I have a thoery that we are the newest civilzation(for lack of better word) in this series of events, man has been the same for 150,000 years isn't it possible that a more advanced civilization could have been around then been destroyed in that time. think of it this way. . . do you think the USA or any country will still be around in 25,000 years. although there are fossils but this race could have been wiped off the planet some how (my theory is still in its infancy lol)

hope this porovokes some thoughts
-graham

Humanity is another expression of the activity of life in our capacity in this world.

Catastrophic events are usually not global in affect unless augmented by concious direction.

Recorded human history points the rise and fall of great civilizations like the swing of a pendulum.

Could it be we decline as a result of our moving out of our place in the world, in an attempt to become more than we are designed for?

Can we better the efforts of billions of years of genetic adaptation and unfolding?

Are megaliths the last marks of an ancient civilization's death throws, or keys to a future passed on by those that succeeded - their final footprints left for all time before stepping off from this world to spread the information of life in distant realms of expression?

There are footprints of homosapiens alongside those of dinosaurs, mud now cast in stone, who can say how long humans have walked this planet?

I find that very interesting, thanks for the link. I always find it hard to understand a hardcore scientist who is religious (nothing wrong with religious people) it just seems to conterdict being a scientist.

[edit on 16-6-2004 by mrmonsoon]

you have an interesting theory there mrmonsoon, and I have to ask you; have you ever read the book "Genesis Unveiled" by Ian Lawton?
Many of his theories and beliefs about the origin of man deal with the things that you mention. I will say, that I believe that I don't think that Homo Sapiens have been on the earth for much longer, if ANY longer than is currently accepted. However, I do not think that our ancient ancestors were simple hunter-gatherers until around 6000 b.c. I will agree with your theory that there have been multiple catastrphes (i.e. floods, meteors, volcanoes and such) that have repeatedly brought homo sapiens to the brink of extinction. However, I do not think that out ancient ancestors were flying around in UFO's nuking deserts in the middle east of small villages in India.

However, one must remember that the last Ice Age could've demolished many ancient cities, landmarks, buildings, temples, burial grounds, and such. Some people also believe that prehaps long ago, the entore earths crust shifted, and would've obviously destroyed many, of not all signs of civilization from that time preiod and before. Also, as with everything else, I'm sure human bones only last so long before they turn to dust.

And yes the erosion on the pyramids does seem to be consistent with that of water erosion, prehaps due to a flood as I previousky mentioned...
I have also heard that the Shpinx did originally have a different face on it, but was later changed to the face of the pharaoh Cephren.

Well, we keep finding things that are very old that "could not have been made by man at that time", maybe it's time to reevaluate our theories. I have not heard of or read that book.
I once read a sci-fi story that is close to this-basicly a world like earth, except everyone it scared to death of dark. Mentions just finding runes of previous civilizations that seemed to have tech about the same as them, then some disater wiped them out. It ends with something coming by in space, kills all their power and will block the sun for x years. There is then a sourse of light, but soon realized that people are burning anything to create light.

Originally posted by mrmonsoon


I find that very interesting, thanks for the link. I always find it hard to understand a hardcore scientist who is religious (nothing wrong with religious people) it just seems to conterdict being a scientist.

[edit on 16-6-2004 by mrmonsoon]

I believe that they view science as the medium through which god has chosen to work. Michio Kaku's book Hyperspace gave me the impression that he believes in a God who rules the world through control of physics (either which he created or which he simply controls).
When a "hardcore" scientist is religious, you can generally expect that he will either believe that God has invented physics for a reason, and uses them exclusively in all of his miracles and everything else, OR that God is just a scientist from a higher dimension who created our world in his spare time.

I guess I never thought about it that way. I have always seen science and religion as oposite sides of the coin.