Originally posted by Im a Marty
Very well said Devino!
Thank you BTW, I was late finishing up my second reply and didn't get a chance to add thnx...
Originally posted by OhZone
The bible is not even a "Jewish" account.
It has it roots in Egypt and pre-diluvian Ireland/British Isles/Scandanavia (Atlantis)
In ancient times Off-worlders came to this planet. They displayed their technology. To the Natives this was Magic. Therefore these people were
regarded as Gods.
Your points seem to pertain to knowledge from ancient cuneiform tablets made by the Sumerian's in Mesopotamia around 3000 BCE. The "off-worlders"
were called the Annunaki by the people of Sumer which means, "those from Heaven to Earth came" and it appears that the human-Annunaki relationship
predates the deluge. There are a handful of people in the world that can translate cuneiform and in the 1850's biblical scholars were elated to hear
translated stories that seemed to come right out of the bible; like Adam and Eve, the flood and it's survivors and the tower of Babel. This is direct
corroboration of these biblical stories but from it's original form, the preserved tables, and not translated over time. It is said that the stories
in the bible were told to the Jewish people by the Sumerian's and if this is so then they did a remarkable job of preserving them. The problem began
when more of the tablets were translated but this begins a complicated topic of it's own. To learn more look up Zecharia Sitchin for he is one of the
few translators alive today and he has written extensively about this.
Originally posted by sizzle
...after studying other manuscripts I am beginning to wonder about other possibilties.
I think the most important thing to always keep in mind is to work towards understanding. Rene Descartes's meditations and a few e-books written by
Roy Masters about the philosophy of thought have taught me to understand the difference between whats true and false and I hold one undeniable truth
for myself, Cogito Ergo Sum.
I have discovered some very disturbing things and to say it shakes the foundation of my religion is an understatement. How can anyone believe anything
without a true understanding and to be able to discern the difference between truth and fallacy? The only thing worse then being deceived is trading
one deception for another.
Mainstream science says human knowledge is a linear progression but that makes no sence given the myriad of evidence found all over the world. A quote
from OhZone's coneheads link,
"According to the orthodox anthropology, this skull simply
does not exist, because it
cannot be...The only accepted human types
entering the continent are of the modern anatomy. There are some other sources that place all types of human genus in both Americas at much earlier
dates based on numerous anomalous finds, but the academe sticks to its preconceived notions, no matter what. It's safer."
This type of 'a priori' approach is replete throughout academia and it has no place in our academics or science. Take a close look at the words we
use and see if you really understand their meaning, like Testament-this does not mean word of God nor false stories to deceive man, or what is the
purpose for fear and hatred? Is blame a good and useful thing? We could blame God for all of our problems and suffering but that does no good. Perhaps
we could blame Satan or some other ill conceived deity or maybe blame each other, at least that way would could exact revenge and add to the problem.
Or my favorite ambiguous term lately, anti-war protester. I am still trying to understand what exactly that means.
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