tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298055147607304087.post946884484693256672..comments2023-06-23T07:16:59.149-07:00Comments on Sufficiently Wrong: The Christ Conspiracy: Summary of Chapters 1-8Miekkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03254032879671190589noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298055147607304087.post-59459019191829571562012-12-04T07:55:32.253-08:002012-12-04T07:55:32.253-08:00so, why did the word "ark" for such a bo...so, why did the word "ark" for such a boat not occur in the LXX OR the masoretic texts? Why's it a tevah in the (original) hebrew texts and a kibotos in the greek, if the word itself is such a central piece of evidence? <br /><br />Miekkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254032879671190589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298055147607304087.post-25413592365098836702012-12-04T04:58:39.320-08:002012-12-04T04:58:39.320-08:00On the ark, my views on its Indian roots are at ht...On the ark, my views on its Indian roots are at http://freethoughtnation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16597#p16597<br /><br />"Looking for ancient sources, the role of Argo in various cultures, from India to the Bible to Egypt, can be analysed by observing the links between the word forms Argo, Ark and Agastya. The etymology of Argo goes directly to the Indian rishi Agastya. ..."<br />Robert Tuliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813291140905541664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298055147607304087.post-88307201736744334192012-12-03T10:25:48.368-08:002012-12-03T10:25:48.368-08:00A phrase he likes throwing around a lot is of this...A phrase he likes throwing around a lot is of this form:<br /><br />"[god A] is [god B] is [god C] is ... is the sun". C.f. page 97 of Suns of God. AFAICT, such chains of is are rather marked and unusual in English, and finding them in works of both these authors does indicate something about where ideas are coming from. (Of course, both have sources in common as well, so it's possible they both take the phrase from some earlier work; I have not - and will not - get my hands on any written works by mr. Maxwell, so I have not seen any bibliography for his claims. <br /><br />Another dumb claim both make is tracing the ark of Noah to some unattested "arga noah", although iirc Maxwell claims arga noah was an Egyptian flood-celebration, and Acharya has a different take on it.Miekkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254032879671190589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298055147607304087.post-75314753053316827802012-12-03T10:13:30.901-08:002012-12-03T10:13:30.901-08:00Several of his works in video form are available o...Several of his works in video form are available on youtube, go look "the naked truth" up if you want to see Acharya's thesis (with a significant bit more whackaloonery thrown in). Jordan Maxwell actually claims the word "god" is a pun made up by our alien overlords to hide their origin in plain view - they're from Sirius, the "dog" star, so reversing "dog" to "god" is one of the things they do just to leave obvious traces everywhere. No seriously, he claims that. Unlike Acharya, he's an UFO-theorist, though.Miekkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03254032879671190589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298055147607304087.post-31126012801351264872012-12-03T03:41:02.668-08:002012-12-03T03:41:02.668-08:00I hadn't heard of Jordan Maxwell. Tried to lo...I hadn't heard of Jordan Maxwell. Tried to look him up on wikipedia and found that no one is allowed to make a page about him, apparently because of his "whackaloonery", to use the technical term at wikipedia. Maxwell was apparently quoted in Zeitgeist: "The more you educate yourself the more you understand where things come from the more obvious things become and you begin to see lies everywhere. You have to know the truth and seek the truth and the truth will set you free." I can see why anti-conspiracy theorists would dislike him. Robert Tuliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813291140905541664noreply@blogger.com