Their time wasn't linear as ours. Due the cycles they could predict. I can even imagine for example their prognosis was about a mass-suicide because of harmony with nature. They were surrounded by nature and with an effect of radical religion they could apply or follow rules we hardly imagine. In other religions are very interesting elements too. Islamist kills for converting others, judaist follows very strict capitalist (business) rules, etc. We think about Maya by the views of our current world and we don't know much about them. The end of the world could mean for example end of some "life value" which we don't see or don't understand. The "life value" as "love" or "hate" we take as normality but what was it for them. What means "life" for them if each of their new day was driven by a new god ? There can be the end of world in 2012 but not in Hollywood style. The reality can be minority of the existence.
Quote:christianity has made the most 'end world' prophesies and non of them (obviously) have come trueyou hardly work to avoid the prophesies (yes, they lost the property of prophesis by your activity and time) but if you don't understand prophesies how you can avoid them ?