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Originally posted by zorgon
Originally posted by steveknows
Von Daniken books sit next to Lord of the rings on my book shelf. God was not an astronaut. He wrote books so that people who won't research and like to guess would buy them. JRR Tolkien wrote The Lord of the rings for the same reason. To entertain. At least JRR Tolkien states that his books are fiction so by definition he as more credibility than Von Daniken.
God is just as much a fiction story as Lord of the Rings. Do you keep your bible on that sci fi shelf as well? And the Ezekial spacecraft really does show He drives a flying saucer, even proved by a NASA scientist who set out to disprove it
As to von Daniken... when I first saw him it was on a debate with an Archaeologist. Erik maintained calmly all throughout that this was his THEORY and challenged everyone else to make up there own mind, something he still says today. In the debate the archaeologist couldn't offer a counter explanation for the items presented, so resorted to the same tactic most skeptics here at ATS use... attack the person and his credibility, rather than the issue. At the end Pierre Burton said that while he disagreed with Erik, he declared him the winner of the debate, because he stayed calm and stuck to his case, while the archaeologist got angry and abusive on a personal level.
You say you have his books... you say you find them entertaining at least, yet you and others like you seem to feel the need to enter every thread like this and knock down others who enjoy the entertainment and discussion of alternative theories
Besides I seem to recall a thread about you leaving? Or was that just another rant to get attention? Doesn't matter really, but I find it curious this pathological need psuedo debunkers have to attack anything and everything they don't agree with. Why even come to a site famous for alternative thinking and nutty posts? Do you think you can sway people? Wake up... not going to happen.
OH and BTW goodbye rant posts are against the T&C
India has nukes now. But not before the 20th century.
Well Hitler spent a lot of time and money searching for those old weapons of the gods... so perhaps YOU don't know everything
Aliens would be real. But they're to far away to even know we're here. Yes the universe is actually that big.
Again this is merely your uninformed opinion...
Read real science books. They're actually more interesting then "The day the earth stood still"
When the next day came, Camva actually brought forth an iron bolt through which all the individuals in the race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas became consumed into ashes. Indeed, for the destruction of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, Camva brought forth, through that curse, a fierce iron bolt that looked like a gigantic messenger of death. The fact was duly reported to the king. In great distress of mind, the king (Ugrasena) caused that iron bolt to be reduced into fine powder. (Mausala Parva, sec. 1)
Day by day strong winds blew, and many were the evil omens that arose, awful and foreboding the destruction of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas. The streets swarmed with rats and mice. Earthen pots showed cracks or broken from no apparent cause. At night, the rats and mice ate away the hair and nails of slumbering men. […] That chastiser of foes commanded the Vrishnis to make a pilgrimage to some sacred water. The messengers forthwith proclaimed at the command of Kecava that the Vrishnis should make a journey to the sea-coast for bathing in the sacred waters of the ocean. (Mausala Parva, sec. 2)
While the worlds were thus afflicted, Sakra, surrounded by the Maruts, battled against the three cities by hurling his thunder upon them from every side. When, however, Purandra failed to pierce those cities made impenetrable, O king, by the Creator with his boons, the chief of celestials, filled with fear, and leaving those cities, repaired with those very gods to that chastiser of foes, viz., the Grandsire, for representing unto him the oppressions committed by the Asuras. […] (Section 33)
Thus equipped, that car shone brilliantly like a blazing fire in the midst of the priests officiating at a sacrifice. Beholding that car properly equipped, the gods became filled with wonder. Seeing the energies of the entire universe united together in one place, O sire, the gods wondered, and at last represented unto that illustrious Deity that the car was ready. […] Then He called Nila Rohita (Blue and Red or smoke)--that terrible deity robed in skins,--looking like 10,000 Suns, and shrouded by the fire of superabundant Energy, blazed up with splendour. […] The triple city then appeared immediately before that god of unbearable energy [Maheswara, or Siva], that Deity of fierce and indescribable form, that warrior who was desirous of slaying the Asuras. The illustrious deity, that Lord of the universe, then drawing that celestial bow, sped that shaft which represented the might of the whole universe, at the triple city. Upon that foremost of shafts, O thou of great good fortune, being shot, loud wails of woe were heard from those cities as they began to fall down towards the Earth. Burning those Asuras, he threw them down into the Western ocean. (Sec. 34)
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by HolgerTheDane
The text in the OP is NOT in the Mahabharata.
Firstly, as the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, now in animals and humans is a mutation leading to tsiklopizmu (in Cyclopes one eye is over the bridge). And we all know the legends of many peoples of the existence of the Cyclops, that people had to fight. The second area of radioactive mutagenesis - it poliplodiya - doubling the chromosome set, which leads to gigantism and the doubling of some bodies, two hearts or two rows of teeth. Remains of giant skeletons with a double row of teeth from time to time on the ground, as reported by Michael Persinger. The third area of radioactive mutagenesis - a Mongoloid. Currently, the Mongoloid race is most common in the world. It includes the Chinese, Mongols, Eskimos, Ural, South Siberia nationalities and peoples of the Americas.