Of Ancient Wars and Spacecraft, page 2

reply to post by Skyfloating

Them having human traits may be evidence they weren't divine but it is hardly evidence that they were aliens. In fact the human-like and flawed nature of the gods is further evidence that they were made up by men, unless of course the aliens are as dangerously unstable as the ancients made their gods out to be.

If an arrow passes someone's head they might say it whistled, whirred, buzzed, zipped, etc all of which involve a similar higher pitched sound whereas a bomb would involve a deeper bass sound.

I'm not saying its all made up but as a skeptic (one who tries to keep an open mind) its best to look at the easiest explanation first. Yes there is evidence of cultures coming up with many similar ideas, deities, but before we look at aliens should we not look at cultural diffusion and the exchange of ideas as we migrated as a species out of Africa? Should we ignore all the differences in the accounts? I have no problem with religion, ancient or otherwise, but when religion is in the hands of those in power in can only be used for evil, my qualms are with state-sponsored religion.

We all know that the accounts have elements of fiction in them blended with history, that's how legend works, particularly when these legends are ancients. Its easy to think how oral stories and traditions changed over time and when society got settled down enough to invent writing the stories became more and more embellished with myth, legend and superstition, cultures borrowed myths from other peoples (Greeks borrow from Egypt borrow from Rome. Hebrews borrow from Sumerians, etc). We have vast stores of fiction today, immense volumes of stories, are more advanced cultures in the future going to discover them and wonder to themselves what was fact and fiction? Are they going to sit down to watch Independence Day and actually believe it took place? I'm not saying their religions are as fictitious as today's entertainment, no for them it was a way of life and a way of recording their beliefs and culture and of making sense of the world from the perspective of the first being with consciousness and language.

I love ancient myths and have made it a hobby of mine studying them its one of the reasons I've followed this series of threads as they do bring up many interesting points. Like I said though, its a big leap from interesting to Aliens