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    Hopefully this is the right spot to drop my post. Caught wind of this movement yesterday morning on community radio and wanted to share my thoughts.

    My concern with this atheist movement is that it seemingly aims to anger and alienate followers but doesn’t offer anything to challenge the very foundations these supposed religions such as Christianity are founded upon as well as failing to examine what is being conveyed within religious texts and doctrine.

    My aim is to debunk the foundation of religious institutions. Expose it for what it is with plausible facts and the alternative theories I’ve come across have assisted me in undermining their concept of god and misguided worship. I’m open to the idea that there is a spirituality within each of us but not necessarily a divinity.

    One curious discovery is that science and religion are not as polarized as one may think. In fact, science is just as bad as religion as the scientific community tends to deny alternative sciences or concepts or histories that don't adhere to the status quo. I've discovered that there is an institutionalized effort of control from both entities. For example, the global warming debate which is promoting reduction and efficiency of consumption but failing to bring forth or permit alternative energy systems. Hence they maintain our dependency on fossil fuels but simply indoctrinate us to reduce our usage of them.

    Even our academic institutions are biased. When I took grade 9 geography class, the teacher discussed two geographical concepts, one being catastrophism the other being uniformitarianism. The catastrophists were dismissed as fanatics and uniformitarianism was the concept of choice throughout the curriculum right up to the university level. Uniformitarianism speaks to geographic formations that take millions of years to form, such as continental drift theory where the continents move apart centimeters every year, taking eons of time to form the formations we see currently. But some of the catastrophist theories have surfaced as of late with concepts such as earth crust displacement and pole shifts. They can't be denied as we've seen mass extinctions in North America and the advance and recession of the ice age. What triggers these 'recent' events, are they sudden or do they take thousands of years to develop?

    My mandate is to read and extract what I determine to be the truth for me.

    First off, there are tens of thousands of beliefs but only one reality or truth.

    I’ve come across various sources of alternative history and technology over the last few years. I’ve always considered myself an atheist and an advocate of science but have realized based on these readings that there is much science buried within religious text and scripture that we could readily dismiss as silly folklore yet carries plausible significance.

    The first book that inspired my thirst to discover more was Graham Hancock’s ‘Fingerprints of the Gods’. Hancock examines various world religions and mythologies and discovered astonishing commonalities between them all including precessional codes which he also found within the passage rights of street gangs such as The Triads.

    What is precession?

    When the Earth rotates, it spins on an angle but it isn’t a perfect spin, it actually wobbles and that wobble is called precession. It takes approximately 25920 years for one complete cycle to finish. This wobble changes the Earth's inclination and view of the alignment of the stars so the chunk of years was broken into 12 segments or constellations, hence the 12 signs of the zodiac which is the true calendar.

    Time is not linear it is cyclic. As the Earth wobbles it passes through the various constellations and it takes 2160 years for the Earth to pass through one zodiac sign. During the spring equinox, the sun rises under the sign of our current zodiac which is ‘pisces’ the symbol of none other than the fish. It has been doing so for approximately 2100 years and we are in the transition period where the sign will change to that of ‘aquarius’…

    How old is Jesus approx? Aren’t we in the 21st century??? 21 * 100=2100. That is cutting it awful close to 2160.

    The zodiac calendar whose significance and importance has been reduced to trivial horoscopes, is the true calendar and our very city lights have advanced its obscurity.

    The vast majority of world religions and mythologies have tales of deluge and stories of flooding and Noah’s Ark(checkout Fingerprints of the Gods(yes gods-plural)) and there are far too many commonalities between them to be arbitrary, in fact Z. Sitchin has discovered ceremonial Hebrew words in mesoamerican civilizations and believes they are the lost tribes of Israel.

    All that aside, it takes the Earth approx 2160 years to pass through one zodiac sign and we are currently coming to the end of the period of the age of pisces and moving to the age of aquarius.

    How old is Christianity? How old is our Gregorian Calendar? How old is Jesus approx? Aren’t we in the 21st century??? 21 * 100=2100. That is cutting it awful close to 2160 years it takes for the Earth to pass through one zodiacal sign. hmmmmmm.....

    The bible calls it ‘end of days’ and Mayans pulled out people’s hearts to prevent it but sure as morning toast, the transition from one age to the next is happening. The Mayan calendar also ends in 2012.

