I never believed it would, given the words of Christ in Matthew 24:36: "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only." Why, then, would a bunch of Mayan calendar-makers somehow know when the world was going to end?
For those of you who scoffed at me, shook your head in derision, and laughed internally, I can only say...
...told you so!