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12704830, still picking though
Posted by Atillah Moor, Wed Jan-21-15 05:34 PM
>>I was referring to the extinction of Jewish Semites with
>the
>>WWII example-- nearly happened. Also the military was
>prepared
>>and totally ready and willing for nuclear war during the
>Cuban
>>missile crisis. We came very very close.
>>
>
>All of the above is irrelevant because it did not happen.

The Cuban missile crisis did happen and the top brass was urging Kennedy to push the button. Not sure why you say those are hypothetical. Maybe wiping out the European Jews wouldn't have exterminated them, but most seem to think otherwise.

>>The scientists I mentioned were US government appointed to
>>dispel the idea that there was any intelligent life beyond
>our
>>own, but they came to entirely different conclusions, they
>are
>>just as reputable as any other. As are our astronauts.
>>
>
>Conspiracy theory. Err no-- look up Jaques Vallee or J Alan Hyneck. There is no conspiracy to any of their work. They are respected scientists.

>>Also its quite relevant that a supposed enlightened society
>>took part in one of the best and most effective examples of
>>dehumanization and brutalization, but then again the Romans
>>thought they were hot shit in a champagne glass as well. My
>>point being if you can't divorce something from nothing you
>>can't divorce past history from current events they are just
>>as intertwined.
>>
>
>We are far above and beyond the Romans. You are looking back
>into time and living by ancient ideas. The past is gone.

Right history clearly has no bearing on our current lives. The past is so irrelevant that much of the world acts completely independent of it. Also the human heart is still exactly the same. It doesn't matter how much feel good stuff you read. I'll grant you that Western society has done slavery and brutality way better than the Romans though.

>>Another school of thought on "myths" is that they're used to
>>explain a very real concept or incident. The Ramayana for
>>example which details air battles and advanced weaponry.
>Total
>>fiction or an attempt by early humans to explain something
>>human eyes had yet seen?
>>
>
>You speak of the Veda's which seemingly describe atomic power.
>It is possible that hundreds of thousands of human activity
>has been present on the planet. Than again it is possible it
>was just an exercise of the imagination.
>
>Take a look at these pieces of art, they were conceived in
>1910 an depict futures using high technology.
>
I'd agree maybe that's it or maybe not.


>Haha, the statistics are there, and you are free to ignore
>them. You also don't use any historical perspective if it
>doesn't frame your argument. Why don't you start with the dark
>ages, and you will see how far we have come.

Like I said the hearts are the same. People are still cruel, people still want to be worshiped as gods. That's a reference to the pope by the way. The office of which still exists. You'd think advanced enlightened people wouldn't worship old men in robes as deity. Guess that goes for the Dali Lama or Mohammad's dead body. You can add Jesus in there if you like, but no one can say where his body is so he doesn't have that in common with the others.

>Overall, it seems like you are not ready to accept certain
>reality's because they are directly in conflict with your
>world view, which you no doubt think is founded on truth. You
>cannot have just 1 source of information. You need to check
>them all. Also, try to consider why your view of reality is so
>pessimistic and sad. Do you really want to grow up into a
>world you think is doomed? What is the point for you to get
>out of bed in the morning if we are going extinct?

No but I don't want to live in a world with rape, murder, and racism either, but guess what? The lack of a cure for evil is why the earth from which we're made and the creations we've made upon it must all go the same direction as our finite lives. I actually live a very happy life because I know what's I can control (very little) and what I can't-- which is everything else. I get out of bed each morning because life is about more than me just getting out of bed.