Well, the Mayan apocalypse was a bit of a disappointment. Don’t you find it strange that people of our age would pay any attention to the calendar of a long-ago-ruined civilization? It demonstrates how hungry people are for clues to our destiny, knowledge about the future, some truth about the world. The continuing debates regarding the age and origin of the world are part of the same question: Is there any reason for our existence as the race of men? Does my life have any meaning? So we are willing to pay attention when someone claims to have a window into these mysteries—and then revel in ridicule when their claims are proven false. John the Baptist garnered plenty of attention when he arose as…