Ancient Astronauts Evidence, page 1

Originally posted by Skyfloating

Originally posted by LoneWeasel

But you make an assumption that because we don't know exactly what they meant, they must necessarily be terms relating to ancient technology.

If one scholar makes the assumption that "Horus flew out into the Nightsea" refers to some mythological place, it is my right to make the assumption that that refers to space.

Or not?

It is your right to assume and believe whatever you like. However, you have referred to "hard evidence" in previous posts. Your beliefs and assumptions are not "hard evidence". They are beliefs and assumptions. For example. I believe this egg is a tree, even though my friend Pam says it's an egg. My belief is not in itself evidence that the egg is a tree. Indeed, unless the egg sprouts leaves and grows bark, I have no evidence whatever to suggest that Pam is correct.

I would suggest that taking a text that is commonly accepted to be myth and declaring that myth actually not to be fiction at all, but based on technological reality, places a burden of proof on you to demonstrate that the words mean something tangible rather than myth. In the same way, my declaring this egg to be a tree when commonly it would be accepted that it is an egg places a burden on me to prove that it is, in fact, a tree.

I reiterate my point, which is that your assumptions and beliefs, however much we respect them and your right to hold them, are hard evidence of absolutely nothing.

All I would add more generally to dispute the veracity of your beliefs and assumptions is that there was a culture of fantasy to much of the literature to which you prefer. Norse and old english writing used the fantastic as a device to promote the purpose of their writing. As a very basic example, fire was a major health hazard, so were snakes, combine the two and you have dragons: a device to embody the things that people feared at the time.

1000 or so years later, Shakespeare wrote "The Tempest" which include a flying faerie and a hideous monster. It is my right to make the assumption that the faeire was in fact Shakespeare's depiction of a grey, and the hideous monster was a representative of the reptilians. I would be talking complete nonsense, but yes, it would be my right to do so. I doubt I'll be starting a thread on the subject any time soon, though, as I would have absolutely no evidence to back up my claim.

LW