I mean thats pretty much it in a nutshell. Did the mayans think that was our doom?
not really....the mayans as we perceive them never really delved into the apocalyptic anyway..that's more of the mexicas,but they could have mixed
the mayan calendar is more of a celestial track than that of human prophecy, and the end date marks an important celestial event, but does not indicate that it is the end of the world...
it could be a marking of a new age, or the end of the calendar and returning back to the beginning, like a normal calendar(consider the fact the tablet of which the calendar is on is circular)
there is also the notion that the mayans may not have gotten to the next age because they did not finish it, or were working on another tablet when drought hit(or some other cause but this seems to be the most likely cause of the mayan's downfall at this point)
the apocalypse notion has been adopted in recent times
I mean I cant see anything else happening except a few crazies on the streets. Probably better to stay home that day and stay out of metro areas not because of the doomsday but the idiots that are out there as we have seen in the last 6 weeks or so with all the shootings.
ya that day will be interesting for sure, even if nothing does happen in apocalyptic terms