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Ancient Greek Gods were aliens ?

Ancient Greek Gods were aliens ?

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thanks for voting
 
Medusa said:
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Because anyone has any real clue? Probably not, since if they'd been aliens we'd have seen a few more by now showing up from the skyports.
 
Medusa said:
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There are those who believe the gods of yore were actually ancient aliens. Anyone who read or is aware of the Indian, from India, Mahabharata and Ramayana, the Puranas, and the Vedas would certainly think they are describing ancient aliens. I know India is not Greece. But when one describes battles in the sky, cities in the sky and lightening bolts that destroy whole earthly cities, one can imagine they are describing aliens.

There is the possibility that our god myths or gods, what have you could have came from ancient humans describing what they saw in their own words. hence, flying chariots in the sky. I would say it is possible the Greek gods were aliens who visited this earth many moons ago. It is impossible to prove one way or the other. But it is said there is always a bit of truth behind every myth and that I do believe. What the truth is, now that is anybody's guess.

I'm going to vote yes, just because it is a possibility. Not that I know.
 
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Highly unlikely. If they were aliens, why did they leave?
No, most probably the Greek gods were invented by man the same as other gods throughout history have been invented in order to explain mysteries or simply control the population.
 
Reasons for metaphysical expression:

1. Expressing traditions.
2. Expressing values.
3. Expressing beliefs in the way the world works that are beyond our perception (metaphysical).
4. To control the masses.
5. To maintain established powers.


Metaphysical expression is a part of mankind, as we are naturally inquisitive and we naturally ponder the unknowable. We also naturally maintain our positions of power when we have them.

Now, we can apply Occam's Razor and accept the well established and obvious motives behind metaphysical expression, or... we can have fun playing "Ancient Aliens". As amusing as the OP's question may be, there are simple explanations for metaphysical expression.
 
ecofarm said:
Reasons for metaphysical expression:

1. Expressing traditions.
2. Expressing values.
3. Expressing beliefs in the way the world works that are beyond our perception (metaphysical).
4. To control the masses.
5. To maintain established powers.


Metaphysical expression is a part of mankind, as we are naturally inquisitive and we naturally ponder the unknowable. We also naturally maintain our positions of power when we have them.

Now, we can apply Occam's Razor and accept the well established and obvious motives behind metaphysical expression, or... we can have fun playing "Ancient Aliens". As amusing as the OP's question may be, there are simple explanations for metaphysical expression.
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Why not ?
 
They might not have been aliens, but extra-dimensional. The reason I say this is because of the serpent connection. Every culture in Eurasia has ancient tales of sentient serpents that helped humanity evolve. In eastern religions they call them the Nagas and there are even festivals still dedicated to them, where they give offerings. These are the "dragons" of old. The claims is that these nagas are more intelligent than us, and exist on a plane one or two above us. In the very distant past the two dimensions were closer together and so we could interact with them more, along with other beings from that realm. So the story goes.

What I don't buy is that all gods are aliens. The ancients ascribed sentience to everything that happened in nature because they didn't have any other explanation. I would just use occam's razor on that one. In India there's a god for everything. There are thousands.
 
Medusa said:
Why not ?
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The burden of proof is upon the claim. My claims for the source of metaphysical expression (1. through 5., above) are well established in scientific communities.

As there is no proof for the claim of ancient aliens, there is no reason - whatsoever - for me to believe that.

Let's remember that one cannot prove a negative and shifting the burden of proof to the negative is a fatal intellectual flaw. For example: you cannot prove that unicorns don't exist. I can simply claim they are invisible, exist on another plane of existence or are otherwise undetectable.
 
Sure -- characters can be whatever they want in fictional stories.
 
Medusa said:
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It is no more or less believable than most organized religions and their pantheon of Gods. Ergo, Why not?
 
Medusa said:
I have been reading his books
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They are amusing fictions, particularly his theory that the Nazca lines, which are just lines scratched in the desert, were landing strips for aliens. What were they crossing interstellar space with, jumbo jets?
 
zyzygy said:
They are amusing fictions, particularly his theory that the Nazca lines, which are just lines scratched in the desert, were landing strips for aliens. What were they crossing interstellar space with, jumbo jets?
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Ancient people did noot know many things but could create such fictions that we call myth now ?
 
Medusa said:
Ancient people did noot know many things but could create such fictions that we call myth now ?
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Human beings have always been adept at creating fictions.

Just look at the current presidential campaign as an example.:lol:
 
Medusa said:
I have been reading his books
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How did you come to discover them? They were all the rage back then, just like Seth Speaks.
 
Summerwind said:
Because anyone has any real clue? Probably not, since if they'd been aliens we'd have seen a few more by now showing up from the skyports.
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I don't believe in gods (plural) and I don't think aliens have the technology yet to travel the distance required to visit us. On an evolutionary scale humans are thought by the scientific community to be advanced intellectually at an early stage due to some fluke of nature. So it's unlikely that some other race or species is that far ahead us in the ability to travel intergalactic distances but not impossible.

I believe from research that most of the ancient gods were made up by humanity to explain the natural phenomenon that couldn't otherwise be understood. Their knowledge of science was rudimentary, though it doesn't exclude some of the peoples from having experiences or contact with a higher being. There's too many scriptures describing direct empirical evidence that they were experiencing some form of divinity. I find it ludicrous to believe that many people were completely under a mass delusion.
 
I think they were 'aliens', but in the way we think of them. Hence why I chose 'other'....
 
nota bene said:
How did you come to discover them? They were all the rage back then, just like Seth Speaks.
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I like mythology and have always thought why ancient people fabricated such fairy tales.They were all like FRP players .These books make you question why they needed to create these stories ,nota.there must be a reason for claiming such absurd events.Pyramids are too fascinating to be built by human beings ,dont you agree ?
 
Medusa said:
I like mythology and have always thought why ancient people fabricated such fairy tales.They were all like FRP players .These books make you question why they needed to create these stories ,nota.there must be a reason for claiming such absurd events.Pyramids are too fascinating to be built by human beings ,dont you agree ?
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No. The pyramids were built by human beings.
 
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