Geocentric Universe
Ptolemy said that Earth was the stationary center of the universe.
Copernicus placed the Sun at the center of the Solar System.
Galileo championed the ideas of Copernicus.
All were wrong. The great scientists of their time were all wrong.
However, the astronomers in Sumeria in 3500 B.C. correctly placed the Earth in its proper place.
But the ancient stories are myths, right? Myths are for children. Myths are always proven wrong or ignored, right?
"All great truths begin as blasphemies."- George Bernard Shaw
Friday, January 30, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Earth
"Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris."
— Isaac Asimov
Found at Little Green Footballs
"Outside intelligences, exploring the Solar System with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the Sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris."
— Isaac Asimov
Found at Little Green Footballs
Saturday, January 24, 2009
UFO's and Demons?
Many websites claim that UFO's are a demonic manifestation. Even Whitley Strieber has written of his belief in demons in his book Transformation. John Keel also referred to "the age-old demonological phenomenon."
Dr. Jacques Valle, in Messengers of Deception, observed that, "Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception."
Some writers quote Matthew 16:4, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah" when others say that UFO's are signs intended for the faithful. So who is right? William Shakespeare added to the confusion by writing, "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Still others claim that Satan's forces are attempting to prevent the second coming of Jesus Christ by re-corrupting the human race as they did once before, during Noah's generation.
And Matthew 13 seems to hint at unseen forces, "By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart...."
And finally, the last word....
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering.O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Many websites claim that UFO's are a demonic manifestation. Even Whitley Strieber has written of his belief in demons in his book Transformation. John Keel also referred to "the age-old demonological phenomenon."
Dr. Jacques Valle, in Messengers of Deception, observed that, "Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception."
Some writers quote Matthew 16:4, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah" when others say that UFO's are signs intended for the faithful. So who is right? William Shakespeare added to the confusion by writing, "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Still others claim that Satan's forces are attempting to prevent the second coming of Jesus Christ by re-corrupting the human race as they did once before, during Noah's generation.
And Matthew 13 seems to hint at unseen forces, "By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart...."
And finally, the last word....
The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering.O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Monday, January 5, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Evolution or Intelligent Design?
(Note - I found this on my computer in My Documents and am unable to attribute its source. But it is worth a post IMBO.)
A pre-human species called Homo Erectus lived on earth from over a million years ago until nearly 150,000 years ago with little change in his skeletal or intellectual constitution. The monkeys and great apes have endured in a virtually unchanged nature for much longer.
Between 100,000 and 40,000 years ago, a new creature with characteristics measurably different from his predecessors appeared on earth, called Neanderthal man. Cro-Magnon man, also dubbed "modern man," appeared about 40,000 years ago. So, in about 100,000 years, mankind, of which Neanderthal was first, changed from a primitive creature who groveled around in trees and on the savannas like Homo Erectus and the apes, to a creature who can depart earth and walk on the moon.
Althought 100,000 years seems an incredibly long time, by evolutionary and archeological reckonings it is an astonishingly short time for such staggering developmental changes to occur in an species. It is all the more puzzling when it is realized such radical changes have not occurred during that same time period in any other animals on earth.
Could it be that these changes occurred not because of changes in natural environmental conditions, but because of interference in the evolution of humans by an alien group? Is it possible man is not solely the result of natural evolution, and not solely the result of special creation? Could he be the end product of both?
(Note - I found this on my computer in My Documents and am unable to attribute its source. But it is worth a post IMBO.)
A pre-human species called Homo Erectus lived on earth from over a million years ago until nearly 150,000 years ago with little change in his skeletal or intellectual constitution. The monkeys and great apes have endured in a virtually unchanged nature for much longer.
Between 100,000 and 40,000 years ago, a new creature with characteristics measurably different from his predecessors appeared on earth, called Neanderthal man. Cro-Magnon man, also dubbed "modern man," appeared about 40,000 years ago. So, in about 100,000 years, mankind, of which Neanderthal was first, changed from a primitive creature who groveled around in trees and on the savannas like Homo Erectus and the apes, to a creature who can depart earth and walk on the moon.
Althought 100,000 years seems an incredibly long time, by evolutionary and archeological reckonings it is an astonishingly short time for such staggering developmental changes to occur in an species. It is all the more puzzling when it is realized such radical changes have not occurred during that same time period in any other animals on earth.
