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To: Lx
I'm at a loss as to why it's "sacred", is trig "sacred"? Is a rhombus "sacred" and an ellipse isn't? Is new math "sacred" while the old way is pure evil?

If you read the first paragraph from the page that I had linked, you'll see what "Sacred Geometry" refers to..

The term "sacred geometry" is used by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geometricians to encompass the religious, philosohical, and spiritual beliefs that have sprung up around geometry in various cultures during the course of human history. It is a catch-all term covering Pythagorean geometry and neo-Platonic gometry, as well as the perceived relationships between organic curves and logarithmic curves.

That's one of the best definitions that I've found. Ask an archaeologist why they've decided to call it that, as I'm not the one who coined the term. But as it IS the term used to describe ancient geometry and mathematical relationships, that's the term we're stuck with.

What I want to know, how does this prove or disprove crop circles?

I don't know if it can be considered a proof of crop circles, but it does prove that whoever is creating them knows Sacred Geometry and the importance of the Golden Ratio.

A little more info...

SACRED GEOMETRY OF CROP CIRCLES

661 posted on 08/07/2002 9:24:06 AM PDT by FormerLurker
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To: FormerLurker; Lx; balrog666; PatrickHenry; longshadow; VadeRetro; RadioAstronomer; All
I'm at a loss as to why it's "sacred", is trig "sacred"? Is a rhombus "sacred" and an ellipse isn't? Is new math "sacred" while the old way is pure evil?

If you read the first paragraph from the page that I had linked, you'll see what "Sacred Geometry" refers to..

The term "sacred geometry" is used by archaeologists, anthropologists, and geometricians to encompass the religious, philosohical, and spiritual beliefs that have sprung up around geometry in various cultures during the course of human history. It is a catch-all term covering Pythagorean geometry and neo-Platonic gometry, as well as the perceived relationships between organic curves and logarithmic curves.

In My Humble Opinion, mathematics, geometry, algebra, calculus, etc are all sacred because they are beautiful.

Except maybe I didn't think they were as beautiful when I was taking my mathematics final exams :-)

God has created the universe, including geometry and math, and I appreciate the beauty of His Creation.

Anyway, that's how I understand geometry to be sacred.

Just My Humble Opinion

662 posted on 08/07/2002 11:02:37 AM PDT by Jedi Master Yoda
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To: FormerLurker
Ok, I read your link, aside from some pseudo-scientific claptrap, it comes down to the fact that the "hoaxes" don't line up with the so-called sacred geometry. The last page of your link shows one they call a hoax because one of the arms doesn't line up, an "obvious hoax".

Now if they creators and by that I men the modern men or woman who created them are neat, then it lines up and it's declared real?

The problem is that the reference circle, so to say, didn't have any witnesses to its magical creation, the only "proof" is that it lines up with what the "experts" say is sacred geometry. That's as bad as when Rivero cited his sources for his theories and the source was his own writings on his website.
664 posted on 08/07/2002 11:57:42 AM PDT by Lx
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