"I continue to scoff."
Posted by Jomama at 2008-06-23 06:18 PM | Reply
Understandable--let's hope you carry that same skeptism towards the religions of the world.
Even people who have seen them don't believe in Alien visitation. They have to convince themselves that it isn't true, in order to cope with the world they know. The reality of Earth being visiting by extra-terrestrials would mean that mankind is not the most technically advance life form in the universe, and therefore subject to extermination at the whim of another species--very much like the fear a god places in mens hearts.
Personally I think there are many races of aliens, and even different factions within those races of aliens. Some want to help us, and some aren't so friendly.
However, the bible is based on the stories of the Sumerians--the first civilization--the first with writing and kingship and many more firsts.
www.ancientsites.com
The Sumerians have keft us cuneiform tablets telling us that the gods taught them everything they knew, and that the gods dictated the Enuma Elish to them. In addition, they said the gods were walking among them and leading them into battle--that their gods were there with them. No other civilization has ever said such things. All civilizations except the Sumerians worship gods that were active long ago. Their stories of Genesis--the Tower of Babel--the Garden of Eden--the Flood--all make more sense and have more logic than the biblical accounts.
Many passages in our bible are taken DIRECTLY from Enuma Elish. Case in point:
Genesis 1:26
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
What "us"---what "our". This passage says we look like god and we are just like him in our being--with emotions like love, hate, jealousy,anger, happiness. It makes sense when you put it in context with the originators of the passage. There were many gods, and they cross bred their genes with the local evolutionary biped capable of being fashioned into a "primitive worker" to do their work. That creation story makes more sense to me than the biblical story of a god that creates mankind to worship Him. What an ego--what a poor god we invented.
As for my--I believe the Sumerian "gods" were real. I think we look like them and they look like us. But these gods shouldn't be worshipped.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=As-
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There's nothing out there. Ignore all reality.
"At the time the rules were established, there WAS no someone else - she was the prohibitive favorite. And most of the rules and processes were designed and implemented by the Clinton faithful of the party."
Posted by SanAntonioRogue at 2008-06-28 11:36 PM
link? It makes no difference who made up the rules--they have been in place long before Clinton was a blip on the rad3ar in 1992. The dem primary has never benn held like the general election, or like the republican primary. The dem primary gives too much weight to the red states, and Obama is the red state candidate--not the blue state candidate. That's why this election is so close. ALL indicators pointed toward Clinton as the strongest candidate---ALL INDICATORS---except the flawed dem primary.
Again, I am very happy with Obama as candidate. It is the rest of the country that has doubts. Those doubts were not shown by Clinton supporters, and Clinton was still far ahead of where Obama shows now in the polls.