Are we on the highway to hell or being misled?Mayan calender. Is it the truth?

Yesterday I read an article online which said that the world is going to experience the dooms day about after four years from today and we all are going to die- the date is December 21,2012. Its sounds ribald though, they cant be too certain about if its really going to happen. If we look into the matter in a way which is a bit more mature, we are able to understand that we have listened to such kind of threats number of times before and which “no shit Sherlock” never took place. like they all say that the Mayan calendar does not go over 12/21/2012 and they did several predictions before which popped out to be true….but how are they so sure…i wont believe them unless i get a chance to read and understand those writings that Mayan people wrote thousands of years ago. Its so messed up…huh? we are going to die…if it were so, we should have been warned way before…or its just a matter of propaganda….making money out of the controversy setting up a fear deep in the hearts of people so that they loose the sense of what’s right and what’s wrong……may be business…we all know its so easy to find a way to squeeze money out of the pockets of people. I know I’m going to live long at least I hope so…yup we all do so, feel, and have the right to live. they talk about death…pain…strain…I tell you what if we are not around it all goes in vain, I have been looking for ways to make people believe that its all fake and hoax and I’m sure its all fake and those who brought this information (which is totally untrue ) about, are going to suffer the worst of their days.