Could it be that these changes occurred not because of changes in natural environmental conditions, but because of interference in the evolution of humans by an alien group? Is it possible man is not solely the result of natural evolution, and not solely the result of special creation? Could he be the end product of both?
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Carl Sagan
I really never liked this guy. He was rather cloying and full of condescention, in my opinion. His appearances on the Johnny Carson show always left me feeling cold.
I've posted several times on Sagan. See here and here.
But he wasn't 100% bad. I do like this quote...
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."
I really never liked this guy. He was rather cloying and full of condescention, in my opinion. His appearances on the Johnny Carson show always left me feeling cold.
I've posted several times on Sagan. See here and here.
But he wasn't 100% bad. I do like this quote...
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Computer Simulation
Even Rush Limbaugh thinks we're in a simulation....
"We're all in a giant sitcom. God is writing it, and we're going to be laughing our way through the Obama-Reid-Pelosi depression."
Source
Even Rush Limbaugh thinks we're in a simulation....
"We're all in a giant sitcom. God is writing it, and we're going to be laughing our way through the Obama-Reid-Pelosi depression."
Source
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Alien Contact
A lot of stories lately are floating around the internet concerning the future when aliens finally make contact with us. I'm sure you've seen them too. But, trust me, it's all speculation. I don't believe we will ever be contacted. We are some kind of experiment. Genetic is my guess. And if it does not go as they hope, the aliens will simply start culling the garden, you know, like pulling the weeds.
Conclusion: don't be a weed.
A lot of stories lately are floating around the internet concerning the future when aliens finally make contact with us. I'm sure you've seen them too. But, trust me, it's all speculation. I don't believe we will ever be contacted. We are some kind of experiment. Genetic is my guess. And if it does not go as they hope, the aliens will simply start culling the garden, you know, like pulling the weeds.
Conclusion: don't be a weed.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Opinion Poll
...of a representative sample of 1,000 British adults
64% believe that some people have powers that cannot be explained by science [16%]
63% believe in God [14%]
52% believe in life after death [11%]
49% believe in ghosts [13%]
49% believe in precognitive dreams [19%]
49% believe in heaven (only 28% believe in hell) [2%, 2%]
47% believe in thought reading [14%]
41% believe in communication with the dead [9%]
34% believe in psychokinesis [4%]
26% believe in angels [ 3%]
25% believe in reincarnation [-]
Found here
...of a representative sample of 1,000 British adults
64% believe that some people have powers that cannot be explained by science [16%]
63% believe in God [14%]
52% believe in life after death [11%]
49% believe in ghosts [13%]
49% believe in precognitive dreams [19%]
49% believe in heaven (only 28% believe in hell) [2%, 2%]
47% believe in thought reading [14%]
41% believe in communication with the dead [9%]
34% believe in psychokinesis [4%]
26% believe in angels [ 3%]
25% believe in reincarnation [-]
Found here
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Odd, odd, odd
It looks like some kind of natural phenomenom to me. But just exactly what is anybody's guess. Whatever it is it's certainly bizarre.
Two great videos here.
It looks like some kind of natural phenomenom to me. But just exactly what is anybody's guess. Whatever it is it's certainly bizarre.
Two great videos here.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Kenneth Arnold Interview
I'm not a big fan of interviews because they tend to rehash old news but this one is very interesting. The drawing of the UFO that Kenneth Arnold saw is rather unusual and is not common in the thousands of other UFO reports since then. It looks more like something Batman would use to fly around.
Interview here
I'm not a big fan of interviews because they tend to rehash old news but this one is very interesting. The drawing of the UFO that Kenneth Arnold saw is rather unusual and is not common in the thousands of other UFO reports since then. It looks more like something Batman would use to fly around.
Interview here
Saturday, September 20, 2008
I'm Jealous
I wish that I had written this...
Best quote, "You and your feature writers have helped ridicule it. It’s easier to write a funny story. And once the Air Force tells you there’s nothing to it, what is more logical than to say ‘People see things; there are a lot of nuts around the country’? And that has led to the net effect that very few of these are reported."
I wish that I had written this...
