Lucas is nuts if he really believes this. The world ending on 2012? Come on!
The world really ended at the turn of the century - January 1, 2000, the new millenium. A fluctuation in the spacetime continuum caused a miniature black hole to blossom in the center of the Earth, obliterating the planet and exterminating all terrestrial life. We all are really spirits stuck in Purgatory - or one of the outer circles of Hell - until we overcome ourselves and achieve Nirvana.