Is 2012 A Hoax

There have been a lot of arguments online as to whether the impending destruction forecast in the Mayan calendar is some form of hoax. I do not believe the 2012 prophecy is a hoax in the traditional sense because it does not seem to be organized.

By that I mean that there is no organized group that has anything to gain by spreading the rumors that the world will end in December of 2012. Oh sure, there are a dozen people or so selling books that make those claims but most of the believers are not authors pitching their words for a quick buck.

The 2012 community has really just sort of developed a cult following among the kind of people that typically like to glum onto conspiracies and things of that nature. Because of this there is a tremendous number of people that are prone to believe such things and they are spreading the rumors about destruction.

There is also a lot of misunderstanding. Many people really believe that the Mayan calendar forecasts a disaster in 2012 but even that is unclear. So, at this point, I am not ready to call this 2012 situation a Hoax. It is just a phenomenon that has built in acceptance among certain people.