--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "salyavin808" <fintlewoodlewix@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Surely to God no one believes either the author or that GN could > > > > > > possibly have posted this with a straight face. > > > > > > > > > > Are you kidding? There's a whole sub-culture of evolving new > > > > > age guff like this. *Millions* believe it. I know perfectly > > > > > sane, intelligent, successful people who believe mankind is > > > > > in telepathic communication with alien beings at the centre > > > > > of the galaxy. > > > > > > > > If it was me I would amend that to "...perfectly successful people who > > > > believe mankind is..." > > > > > > Nope. Are all christians, muslims insane because they don't apply > > > logic to their view of the world? Some would say yes, I think that > > > in an absence of structured and tested knowledge about the world > > > all sorts of nonsense can creep in and be taken as fact. > > > > > > And in a science-savvy world, these religious sci-fi concepts are > > > to be expected. Believing that Marduk is an extraterrestrial is no > > > stranger than believing in astrology or crystal healing. > > > > I think you are taking this past where I was going initially. I was talking > > about the particular post made by GN which cited a particularly wild > > assertion by Sasha Lessin regarding the Earth having been nuked by aliens a > > very long time ago. In case you have lost the initial guffaw-inspired > > reaction you no doubt had when first reading this little gem let me refresh > > your memory: > > > > "3,663 years ago, Yahweh, known then as Enlil, a 9 -12 foot fully Homo > > Sapien ET from the Planet Nibiru, 49 astronomical units from Earth, ordered > > nuclear attacks on the people and cities south of the (thence) Dead Sea in > > Canaan and on a spaceport he ran in Sinai. The fallout immediately blew over > > and killed most of the Sumerian Earthlings--those loyal to Yahweh." > > > > If you would like to continue to defend statements like these as perfectly > > in line with other beliefs that run rampant among the human race, be my > > guest. But all I'm saying is that I am pretty sure that anyone who would > > believe this particular theory isn't likely to be having afternoon tea at > > my abode; I prefer not to hang out with crazies. > > Sure it makes me laugh but no more than Jehovas witnesses, > scientology or spoon bending. It's all about whether you have an > evidence based view of the world or a belief based one. > > But do you think it's somehow different from biblical beliefs > about God smiting the caananites and the fiery chariot in Ezekiel? > The old testament is where the new age get their inspiration. The Xtians > weird beliefs seem normal simply because they've been with > us for longer and have become a tradition. And don't get me started > on flying machines in the Vedas, I'm sure Nabby will tell you that's > all proof of extraterrestrials. >
I agree with you; we are surrounded by lots of " fantastical" theories and religions and ideas - some of them chronologically older, some of them younger. Many are based on nothing scientific or concrete. Many I ignore, most I have never heard of and some I was brought up with from when I was a child. I don't take very much of these things as indisputable truths and I think about and analyze, to some extent, all of the ones that I come into contact with. Some are outlandishly funny but might be true. Some I think are true but am aware they could be, in the end, preposterous fairytales. I certainly respect people's right to believe and tout whatever theories and beliefs they want but it won't keep me from rejecting those beliefs or laughing uproariously at them. > If all ideas were fresh, which would you think crazy? Afternoon > tea might be a lonely experience for you. Me, I don't care what > people believe as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, and my new age > friends who believe in all sorts of channeling and weird shit are > no different from my TM friends or my Christian ones, as long as > they don't try and convert me they'll get scones and jam on my > best china for sure. > I also think there is a difference between thinking something is crazy from thinking something unlikely or sensing something mired in dogma and therefore ill considered. I was actually initially using the word "crazies" as a catch-all and general term not really indicative of any highly analytical description of any one specific person or belief. "Crazy" is a very, very relative term.
