'll all be here to gripe and moan about life! If aliens come, I hope at least some of them resemble that green babe that appeared on the original Star Trek series. She was a good dancer too!

2012 will be the end of Democratic control of congress.

Westerners place significance in dates ending with 3 zeros - the Mayans just did it with other numbers (based on 13) - I want to know how the tele-evangelists will try to cash in on this one like they did on Y2K...

By the time Obama is done destroying the country, we're going to hope the world ends in 2012. That's the change I'm hoping for.