With the Mayan Calendar set to expire on the 21st day of December in the year 2012, the rhetoric is heating up about the relationship between various conspiracy theories and 2012. There are many people who believe that some catastrophic event is set to occur on that day. Theories diverge when it comes to identifying that event but most conspiracy theorists firmly believe that it will be a worldwide event and government officials have specific information that they are refusing to share with the general public.
The idea that Earth will collide with some other heavenly body is the most popular theory discussed. Some people who believe in this scenario point to a planet called Nibiru as the most likely culprit. This object takes 3,600 years to complete its orbit around the sun and according to those who subscribe to this idea, it will be too close for comfort in 2012.
The idea of a polar shift on our planet is something else that people debate about. This is a natural phenomenon that scientists estimate takes place every 400,000 years on Earth. There are several groups of people that feel the next shift will be so violent that our world will turn upside down, literally.
Our sun undergoes a polar shift much more frequently. Roughly every eleven years, solar activity increases and the sun reaches a state that is termed solar maximum. There is an increased frequency of solar flares and sun spots during this time.
The year 2012 is targeted as the next time the sun reaches solar maximum. Despite the frequency of this occurrence, people believe that the next cycle will be the most severe ever. Doomsday believers predict a worldwide break down in telecommunications as well as widespread blackouts.
Arguments will continue to be made by all sides until that day finally arrives and we all find out what happens.
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