Read up about a man named Edgar Cayce a very enlighten man once I was told about him all I could do is read as much of his work as possible. The majiority of religions do predict a end of all time around the year 2012 even the bible its just worded diffrently something about a thousand years of peace then a thousand years of war. I belive the year 2012 will be a very significant date as far as humanity is concerned it may not be the end of the world but maybe more like the begining of the end. Nothing is ever writen in stone what happens in the future is a direct result of our actions today I am not religious at all just spiritual I beliver there is right and wrong I believe people who live there lives helping others and doing good should not be dammed for eternity because he simply did not accept Jesus as the son of "god" into his heart. There very well may be a higher power than man but we as humans dont have the capacity to understand it. Maybe the higher power is that something inside all of us that makes us even read articles like this, or makes 100s of people over 1000s of years predict the same out come on the same date without ever knowing of each other. Our world is in turmoil and Im not worried one bit because I am at peace with my self and all things surrounding me.