2012 the Prophecy

So, is 2012 a truly significant date?  Will civilization end?  Will this be the apocalypse? This date is most apparently connected to a Long Count of the Mayan calendar that means there will be a major change in the world order.  Also, it is connected to the Mayan forecast of a major sunspot cycle.   Here are some of the major things that have been forecase to occur in 2012:

• Major sunspot cycle in the Mayan calendar
• Asteroid or comet colision forecasted by algorythms taken from the Bible
• Nostrodamus speaks of a series of natural disasters possibly created by a comet or asteroid

The pre-Columbian Mayans observed and recorded movements of the heavens for 4,000 years and developed a calendar so accurate that any given day could be ascertained without duplication for 370,000 years.  The Mayans knew that sun spots and solar flares had a direct link to the rise and fall of civilizations on earth.