[Lauren]

I see where you're both coming from.
I agree with Mark in that it's horrible finding out different dates for when the World is going to end and in actual fact has no point to it. It's going to end sometimes, so why would we need to know the date?

But, I agree with Very_Nayce in that it's some peoples occupations to do so, and maybe prevent it happening sooner than later.

The ones I disagree with come from people like Mayans who are "new age" philosophers, deciding the end of the World is when the Sun hits a particular point in the sky. It's these that usually make the media and scare monger people - and I believe these are the ones that cause the most problems.