The Jesus Freaks Will Hate This

[The Reality Salesman01]

There is no point that a supernatural explanation becomes a more reasonable explanation for any example of a thing that either one of us cannot comprehend or personally explain. Arguing from ignorance keeps you ignorant. I said that your old book did not hold the answers to the origins of the universe. You then thought that you were right about your conclusion if you could get me to admit that people of an older generation were capable of doing something that I didn't understand, well...you've mistaken. That is not what was demonstrated and the reason I didn't answer your "question" was because it seemed stupid. So...there ya go. I hope it was worth the wait.

My point was that Ancient people possessed knowledge that we currently do not have (as evidenced by the pyramids etc.), they weren't dummies.

Dummies? Who said they were dummies? That's a straw man. It's the year 2015, look at all the things that modern science has discovered and can now explain. Even if you ignore all the cool stuff that is in direct conflict with your book, you gotta admit Huggy, it's pretty fucking amazing. Particle physics, molecular biology, bio-mechanical engineering, neurophysiology, just do a simple YouTube search of those words and I defy you not to find something that's awe inspiring. What I said was, it would be exceedingly foolish for anyone to ignore all of the modern contributions available to them while searching for the best answer for the origin of the universe. I said that your book was written by primitive men, I didn't say they were dummies. I too am impressed that they were able to do some of the things they did back then as some of them seem impossible today. But if you ignore the part that makes them the most impressive, you miss the whole point. Those things they did are especially impressive because they did them in spite of their lack in technology, in spite of their lacking in knowledge, in spite of their gaps in wisdom . Don't forget, Egyptians used to worship statues that they personally built, and something as simple as an eclipse could provoke these people to believe that the statue was angry and wanted them to kill some of their people in order to set things right again. Don't confuse impressive physical feats as evidence for absolute universal knowledge, Huggy. I would encourage you to start drawing a line in the sand when it comes to where you place your certainty, and instead of keeping a wide open mind without capacity restrictions, start using a filter. You can have an open mind that entertains all things, but you gotta stop letting everything stay.