Argument: Doomsday in 2012?

Assertion/claim: The world is not going to be a doomsday in 2012.

• The people, the Mayans, that said the world will end next year also said that a religious rebirth would occur on a past date that would bring an end to the world and they were obviously wrong. Since the Mayan calendar end on December 21 of 2012, people are jumping to the conclusion that that is the end of the world.
• Just because the Mayan calendar ended on that date does not mean that the world also ends on that date.
• The Mayans' did not say the world will end next year and even if they did, it would not mean that it will.
• There is not sufficient evidence supporting that the world will end next year.
• No scientific evidence says that the world will end next year in particular.
• Besides there being no scientific evidence, the Mayans' did not have any evidence that the world will particularly end next year either.

Opposing Claims/They Say:

• "The world is going to end on December 21, 2012.", everybody says because the Mayan calendar ends on that date.

My Rebuttal/I Say

• People claiming that the world is ending in 2012 because the Mayan calendar ends on that date is false belief. The calender on December 21, 2012 does not necessarily mean that the world is going to end. There are scientific explanations why the world could end, but not on December 21, 2012 in particular from any other date or year.

My Paragraph
The people, the Mayans, that said the world will end next year also said that a religious rebirth would occur on a past date that would bring an end to the world and they were obviously wrong. Since the Mayan calendar end on December 21 of 2012, people are jumping to the conclusion that that is the end of the world. Just because the Mayan calendar ended on that date does not mean that the world also ends on that date. The Mayans' did not say the world will end next year and even if they did, it would not mean that it will. There is not sufficient evidence supporting that the world will end next year. No scientific evidence says that the world will end next year in particular. Besides there being no scientific evidence, the Mayans' did not have any evidence that the world will particularly end next year either. "The world is going to end on December 21, 2012.", everybody says because the Mayan calendar ends on that date. People claiming that the world is ending in 2012 because the Mayan calendar ends on that date is false belief. The calender on December 21, 2012 does not necessarily mean that the world is going to end. There are scientific explanations why the world could end, but not on December 21, 2012 in particular from any other date or year.

My Thinking:
This paragraph is written under inductive thinking because I agree partially, not completely.

Source:
 universetoday.com