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However, scientists greatly doubt that the Mayas foresaw any event of astronomical significance taking place on that date, and astronomer Phil Plait<ref>Bad Astronomy blog</ref> states that the alignment do not fall precisely in 2012, and that distant stars do not exert any force which could harm Earth.   

However, scientists greatly doubt that the Mayas foresaw any event of astronomical significance taking place on that date, and astronomer Phil Plait<ref>Bad Astronomy blog</ref> states that the alignment do not fall precisely in 2012, and that distant stars do not exert any force which could harm Earth.   

In addition, the use of the Long Count among Mayan city-states was not uniform,  and some evidence suggests that some of the [[pagan]] priests understood that the cycle would end after 20 baktuns.<ref>[http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/index.html by Mark Van Stone, ''It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us About 2012]</ref> Archaeologist, Guillermo Bernal of Mexico's National Autonomous University states there are other inscriptions at Mayan sites for dates far beyond 2012.

In addition, the use of the Long Count among Mayan city-states was not uniform,  and some evidence suggests that some of the [[pagan]] priests understood that the cycle would end after 20 baktuns.<ref>[http://www.famsi.org/research/vanstone/2012/index.html by Mark Van Stone, ''It's Not the End of the World: What the Ancient Maya Tell Us About 2012]</ref> Archaeologist, Guillermo Bernal of Mexico's National Autonomous University states there are other inscriptions at Mayan sites for dates far beyond 2012. The Mayan LongCount  calendar is seen to allow a far greater age for the earth. <ref>[http://www.blackcatsys.net/calMayan.html The Mayan Calendar]</ref>

Erosion and a crack in the Monument Six stone also renders the end of the inscription to be almost illegible. Bernal understands the final and eroded symbolic art as perhaps stating, "He will descend from the sky", and states there are other inscriptions at Mayan sites for dates far beyond 2012.

Erosion and a crack in the Monument Six stone also renders the end of the inscription to be almost illegible. Bernal understands the final and eroded symbolic art as perhaps stating, "He will descend from the sky", and states there are other inscriptions at Mayan sites for dates far beyond 2012.