Poll: I...Just...What the hell?!

[lwm3398]

On topic however I was with you until you said aliens built the pyramids.
I am very aware of the inconsistency between these two statements.

Wait, what? Why would you not be with me until I said that? And I don't even believe this, it's Erich Von Daniken's theory. Emphasis on theory.

No I said I was with you until you said that.

Bleh! I misspoke. What I meant to say was: Why would you not be with me when I said that?

Because the Nazca lines are something that really humans couldn't make until we at least had flying technology, which no one had at the supposed time of their creation. But the pyramids can be done with simple machines and mere geometry.

Mountains. They could stand on mountains and look down on their work. And I'm sure if they remembered what they had done, or did it in groups for one drawing at a time, they could do it. Anything to please the Gods, so they don't burn your village or kill your wife and baby.

 

[skitzo van]

Now know for sure the history channel is crazy

 

[CompanionCube]

Sounds a lot like the concept of the movie "Knowing". Aliens=Angels concept.

 

[oneniesteledain]

Ian Douglas's 'Heritage' Trilogies, anyone?

 

[Cabisco]

It talked about how the pyramids were impossible to build without the alien's help

I reckon he took some drugs, watched Stargate, and then forgot that he had watched Stargate and thought it was all real.

 

[fletch_talon]

I don't see how its such a bad theory. Consider the effects of an advanced civilisation coming into contact with a primitive tribe of humans. Unable to explain technology the way we can now, its not a huge stretch to imagine humans worshipping extraterrestrial beings, believing that they possess magic that is beyond us.

Its not an entirely apt example, but consider the Aztecs when they encountered the Spanish. They believed they were gods because they were like nothing they had ever encountered. The reason this isn't a perfect example is that the Aztec's already had an established religion prior to the Spaniards arrival, and they just applied the identities of their gods upon the newcomers.

It makes a fair bit of sense when you think about it. Is there sufficient evidence for or against it? No of course not, its just another theory. To me it seems stranger to simply assume thatearly civilisations imagined gods out of thin air. Yes they bear traits that exist in their surroundings, but most other mythological figures seem to have been based on something solid.

Unicorns - Some believe to be based on rhinocerous.
Dragons - Discovering the fossilised remains of dinosaurs.
Centaur - Seeing foreign riders, so skilled that they seem to be part of the horse.

Again these are theories, but they make as much sense as most other explanations.

 

[esperandote]

yeah i've known this theory for a while, not God but Jesus.

 

[megatron2.0]

So God is an alien?
Well it makes the same amount of sense as God being a god.

They're probably equally likely as well.

Im gonna have to lock this in as my response.
Maybe God is a Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan?

And a member of PETA.

or a unicorn?

 

[CrystalShadow]

I've heard theories like this before.

How much truth there is to them is hard to judge, but it easy to make something sound plausible.

I once remember someone describing a flight on a commercial airliner using biblical language, and it did make a reasonable point about what a person would write if they try to describe something from an advanced civilization that can do things you can't relate to anything.

Anyone remember the quote: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."?

There's a real point there. Take any fairly complex technology we have now, and imagine showing it to someone from 6000 years ago.
How do you think they'd react to it?

And since someone just mentioned the Aztecs, it's ironic that their religion is the one most frequently associated with the idea that their god(s) is/are aliens.

 

[historyfend13]

So God is an alien?
Well it makes the same amount of sense as God being a god.

They're probably equally likely as well.

Im gonna have to lock this in as my response.
Maybe God is a Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan?

God has to be a fan, what else could he be?

On a different note, it's just a theory..probably concocted once they got some half faded piece of paper with a drawing and three words. Idk, like anything else, where is the evidence?

 

[[Cold-Shoulder]]

I don't believe it and I was wondering why people kept saying the pyramids were built by aliens, thanks for starting this thread.

So God is an alien?
Well it makes the same amount of sense as God being a god.

They're probably equally likely as well.

Im gonna have to lock this in as my response.
Maybe God is a Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan?

And a member of PETA.

Or a unicorn o_o
Edit: Damn,I was Ninja

 

[lwm3398]

I don't believe it and I was wondering why people kept saying the pyramids were built by aliens, thanks for starting this thread.

So God is an alien?
Well it makes the same amount of sense as God being a god.

They're probably equally likely as well.

Im gonna have to lock this in as my response.
Maybe God is a Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan?

And a member of PETA.

Or a unicorn o_o
Edit: Damn,I was Ninja

By someone who wasn't even on the thread, I think. Not only were you Ninja'd, you, my friend, were... ASSASSIN'D! It's like Ninja'd, only the ninja likes wearing white.

Back on topic, the theory of extraterrestrial (It makes me feel like a douche saying that, should i just say alien?) help in building not only the pyramids, but the Easter Island Heads, Stonehenge, Woodhenge, (wikipedia, my friend.) and the Great Wall. Plus, it's not only because of this theory. Believers had thought of it before Van Daniken, I think.

 

[Xanadeas]

Man, the history and science channels sure took a nose dive in quality the past few years.

Yes, yes they did. Which is why I only watch them when that crap's not on.

OT: It must make sense for Mr. Crazy German guy otherwise he wouldn't bother with it. At least I'd hope not... Maybe it's some sort of silly pyramid scheme. See what I did there? Either way let him do whatever he wants within reason.

 

[Crimsane]

Robots are cool. I am cool. Therefore, I am a robot. God created man in its own image, thus God was a robot. I can has history channel special nao pleez?

 

[lwm3398]

Robots are cool. I am cool. Therefore, I am a robot. God created man in its own image, thus God was a robot. I can has history channel special nao pleez?

No, you can "has" lolcat intervention.

I don't see your point, but it's funny as hell. Have a cook- Whoops... I made you a cookie, but I eated it.

Hur, hur, hur, you see what i did there?

 

[Chris^^]

I miss all the Nazi programmes on history =(

this kinda thing really grinds my gears, it doesn't belong on a factual network, such idle speculation should instead be on sci-fi or religious channels

people are entitled to their beliefs, so long as they realise that without PROOF they are no more than beliefs.

 

[Droa]

Could be interesting that sum completly drunk aliens decided to have sum fun on the tiny insignifcant planet and "teach" us all the religions to mind fuk those in the past, ttthhheeennn when we finaly meet extraterrestrials(cant spell ) we find out all our stories about religion were from their childrens tv shows or sumthing, that would b a kik to the crotch wouldnt it

 

[Hikikomori Ookami]

extraterrestrial being: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere

God is in heaven. Heaven is assumedly outside of earth's atmosphere, so however you feel about the subject to me it seems God would be an alien.

 

[lwm3398]

Worshipping aliens? We're starting to verge on Scientology here, aren't we?

No no, I think there's been a misconception. What the theory is is that Gods aren't Gods, they're aliens that we worshipped because we thought their technology was magic from deities, thus, this means all religion's Gods were really aliens.