Shift of the Ages - the Mayans finally talk about 2012, page 2
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reply posted on 15-3-2010 @ 01:29 PM by srsen
reply to post by Freeborn



I'd like to know why so many people are so quick to make assumptions that the Mayans really did practice human sacrifice.

It is only our modern Western interpretation of ancient Mayan texts and temples which says that they sacrificed anyone.
This same sort of rubbish interpretation is responsible for people thinking the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt was a tomb when it clearly never was.

How arrogant have we all become to think that we can stand in the face of a Mayan elder and tell THEM THEIR OWN history! No sorry guys, you're OWN history passed down through the generations and guarded as sacred is wrong. We know because we applied our faulty interpretation and it says you sacrificed people - you savages

In regards to the Spanish, would you really expect a peaceful and spiritual peoples to respond with the same level of weaponry and aggression afforded by the Spanish? Come on - let's at least be fair with our reasoning here.

Watch this vids and let me know what you think - and let's approach it all with an open mind - we could learn a thing or two...



reply posted on 15-3-2010 @ 01:45 PM by srsen
reply to post by earthdude



You know this how?

This is why i get a bit frustrated with these topics. How the heck do you know this?

We have few reliable sources on this, yes, but we DO have a MAYAN ELDER telling it as it is! I mean, why do you believe some western researchers over THE SOURCE ITSELF??

It just confuses me this way of thinking.

I say it again, arrogant Western thinking. And i am not attacking you personally, you are more than entitled to your opinion and i respect that, but i just wish people would open themselves to greater possibilities.


reply posted on 15-3-2010 @ 02:25 PM by earthdude
reply to post by srsen



I traveled extensivley in Central and Southern Mexico, and in South America when I was a child. I suppose some forms of Mayan religion could have been practiced in secrecy, but I really doubt it. The people pretending to be mayan Elders don't really have a religion or the academics the ancient ones had. The Conquistadores did away with the Mayan culture, at times completely obliterating religious sites and building churches on the debris. I heard the elder mentioned does not even speak Mayan.


reply posted on 15-3-2010 @ 02:34 PM by double_frick
reply to post by star in a jar



www.shiftoftheages.com...

i didn't have to pay to see the movie clips.
and hey, i'm *not* going to pay for the full movie...thats what downloading is for. :/

BUT
i do think its interesting, def. more interesting than 45% of the lame, 'tarded threads around here any more. *sigh*

though i'll admit the site does seem very ad-like. haha doesn't mean the info is meaningless or even false.


reply posted on 15-3-2010 @ 02:43 PM by Pimpish
reply to post by srsen



We have few reliable sources on this, yes, but we DO have a MAYAN ELDER telling it as it is! I mean, why do you believe some western researchers over THE SOURCE ITSELF??


Let me have you apply the same logic to your own post:
You know this how?


How do you know this guy is a Mayan Elder, because he said so, where is the proof?

To me keeping an open mind means being able to see both sides of the story.

you are more than entitled to your opinion and i respect that, but i just wish people would open themselves to greater possibilities.


Perhaps then you should open yourself to the possibility that this old man may not have the slightest clue what he is talking about? Why do other people always have to open themselves to greater possibilities, while you refuse to do the same yourself?

I have no idea whether this guy knows what he is talking about, and I have no idea if he's just making it all up or not. However, I am willing to listen with an open mind. I don't mean to call you out personally, I just am always seeing posts like that. Basically berating another member for not having an open mind, while at the same time closing your mind to other possibilities. It just seems silly to me.

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