Best quote, "You and your feature writers have helped ridicule it. It’s easier to write a funny story. And once the Air Force tells you there’s nothing to it, what is more logical than to say ‘People see things; there are a lot of nuts around the country’? And that has led to the net effect that very few of these are reported."
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Reality
Carl Sagan was not a favorite of mine. See this post for some of my reasons.
A friend recently emailed me a quote by Sagan..."It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
Add this quote to the reasons I'm not a fan of his. He presumes to know what reality really is (without telling us) and then presumes that we persist in delusion because we don't know exactly what he is referring to. Got it?
Down here in Texas there is an old expression. "All hat, no horse."
Carl Sagan wore a big hat but had no horse. His novel that lead to the movie Contact was a big letdown. In the movie we witness enormous amounts of time and money expended to send Jodie Foster into the cosmos only to be told "You are not ready for the truth." Like I said, big letdown.
Carl Sagan was not a favorite of mine. See this post for some of my reasons.
A friend recently emailed me a quote by Sagan..."It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
Add this quote to the reasons I'm not a fan of his. He presumes to know what reality really is (without telling us) and then presumes that we persist in delusion because we don't know exactly what he is referring to. Got it?
Down here in Texas there is an old expression. "All hat, no horse."
Carl Sagan wore a big hat but had no horse. His novel that lead to the movie Contact was a big letdown. In the movie we witness enormous amounts of time and money expended to send Jodie Foster into the cosmos only to be told "You are not ready for the truth." Like I said, big letdown.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Einstein and his mistakes
I don't know one way or another but the hint of sour grapes comes to mind when reading this story. Even his mistakes are beyond 99.99% of the population's comprehension. Hey, nobody's perfect. Everyone is allowed a few mistakes every once in awhile. I'm sure he meant well. The universe is a better place just for him being here. Rest in peace, Albert.
I don't know one way or another but the hint of sour grapes comes to mind when reading this story. Even his mistakes are beyond 99.99% of the population's comprehension. Hey, nobody's perfect. Everyone is allowed a few mistakes every once in awhile. I'm sure he meant well. The universe is a better place just for him being here. Rest in peace, Albert.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sad but true
Everything is broken
"We’ve become a society of sound bites," says Powell from his home in Austin. "The media isn’t really interested in this story unless you’ve got people talking about what they saw in the sky and waving their hands around. If you’re just dealing with pure numbers and dry facts, you may as well forget it. I guess the best weapon to use against it (the MUFON report) is to ignore it."
Everything is broken
"We’ve become a society of sound bites," says Powell from his home in Austin. "The media isn’t really interested in this story unless you’ve got people talking about what they saw in the sky and waving their hands around. If you’re just dealing with pure numbers and dry facts, you may as well forget it. I guess the best weapon to use against it (the MUFON report) is to ignore it."
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Odd
Isn't it odd that absolutely no Cult member has ever been arrested or convicted of mutilating cattle, horses, dogs, cats, or any other animal...even though cultists are invariably blamed for such crimes?
Some so-called ufologists blame cultists or insurance scam artists for mutilations. And so we should assume that someone, somewhere, somehow would have been arrested and convicted by now, wouldn't we?
Still other ufologists blame predators for mutilations. However, no ufologist has ever explained how predators make such precise cuts no have they explained the absence of blood that usually occur during mutilations.
Isn't it odd that absolutely no Cult member has ever been arrested or convicted of mutilating cattle, horses, dogs, cats, or any other animal...even though cultists are invariably blamed for such crimes?
Some so-called ufologists blame cultists or insurance scam artists for mutilations. And so we should assume that someone, somewhere, somehow would have been arrested and convicted by now, wouldn't we?
Still other ufologists blame predators for mutilations. However, no ufologist has ever explained how predators make such precise cuts no have they explained the absence of blood that usually occur during mutilations.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
My Strange Experience #14
I was 31 years old and lying on the couch watching the Dallas Cowboys play the Washington Redskins on a Sunday afternoon. I was on my left side with my head resting in the left hand. Suddenly it felt as if someone jumped on me with considerable force directly below the bottom right rib. Jeez, I nearly passed out from the pain. I had to watch the rest of the game on my stomach because I could not breathe comfortably in any other position. I was also only able to sleep that night by lying on my stomach. Monday morning I went directly to a doctor's office. He poked me a few times and then had X-rays done. Spontaneous pneumothorax, he said. Collapsed Lung. I told him it felt like someone had jumped on me. With a smile and a shrug he said it happens occasionally but is rather rare.
