It’s just a thought, certainly not a prediction, but given the fact that the Mayan prophecy has no Biblical basis whatsoever, wouldn’t it cause more of a falling-away (or at least create more doubt in Biblical eschatology) if something were to actually happen on 12/21/12?
Interesting, sure,
As you say, this Mayan prophecy is not biblical beyond the sense of a global expectation of something coming, and when it fails to materialize, how it then may discredit in the minds of those with very little knowledge of what the Bible says about the coming close of the age, they throw the baby out with the bath water so to speak,
My point was only that it potentially could fulfill another prophecy towards the return of Jesus. What Peter is saying is that it is ‘the last days’ when they are scoffing, so if this is not the global fulfillment, then something not dissimilar will occur again to coincide when the end is in fact come,
for which we do not know the day or the hour,
Whatever the mind of man can imagine, will be not only be imagined but feared, rational or not.
The problems occur when the insane jump into the mix, and the longer I live, the greater my belief that a significant percentage of humans are insane to a greater or lesser extent. The proof is everywhere.
One can just as easily assert that it is also a fact that Biblical prophesy has no basis whatsoever in Mayan beliefs.
So what?
I would never succumb to my insane nature and assert that the Bible I believe in is more valid than the Mayan version. I believe in my faith nevertheless, and have no fears, uncertainty or problems with other cultures and their beliefs, so long as they don't continually attempt to kill me as a result.
Can you imagine a world where every world religion was as sick and insane as islam? I can't.