Tea party types and Bible thumpers are enthusiastic about what they think is the coming Armageddon in 2012.
Some people believe that folks like Glenn Beck and Michele Bachmann are doomsday prophets of sorts. I think that Beck and Bachmann actually consider themselves prophets. Yeppers, I do. Their lunacy should not be underestimated.
These people take end times seriously. It's probably why they behave the way they do.
Beck even preaches end of days, suggesting that Hillary Clinton and Obama play a role.
Some people believe that the end of the world will come with a pole shift, which may have happened once before, but Princeton University's Adam Maloof says that pole shift or polar wander isn't likely.
I prefer to think of 2012 as ushering in the age of enlightenment, another interpretation of the Mayan calendar. But reality is 2012 will come and go and doomsdayers will have to choose a new date for the world to end.
A preview of National Geographic's new show--2012: Countdown to Armageddon
How the Mayans formulated their calendar is fascinating:
Here is Beck talking about the end of days:
