I don't think referring to
people as retards for believing in this is correct at all.
I DO think it's highly retarded to pick up somebody elses 'religious iconography' and then through improper interpretation surmise a very different conclusion from that which is intended.
Given that most people that actually believe this 2012 bullshit come from non Mayan religions (atheists by default dont believe anything except dust-wind-dude) it's jarringly ignorant to throw aside your own religious belief to somehow put your faith into a completely unknown and ancient system.
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindu's, Sikhs, Zoroastrians, Pagans all have their own set of beliefs and most also have final days predictions (revelations being the one most of us know). To disregard the systems set up inside your own faith and to piggy back onto a completely different cultural identity, especially when it comes to religious practice and belief, is not only retarded - it's fundamentally dismissive of your own religion and all it teaches.
As for thinking no harm is done - yes it is. Certain people led by the manipulating 'elders' or pseudo scholars that predict end days end up giving away worldly goods, resign from jobs and ultimately prepare for the end. When doomsday passes and they have no job and no money... nice one.
Or worse.
http://brainz.org/10-most-notorious-suicide-cults-history/
This was a one click google search but you get what I'm saying.
People need to STFU about end days because somewhere someone's life will be destroyed simply because they were manipulated enough to believe it.
And for FTFR
People die everyday across this planet. Every day somebody's world ends
http://www.worldometers.info/
Doomsday happens all the time.
Pfft.
