it doesnt say in all the reference in multiple cultures(mayans,chinese,egyptians,muslims all have refrences to this event) that it would happen instantly at say 2:00pm 2012 dec 21, it says it will be a gradual increase, and 2012 brings a overflowing a amplifications of things to come, i must say in this sense look over the past hundred years or so, you can say it is getting gradually worse, this is also a refrence to the flood as i mentioned early has started already( technology( huge leaps in technology over the past hundred years),wisdom, war....) so eh time will tell, so its better to be open minded and thinking, than closed an ignorant