Actually, the present-day Maya apparently do not think that the world will end. And just because Japan had an earthquake does not mean they think the world will end. I see no logical reason to say the world will end.
To answer that question I first have to tell you a little background about what I think:
God is like a dude, he has a very large house and all of the rooms in the house are amazingly organized and beautiful. The dude likes animals, so he gets a whole lot of pets and puts them in his most delicate and organized room, which is apparently earth. One day, the dude (AKA god) gets a new pet, which is this puppy; the puppy was special, and he thought the puppy will be awesome. But then, the puppy starts eating other pets, it urinates all over the room, it starts biting off the paint and pictures on the walls of the room, and it eventually travels a bit to the closet across the hall.
So, should the dude burn the delicate room down just to kill the puppy? I think not. He will most probably just kick the puppy out of the house.
Now to understanding my poor metaphor, the puppy of doom is basically humans.
Which leads to my opinion:
Will the world erupt in flame and demons come out to kill us all? Nope.
Will something happen just to get rid of the pesky little vermin called homo sapiens? I definitely think so.
Bloody... I doubt it. The world should have ended a long time ago if predictions were in any way something we could actually trust. Heck, the world should have ended around 3 times during my life, and we should be in the middle of another world war too. It's just a calender running out, and there are no Mayans to go buy a new one. I bet they sit somewhere in their secret... lair or whatever and giggle at the stupidity that is human kind and their superstition.
