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If the Mayans hadn't been so lax * 2
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about finishing their stoopid, goddammed calendar, we wouldn't all have to perish in 2012.


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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At least there are books and movies to show us what it will be like..

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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Enlightenedwon]
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Another great thread!


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: GazzBut]
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Thank you. Thank you.

Next up: a thread on sincerity. :yesnod:


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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:yawn:


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: NetDiver]
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I'd consider the end of the calender just the end of the calender, as in you start over from the beginning. It's just a caldender, so let it end and start a new beginning.


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Droz]
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Were screwed sooner than that - the one on my wall ends 2010!!!


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We have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us — the labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.

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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Radar]
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Mayan calender or no Mayan calender the world is fucked up


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: soldatheero]
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Seriously it's a really long calendar to begin with all on that small circle, and their society is long gone so mission accomplished.  There really is no way to know when it will end but we know that eventually it will.  These thoughts weigh heavily on the majority of our minds, throw in some suspense add the thrills and you've got a blockbuster.

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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Enlightenedwon]
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The Mayans predicted the toaster oven


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: twighead]
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Did not know that!

:themoreyouknow:


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
about finishing their stoopid, goddammed calendar, we wouldn't all have to perish in 2012.


actually, its more like if people hadnt been so lax about doing their own research, they would discover that the mayans never predicted doomsday, at least not in 2012



doomsdays are $$$$$$$$$cary :dontspillme:


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: the bizzle]
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What really intrigues me about these people is they were soo advanced in Astrology, but not in any other areas of human development like; no wheel, or arches, or use of animals in work. 

"With the development of the place-notational Long Count calendar (believed to have been inherited from other Mesoamerican cultures), the Maya had an elegant system with which events could be recorded in a linear relationship to one another, and also with respect to the calendar ("linear time") itself. In theory, this system could readily be extended to delineate any length of time desired, by simply adding to the number of higher-order place markers used (and thereby generating an ever-increasing sequence of day-multiples, each day in the sequence uniquely identified by its Long Count number). In practice, most Maya Long Count inscriptions confine themselves to noting only the first five coefficients in this system (a b'ak'tun-count), since this was more than adequate to express any historical or current date (20 b'ak'tuns  cover 7,885 solar years). Even so, example inscriptions exist which noted or implied lengthier sequences, indicating that the Maya well understood a linear (past-present-future) conception of time.

However, and in common with other Mesoamerican societies, the repetition of the various calendric cycles, the natural cycles of observable phenomena, and the recurrence and renewal of death-rebirth imagery in their mythological traditions were important influences upon Maya societies. This conceptual view, in which the "cyclical nature" of time is highlighted, was a pre-eminent one, and many rituals were concerned with the completion and re-occurrences of various cycles. As the particular calendaric configurations were once again repeated, so too were the "supernatural" influences with which they were associated. Thus it was held that particular calendar configurations had a specific "character" to them, which would influence events on days exhibiting that configuration. Divinations could then be made from the auguries associated with a certain configuration, since events taking place on some future date would be subject to the same influences as its corresponding previous cycle dates. Events and ceremonies would be timed to coincide with auspicious dates, and avoid inauspicious ones.[6]"
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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Enlightenedwon]
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Enlightenedwon said:
What really intrigues me about these people is they were soo advanced in Astrology, but not in any other areas of human development like; no wheel, or arches, or use of animals in work.

That's not really intriguing, Hispanics are too lazy to build that stuff so it makes sense that they spent most of their time watching the sky (presumably while high). :shrug:


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fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Enlightenedwon]
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What really intrigues me about these people is they were soo advanced in Astrology


Huh? How can a culture be advanced in some make-believe nonsense?


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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Oh yeah, I didn't catch that. :doh:


I think meant astronomy, either that or he has some pretty stupid beliefs.


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: Poid]
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I dare not correct as that would be nit-picking. So I must assume a poster wrote what he meant.


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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Oh yeah, I forgot how nit-picking is against the rules in this debate forum.


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: OrgoneConclusion]
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OrgoneConclusion said:
I dare not correct as that would be nit-picking. So I must assume a poster wrote what he meant.





It would be nice to see the day you actually want to participate in intelligent discussion, instead of your typical ridiculousness


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Re: If the Mayans hadn't been so lax [Re: the bizzle]
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Unfortunately, though, there is hardly any intelligent discussion so he is forced to nit-pick the retarded bullshit.


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Well I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you to be just like them. --  Bob Dylan
fireworks_god said:
It's one thing to simply enjoy a style of life that one enjoys, but it's another thing altogether to refer to another person's choice as "wrong" or to rationalize their behavior as being pathological or resulting from some sort of inadequacy or failing so as to create a sense of superiority or separation as yet another projection of a personal fear or control issue.

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