    Associated with this change in age has been calamitous events ie: deluge, ice ages, hence the importance of the calendar to prepare for this uncertain eventuality. Will something devastating happen? Not sure but the one expert I’ve read believes it happens every two cycles of the zodiac this being the end of the second. http://www.pyramidmatrix.com

    Constantine, like today’s ruling elite feared the masses and transferred the pagan values and symbols into christian ones(Dan Brown-Da Vinci Code). The pagans basically worshiped women as divine for their ability to give life and none other than the sun, hence the word SUNday.

    The sun currently rises under the sign of pisces during the spring equinox. Pisces is the symbol of the fish who is none other than, you guessed it, Jesus.

    Art has always mirrored the sign of the zodiac that the sun rises under, hence, we had the minotaur during the age of taurus.

    from dictinary.com
    Ichthus

    Ich”thus\, n. [Gr. ?.] In early Christian and eccesiastical art, an emblematic fish, or the Greek word for fish, which combined the initials of the Greek words ?, ?, ? ?, ?, Jesus, Christ, Son of God, Savior.

    Early Christian art depicting the fish…I repeat…early ‘Christian’ art depicting the symbol of the fish for who??? Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior…

    What is the zodiac symbol for pisces again? The Fish….hmmmmmm. Out of all the symbol rich things our planet has to offer, why on Earth would they have chosen to associate Jesus with a fish?

    The fish represents Jesus and who is Jesus? The son of god? Jesus’s birthday is aligned with the fall and rise of the sun as the Earth revolves around it. ie: the winter solstice, the end of the dark cycle and the happy happy joy joy of the new year celebration, the return of the sun as it begins its ascent in the horizon again, hence longer days, light triumphs over dark.(A very borealcentric view methinks: Jesus is how old? How long does it take the Earth to pass through one zodiac sign? 2160 years. hmmmmmm…

    Some of these religious folk preach the return, well, he returns every year!

    Carl Sagan wrote in Contact, math is the universal language and an advanced civilization would use it as their form of communication.

    Maya means water in Egyptian.

    The Great Pyramid at Giza and the Kukulkan Pyramid in Mexico are undeniably linked through math written into the design of the building.

    Kukulkan has 9 levels, 4 sides, 4 staircases and 365 steps:
    9*4*4*365=52560
    Contrary to popular belief and modern man’s bloated ego, the prime meridian is not in Greenwich it is the Great Pyramid at Giza. (try to debunk it, I invite you to)

    Kukulkan sits 119 degrees, 42 minutes and 10.5ish seconds West of Giza:
    52560/119 degrees=441.68067
    441.68067/ 42 minutes =10.516207
    The time in seconds. Not convinced? Kukulkan has 365 steps offset at 90 degree angles: 365/90=4.055

    According to the Aeronautical Charting Division in Silver Spring MD the Giza and Kukulkan pyramids are 7123.85068 statute miles(yes miles, none of that metric poison) apart. The TAN of 7123.85068=4.055…not bad for a bunch of primitives!

    Stonehenge originally had 60 stones arranged in a circle (360degrees). 60*360=21600. Well, Stonehenge rests 51 degrees, 10 minutes, 42.3529411 seconds north of giza.
    21600/ 51 degrees=423.52941
    423.52941/ 10 minutes=42.352941
    Which is the amount in seconds where it sits north of Giza.

    Three structures in three different parts of the world linked via math, yet apparently evolved independently of each other.

    The very ancients who designed the zodiac calendar also built those structures.

    The math is undeniable and tested to ensure the numbers are not being manipulated. Google Carl Munck ‘The Code’ and read his article on greatdreams.com and visit his site…www.pyramidmatrix.com

    We invented instruments to measure longitude in the 1800’s to avoid shipwrecks. The precision used to design these buildings clearly shows it was around long before our modern society.

    If the atheist bus campaign is going to run these ads, start including items or symbols that give people something tangible so they can see the reality of the world around them. Not some vague statement that fosters hostility. I know all too well that people create their own realities and any message that goes against the grain of their indoctrination will result in fear and anger but please make the effort to debunk what religion(and possibly science) stands upon with plausible facts rather than vague statements such as ‘god doesn’t exist just be happy’.

    Happy reading:
    Graham Hancock
    Carl Munck
    Robert Temple
    Christoper Dunn
    David Twitchell
    David Hatcher Childress
    Viktor Schauberger
    Stephen Mehler
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    Default Re: Jesus the Fish? Hmmmmmm...

    Why don't you add Von Daniken and Velikovski to your list? They're just as "scientific".

