What got you into Aliens

dr wu

Noble
One thing I thought of this afternoon is that the science of "evolution" has itself been evolving. When his book "Origin of Species" came out it was still heavily influenced by creationism. Fossil evidence discovered since 1859 have shown that evolution isn't one continuous growing tree.....but one that has been truncated numerous times by mass extinctions. New fossil finds are constantly refining....(evolving).....the theory and the tree of evolution looks quite different than in Darwins day.

His book is a good read if you ever have the time.
Science is constantly altering and changing it's ideas as we gain more knowledge. That's par for the course.
I did read Origin Of Species probably 30 years ago. I haven't really kept up on modern evolutionary theory, but the idea among some ufo fans that aliens altered the human genome tens of thousands of years ago doesn't work for me in the least.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
Science is constantly altering and changing it's ideas as we gain more knowledge. That's par for the course.
I did read Origin Of Species probably 30 years ago. I haven't really kept up on modern evolutionary theory, but the idea among some ufo fans that aliens altered the human genome tens of thousands of years ago doesn't work for me in the least.

It doesn't work for me either.....since paleontology is something I've always liked I've kept up on the recent theories including the old theory of periodic extinction which spawned the "nibiru" ideas.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
Yes ufology is turned into a religion at times and even into cults. It makes sense that some of these people would consider some of the alleged ETs as a "cosmic Jesus"
 

dr wu

Noble
It doesn't work for me either.....since paleontology is something I've always liked I've kept up on the recent theories including the old theory of periodic extinction which spawned the "nibiru" ideas.
Could you talk a little about 'periodic extinction' in relation to Nibiru/...?
I though the whole Nibiru/ Annunaki thing came from Sitchin and his translations of the Sumerian glyphs...??
 

nivek

As Above So Below
but the idea among some ufo fans that aliens altered the human genome tens of thousands of years ago doesn't work for me in the least.

I never accepted or considered that theory, it's possible the planet may have been visited by intelligences in the early days of mankind and throughout our history, but I doubt aliens tampered with our DNA...
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Could you talk a little about 'periodic extinction' in relation to Nibiru/...?
I though the whole Nibiru/ Annunaki thing came from Sitchin and his translations of the Sumerian glyphs...??

That's what I thought, Sitchen started this Nibiru era...
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
Could you talk a little about 'periodic extinction' in relation to Nibiru/...?
I though the whole Nibiru/ Annunaki thing came from Sitchin and his translations of the Sumerian glyphs...??

In the 1980s there was a theory about periodic extinctions called the "Nemesis Theory". It was based on an unknown planet called "Planet X" that every 26 million years passed through the "Oort Cloud" causing a higher rate of extinction level events. The similarities don't seem like a coincidence to me.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
Could you talk a little about 'periodic extinction' in relation to Nibiru/...?
I though the whole Nibiru/ Annunaki thing came from Sitchin and his translations of the Sumerian glyphs...??

I think he borrowed ideas from several places when he made up his BS.
 

nivek

As Above So Below
Sitchen certainly hacked the Sumerian language in my opinion, if they only knew then what is known now about that language and properly translate it...
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
The writings of periodic extinctions go back into the mid 1970s.....and the idea goes back even further.

I'm not sure exactly when it began. But whatever the case I do not see evidence of extinction level events happening every 3,600 years as this clown would have it.
 

Rick Hunter

Celestial
Yes they do.....lol.....its almost assumed on "ancient aliens" that all "Gods" in every ancient religion are ETs.

In a way, I agree with that. From my own studies, in antiquity there was no sharp dividing line between aliens and divine beings, or Ufology and religion. The preeminence of science and technology as a means of explaining the unknown is a relatively modern development. For most of human history, people regarded religion (and, by extension, magic, mythology, and folklore) as the ultimate source of knowledge and instruction about the cosmos. Now, that doesn't mean that all gods were literally beings from space or that miracles were caused by superior ET technology; although I see no reason why would not have been true in some cases. Rather, it means that the perception of the people who observed what could have been ancient aliens would probably not differentiate ET visitors from the divine entities of their religion, mythology, and folk beliefs in the way that we do today.
 

pepe

Celestial
We are the stock of another who come see how the garden grows. Organic garden of filth with survival of the fittest being the theme which pays no attention to the individual but goes all in for specie prevalence. We as a specie are hell bent on flipping that one eighty. Distance from the animal kingdom seems very important. Confirms, if evolution is to be believed, that we come from the lowest form of I'll behaviour known. Things won't end with what we call us, as we have taken on many guises through time, we will take on many more, exactly how and in to what is a mystery. Who said pigs could never fly. We morph in time at a pace so slow we never see the difference. Insect and returning to the source, exoskeleton for space travel.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
Rather, it means that the perception of the people who observed what could have been ancient aliens would probably not differentiate ET visitors from the divine entities of their religion, mythology, and folk beliefs in the way that we do today.

The thing is that its a modern perception placing our ideas on past observations of events people of the time could not explain. On the show ancient aliens they simply use baseless assumptions.

No doubt ETs could have been confused as God-like and while it is possible.....I'm not convinced because its hard enough to know what some people were thinking 50 years ago, it would make it almost impossible to say what the perceptions were 4,000 years ago.
 

Visenya

Honorable
Sitchen certainly hacked the Sumerian language in my opinion, if they only knew then what is known now about that language and properly translate it...

If Sitchin did indeed know Sumerian, he probably exaggerated the translations. Or maybe his knowledge of the language was so terrible he couldn't help but to butcher it. For example, it's generally accepted that the title "Anunnaki" translates to "offspring of Anu" or "princely offspring". However, Sitchin (and others like him) claims it means "those who from heaven earth came" (or something to that extent).

Which one sounds like it'd sell more? I think the latter.

Don't get me wrong, Sitchin's works are certainly interesting to read. But do I think it has basis in reality? No, probably not.
 

Castle-Yankee54

Celestial
If Sitchin did indeed know Sumerian, he probably exaggerated the translations. Or maybe his knowledge of the language was so terrible he couldn't help but to butcher it. For example, it's generally accepted that the title "Anunnaki" translates to "offspring of Anu" or "princely offspring". However, Sitchin (and others like him) claims it means "those who from heaven earth came" (or something to that extent).

Which one sounds like it'd sell more? I think the latter.

Don't get me wrong, Sitchin's works are certainly interesting to read. But do I think it has basis in reality? No, probably not.

I'd say the later as well.....and I agree his writings are very interesting.
 
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