10-09-2012, 01:57 PM
Hey guys,
I ran across a three hour documentary that is intended to debunk many popular "ancient aliens" theories, as proposed by the History channel program of the same name. Personally I'm not a fan of debunking. generally, as it has become known today- i.e. usually an exercise in cynicism and competitive debate. However this one piqued my interest as it is fairly "polite" and even handed- and because it deals directly with an area of great interest to me, which is the Great pyramid of Giza.
In a way, the parts of the Ra material where the pyramids are discussed are my least favorite, because by speaking so specifically about them makes the material more assailable, since there are more things we can try and verify. This makes me uncomfortable because part of my worldview can now be proven incorrect by comparing it to reality.
Anyways, the documentary goes as far as it can in explaining how the pyramid could have been constructed by humans, and although it doesn't do a complete job in doing so- there are several things which are still "mysterious", it does put a pretty significant dent in the alien hypothesis. I remember a part of the Ra material where Don asks why it appears that the pyramid is constructed (out of many blocks rather than one solid rock), and it is answered that they did not want to infringe on freewill- they wanted it to at least be explain-ably made by humans. But I have some issue with this idea- it's the exact same explanation used by the most hard core biblical creationists to explain the size and speed of the universe. 'Hey, god created everything in this exact size and at this exact speed, everything already cratered, looking millions of years old, at exactly 6000 years ago...' etc. It's an argument that can't be honestly argued because it's impossible to disprove a negative.
It leads me to believe that most of what Ra spoke about concerning pyramid construction may be wrong. But I'd like to hear what you think too. It's rare when this happens, but I really want to be wrong
Here is the documentary link, you can jump right to 22:24 to find the pyramid section, which lasts about 12-15 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ
Would love to hear your thoughts
I ran across a three hour documentary that is intended to debunk many popular "ancient aliens" theories, as proposed by the History channel program of the same name. Personally I'm not a fan of debunking. generally, as it has become known today- i.e. usually an exercise in cynicism and competitive debate. However this one piqued my interest as it is fairly "polite" and even handed- and because it deals directly with an area of great interest to me, which is the Great pyramid of Giza.
In a way, the parts of the Ra material where the pyramids are discussed are my least favorite, because by speaking so specifically about them makes the material more assailable, since there are more things we can try and verify. This makes me uncomfortable because part of my worldview can now be proven incorrect by comparing it to reality.
Anyways, the documentary goes as far as it can in explaining how the pyramid could have been constructed by humans, and although it doesn't do a complete job in doing so- there are several things which are still "mysterious", it does put a pretty significant dent in the alien hypothesis. I remember a part of the Ra material where Don asks why it appears that the pyramid is constructed (out of many blocks rather than one solid rock), and it is answered that they did not want to infringe on freewill- they wanted it to at least be explain-ably made by humans. But I have some issue with this idea- it's the exact same explanation used by the most hard core biblical creationists to explain the size and speed of the universe. 'Hey, god created everything in this exact size and at this exact speed, everything already cratered, looking millions of years old, at exactly 6000 years ago...' etc. It's an argument that can't be honestly argued because it's impossible to disprove a negative.
It leads me to believe that most of what Ra spoke about concerning pyramid construction may be wrong. But I'd like to hear what you think too. It's rare when this happens, but I really want to be wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ
Would love to hear your thoughts