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Old 17th November 2012, 07:32 AM   #5
Correa Neto
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Why people like the ancient aliens stuff?

1. Makes you feel special. You know something most people do not, including those egg-headed labrats, despite not having a formal academic degree. You are [f-word]ing good, eh?

2. Makes you feel special. You know your creation was due to something other than sheer chance, there's a higher purpose, a reason for your existence. You are [f-word]ing good, eh?

3. Makes you feel special. You know, those guys from the past were dummies. If you can't figure out how they built those things, someone or something better, more intelligent than you must have been involved. You are [f-word]ing good, eh?

4. Makes you feel special. Real life is boring and fantasy can build a nice cozy special place. After all, you are [f-word]ing good, eh?.

5. With current science's advances, all the tales about your origins provided by conventional religions became outdated. This created a hole that must be filled by some sort of modern magic compatible with (1), (2), (3) and (4).

Not happy with human sacrifice? Simple. The aliens never actually asked for it. It's human invention, a rite born out of despair after the aliens went back to the stars. Build the image you're comfortable with for your alien god and worship it.

Oh, Jodie, the start or the end of ice ages can't be blamed for erasing the signs of ancient advanced civilizations. Its a hidden archeology woo excuse; sorry to say that, don't get me wrong, no offense intended, but considering it as plausible requires a good dosis of ignorance about Earth sciences, archeology and the way civilizations work. Sorry for being blunt but there's no other way to say it. Ice ages start and end slowly. You would have plenty of time to move your cities away from the advancing glaciers at the start and away from the advancing seas at the end. Also, even bronze age- level civilizations would need resources which can not be found at the shorelines. They would need to have cities located inland, not to mention there are lots of nice places to live far from the seas. Oh, and since glaciers have covered just a bit of the suitable places for setting up cities... As soon as you start to think about it all, you'll see how silly it is. Its a nice romantic idea, can be used to create interesting movies, books and stories but thats as far as it can go.
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