    If you look up science in a dictionary you will usually find 2 main definitions: science - the body of knowledge (really a consensus, subject to change) and science - the method. If Hancock et al think they have anything to contribute to science (the body of knowledge) they should try using science (the method) to do so.

    The common link between all those people is that they search out data which appears to support their little pet hypotheses and ignore that which doesn't (and occasionally outright bullshit). Why do you think they are not accepted as mainstream scientists? Do you think the scientific community conspires to lock out certain individuals? The main job of all scientists is to look for flaws, oversights, lies, distortions in each others output. That is the self-correcting mechanism that make science (the method) so great. They're all critical of each other. The way to win respect in the scientific community is to do all the tests, think of every possible criticism and be honest before you publish. It can be a nasty process and heated exchanges and personality conflicts are not unusual (they are human beings) but nobody's found a better method yet.

    It is true that once a person has been found to publish shoddy or dishonest work they are scrutinized and criticized even more closely from then on. Them's the breaks.

    I'll admit I haven't read books by all the authors you listed but I have read some and I was not impressed. Instead of a list I'll suggest you go and read one book: "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan
    http://www.amazon.com/Demon-Haunted-.../dp/0345409469

    While you're waiting to get your hands on a copy follow this link to listen to one of Carl Sagan's last public addresses before he died:
    http://www.pointofinquiry.org/ann_dr..._spirituality/

    Unfortunately the sound quality is not good but the words are audible if you can put up with the awful hissing.

    The main point is that if Hancock et al really want to establish their credentials as serious scientific researchers with valid theories then they need to convince the scientists who are specialists in the areas involved, not appeal to Joe Shmoe like you & me. Some of their work may one day be vindicated but it won't be because they had books on the New York Times Best Seller list.
    "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool." -- Richard Feynman
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    Labeling:

    I commend your use of 'labeling' in your reply. You've managed to denigrate the sources I've provided without any informed debate or offer anything of value to rebut what I've proposed.

    You wrote; "little pet hypotheses ","occasionally outright bullshit","publish shoddy or dishonest work "
    I quote:
    "It is no accident that labels like "hardline",“leftist guerrillas,” “Islamic terrorists,” “conspiracy theories,” “inner-city gangs,” are never subjected to precise definition. The efficacy of a label is that it not have a specific content which can be held up to a test of evidence. Better that it be self-referential, propagating an undefined but evocative image." http://www.michaelparenti.org/MonopolyMedia.html



    We are what we eat and we are what we think...

    You wrote:
    "not appeal to Joe Shmoe like you & me"

    I don't see myself as a Joe Shmoe...so be careful as you will reap what you sow.


    Precession: Is it really a shoddy, bullshit ridden, pet hypothesis of dishonest work?

    http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics ... noxes.html
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=541
    http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sprecess.htm
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Featur ... _Evidence/
    http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=precession&meta=

    I guess NASA isn't a credible source either.

    I actually forgot to mention Erich Von Daniken...thx!
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    I am an amateur astronomer (currently president of our little club) and I'm quite familiar with the precession of the equinoxes. Numerology and apophenia can be fun little games but you have to remember that correlation doesn't equal causation.

    Lots of people use data from reliable sources to jump to wrong conclusions or support whacko theories (just google Richard Hoagland). The credibility of NASA photos & articles doesn't automatically transfer to anybody who links to them (for better or for worse).

    http://www.carlsagan.com/index_ideascontent.htm
    "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool." -- Richard Feynman
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    An amateur astronomer! Have you explored Uranus?
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    Quote Originally Posted by newsun26
    An amateur astronomer! Have you explored Uranus?
    There is probably no Uranus joke I haven't heard.
    "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool." -- Richard Feynman
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    I can see why you were appointed Prez of your amateur asstronomer group. For your keen ability to sniff out jokes about Uranus. Clearly, it is the only skill you've demonstrated to be proficient at.

    Have you heard the latest? There is a new fissure currently being torn in the space surrounding Uranus. Brace yourself, NASA will be sending in a deep probe soon to inspect.
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    Joe!

    I know you aren't impressed with much but being a decipherer of jokes surrounding Uranus is something you can be proud of. You've certainly managed to impress me.


    Fish much? Cuz, you've been hook, line and sinkered.


    Would you like me to throw you back or continue reeling you in?
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    I think you've done enough trolling for one day.
    "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -- and you are the easiest person to fool." -- Richard Feynman
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