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The Dark Ages: Were They Darker Than We Imagined?
The Universe ^ | 9-1999 | Greg Bryant

Posted on 06/08/2003 10:31:29 PM PDT by blam

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To: blam
Good one, blam.
62 posted on 07/11/2003 5:59:16 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: blam
The idea of the inner Solar System being different now to from what it was 50,000 years ago has not been widely accepted.

"Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."

Well, it seems that not too much has changed over the past 1960 years or so.
63 posted on 07/11/2003 6:09:33 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: blam
(Prince) Madoc In America
64 posted on 07/11/2003 7:44:31 AM PDT by blam
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To: Light Speed
I don't believe Velikosky understood the damage a small high speed object could cause on the earth.
65 posted on 07/11/2003 7:48:23 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
Aaaahhh....it was just the time-displaced Federation and Borg fighting for control of the planet...
66 posted on 07/11/2003 7:51:42 AM PDT by mhking
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To: Light Speed
Nice graphic...
67 posted on 07/11/2003 7:58:53 AM PDT by null and void
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To: Post Toasties
Even a subtle climate change could have driven or allowed the offensive horse culture mongols to invade westward across grasslands (Steppe) thousands of miles of "Kansas" into defensive "infantry" cultures. As Mongol women were sent eagerly into fields of battle to decapitate all initial surviors the exception being to enslave submissive young women and young children, rational "Celtic and Slavic" tribes would have fled into the Roman Empire.

Only the sudden death of Attilla at another wedding party did the Hun withdraw from Gaul to Mongolia pursuant to their law. And climate changes?

The fate of the recently orphaned child princess bride is lost from history.

Just another reason to honor our God-given right to keep and bear arms. ...God shakes mightily the earth...
68 posted on 07/11/2003 8:27:17 AM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
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To: blam
Thanks for the post.
69 posted on 07/11/2003 8:28:08 AM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
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"Even a subtle climate change could have driven or allowed the offensive horse culture mongols to invade westward across grasslands (Steppe) thousands of miles of "Kansas" into defensive "infantry" cultures. "

Yup. I believe a severe drought drove the inhabitants of the Tarim Basin east and west. The western movement included the people we know as the Han, Xiongnu, Hun and Hakka Chinese, The eastern movement included the Scytians, Hun and possibly the Picts.(...and probably other un-named) The Mongols included a genetic mixture of all these folks.

70 posted on 07/11/2003 8:51:31 AM PDT by blam
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It is difficult for the "modern" mind to picture living in those days of kill or be killed. Life must have been brutal and over quickly. That filthy, treacherous, destructive humans made it to the nuke age surprises me. We are not yet past the Islamists' submit or die epoch.

The first 8,000 years of glacial ge melt pre-history intrigues me. Killing was so up close and personal. Slaving was the natural order, as was "ethnic cleansing".

Humans needed the messages of Jesus and others as an alternative.
71 posted on 07/11/2003 9:08:27 AM PDT by SevenDaysInMay (Federal judges and justices serve for periods of good behavior, not life. Article III sec. 1)
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To: blam
These facts are supported by archaeological evidence from Dark-Age era burial sites suggesting that the average Dark Age man suffered from a disproportionate number of stubbed toes and bruised shins, not to mention myopia. Concern about the latter affliction made the act of reading books a luxury to all but those who could afford lots and lots of candles.
72 posted on 07/11/2003 10:48:33 PM PDT by dr_who_2
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bump...for later reading.
73 posted on 07/11/2003 11:11:46 PM PDT by SC Swamp Fox (Aim small, miss small.)
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bump 4 save
74 posted on 07/12/2003 12:09:29 AM PDT by carolina_rn7
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To: blam
Bump for later reading
75 posted on 07/12/2003 12:32:03 AM PDT by MattAMiller (Down with the Mullahs! Peace, freedom, and prosperity for Iran.)
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To: SickOfItAll
For a while I was optimistic that the world could change. I knew if Christian's stood up in Jesus' name instead of silently being pushed out of their society , good things would follow.

I've since come to the conclusion that I was putting my faith in man to believe that could happen.

It would be so easy though. If we used Gods' Laws to elect our leaders , we wouldn't have thieves and perverts in the Whore House. Good government would follow.

Even with most churches being "incorporated" or State churches , they could be the perfect avenue to spread the Truth instead of cover it up.

I will remain Faithful to Jesus Christ and continue to oppose His enemies.

I guess my relationship with Him is really the only thing I can control.

I still hope for a Great Awakening and dream of how good Life could be.

76 posted on 07/12/2003 5:30:50 AM PDT by Eustace
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To: blam
" . . . a phantom period of approximately 300 years has been inserted between 600 AD to 900 AD, either by accident, by misinterpretation of documents or by deliberate falsification. . ." "Did the Early Middle Ages Really Exist?"
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Shades of Velikovski!

Immanuel Velikovski wrote a book, "Ramses the Great," in which he postulated a doubling of 400 years by Egyptian historians. In other words, in two consecutive 400 year periods, the names were the same, the situations were the same, every happening had identical people with the same name doing the same things in the same places.

One of the mysteries of history is how, when so many things recorded in the Bible have been shown to have actually happened, and so much Egyptian written history also has archaeological support of it's truth, why then will the happenings in Biblical histories and Egyptian histories not back each other up?

In Velikovski's view of history, after removing the extra 400 years of Egyptian history, the Bible and Egyptian history line up point by point, including the loss of pharaoh's army in a whirlpool, giving strong evidence that Velikovski's version of Egyptian history is the correct one.

77 posted on 07/16/2003 3:34:32 PM PDT by exodus
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To: plusones; blam
Yes, maybe. Who knows, maybe old Velikovsky was closer to the truth than everyone thinks?
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Velikovsky bump!

The man was a genius!

While everyone else was saying "catastrophes NEVER happen, (other than volcanos and earthquakes and such)" Velikovski pointed out that catastrophe was a frequent visitor to our planet from the skies above us, even in the recent past, in historical times, and gave historical testimony demonstrating that truth.

Nowadays, everyone "knows" that catastrophes from the sky are a common occurrence, even while everyone "knows" that Velikovski's theories were wrong.

Scientists likes to point out that Velikovski wasn't a professional scientist, but they forget to take into consideration that Velikovski was, by profession, a historian, and based his theories on historical information, and then backed up his theories with scientific speculation.

Most scientists also seem to be able to ignore that in most cases, Velikovski has been proven right.

78 posted on 07/16/2003 3:58:01 PM PDT by exodus
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To: exodus
Disaster That Struck The Ancients
79 posted on 07/16/2003 4:56:10 PM PDT by blam
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To: exodus
You ought to read the book, Exodus To Arthur by Professor Mike Baillie, excellent book.
80 posted on 07/16/2003 5:00:55 PM PDT by blam
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