I was 31 years old and lying on the couch watching the Dallas Cowboys play the Washington Redskins on a Sunday afternoon. I was on my left side with my head resting in the left hand. Suddenly it felt as if someone jumped on me with considerable force directly below the bottom right rib. Jeez, I nearly passed out from the pain. I had to watch the rest of the game on my stomach because I could not breathe comfortably in any other position. I was also only able to sleep that night by lying on my stomach. Monday morning I went directly to a doctor's office. He poked me a few times and then had X-rays done. Spontaneous pneumothorax, he said. Collapsed Lung. I told him it felt like someone had jumped on me. With a smile and a shrug he said it happens occasionally but is rather rare.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Mysterious UFO caught on Video
The video in this news report is fairly good compared to most. The skeptics won't be able to call it Venus, swamp gas, or the multitude of other lame excuses they usually bring up.
The guy shooting the video had some problems with focusing (don't they have automatic focus on cameras nowadays?) but overall it is a winner. My first thought was a tethered balloon of some sort but who really knows?
And then there is this amazing video that also resembles a balloon.
The video in this news report is fairly good compared to most. The skeptics won't be able to call it Venus, swamp gas, or the multitude of other lame excuses they usually bring up.
The guy shooting the video had some problems with focusing (don't they have automatic focus on cameras nowadays?) but overall it is a winner. My first thought was a tethered balloon of some sort but who really knows?
And then there is this amazing video that also resembles a balloon.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
But I could be Wrong
This video has absolutely nothing to do with UFO's or the paranormal. Or does it?
If we are merely creatures of a computer simulation, wouldn't we be inundated with trashy visuals day after day? And wouldn't you eventually get sick of it over time? Wouldn't we be dumbed down enough to actually think we have a culture worth saving? Wouldn't we be seduced into believeing that celebrity, drugs, sports, and sex are the ultimate human attributes?
But, what the hell, boys and girls, I could be wrong.
This video has absolutely nothing to do with UFO's or the paranormal. Or does it?
If we are merely creatures of a computer simulation, wouldn't we be inundated with trashy visuals day after day? And wouldn't you eventually get sick of it over time? Wouldn't we be dumbed down enough to actually think we have a culture worth saving? Wouldn't we be seduced into believeing that celebrity, drugs, sports, and sex are the ultimate human attributes?
But, what the hell, boys and girls, I could be wrong.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Humans
"Human beings appear to be a slave race breeding on an isolated planet in a small galaxy. As such, the human race was once a source of labor for an extraterrestrial civilization and still remains a possession today. To keep control over its possession and to maintain Earth as something of a prison, that other civilization has bred never-ending conflict between human beings, has promoted human spiritual decay, and has erected on Earth conditions of unremitting physical hardship. This situation has existed for thousands of years and it continues today."
-- Quote by Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, 1919
Taken from article here
"Human beings appear to be a slave race breeding on an isolated planet in a small galaxy. As such, the human race was once a source of labor for an extraterrestrial civilization and still remains a possession today. To keep control over its possession and to maintain Earth as something of a prison, that other civilization has bred never-ending conflict between human beings, has promoted human spiritual decay, and has erected on Earth conditions of unremitting physical hardship. This situation has existed for thousands of years and it continues today."
-- Quote by Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, 1919
Taken from article here
My Strange Experience #13
When I was about 13 years old, my 11 year old brother and I were lying in the grass one evening about 9 pm looking up at the stars and talking. Our feet were facing towards the south. No moon was visible and there was no wind at all. Three circular lights with dark centers in a triangular formation passed directly overhead going from the south to north. There was absolutely no sound - no sound at all. A slight breeze came from the south a few seconds after the lights had passed over our heads. The circles of light were each about the size of a dime held at arm's length.
When I was about 13 years old, my 11 year old brother and I were lying in the grass one evening about 9 pm looking up at the stars and talking. Our feet were facing towards the south. No moon was visible and there was no wind at all. Three circular lights with dark centers in a triangular formation passed directly overhead going from the south to north. There was absolutely no sound - no sound at all. A slight breeze came from the south a few seconds after the lights had passed over our heads. The circles of light were each about the size of a dime held at arm's length.
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