Even the Mayans didn't really predict the end of the world on December 21, 2012. They predicted, essentially, the end of a so-called Long Count calendar (something for which there really is no analog in western culture). Then, they thought, a new Long Count cycle would begin. This "prophecy" is more of a case of crossed wires resulting from trying to understand Mayan cosmology through modern, specifically Western, ideas of time.

While I do not believe that the Mayan calander's end details the end of the world, I do enjoy the excitement it has brought about. The 21st will just be another day, like any other. Not the end of the world, but the closing of another year.

I have no idea why people take this Mayan thing so seriously.  I wonder what it is that would make anyone believe that the Mayans, unlike every other group of people in the world, had some idea as to when the world will end.  I believe that the 21st will just be another day like any other.

Well, the world won't end but another year will.  This has been a difficult year througout the world.  I think many people will be happy to see it end.  Americans are anxiously awaiting our presidential election this week, hoping things go smoothly.