![]() These theorists believe that on December 21, 2012, the Earth will experience unprecedented, cataclysmic disasters ranging from massive earthquakes and tsunamis to nuclear reactor meltdowns. Citing the conclusion of a lengthy cycle in the ancient Mayan calendar, certain theorists anticipate the end of life as we know it on December 21, 2012. More recently, some doomsday forecasters have focused on the year 2012. According to a 2007 article in The New York Times: "Gnostics predicted the imminent arrival of God’s kingdom as early as the first century." The Shakers thought the world would be over in 1792, while the Jehovah’s Witnesses pegged various years between 19 as an end date. Since the beginning of recorded time, people have been thinking about the end of the world and making predictions about how and when it might happen.
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