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Originally Posted by oojay
The time periods that each of us are referring to are thousands of years apart, so comparing them is a waste of time. From the beginning of time, civilization has always believed in Gods. From ancient Sumeria to Egypyt to Greece to Rome to America, as time progresses, it seems that society has moved more towards an IDEA of Gods, rather than a physical embodiment of them.
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I thought you were referring to the Greek and Roman pantheon. If you're talking about civilizations in the Fertile Crescent it's much of the same though. Do the anthropomorphic depictions of these deities not eradicate any chance of these gods being aliens, at least in the conventional sense of the word? And how can you explain demigods in the Mesopotamian and Sumerian religions then?
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I disagree. There are many anomolies on Earth that cannot be explained and point to an ET intervention. The pyramids for example (Egyptian, Aztec, Mesopotamia, Chile, Spain, China, Greece, Nigeria, Sudan, India). Many of them are constructed of stones that could not possibly have been moved, carved, or constructed by humans at their respective stages in history. Also, the Nazca Lines (which can only be seen from above), and the numerous mountaintops in Peru that were somehow leveled to make flat landing strips, with no remnants of the rubble left behind or the tools and machinery used to do so. The pyramids of Giza are in allignment with the 3 stars on Orion's belt, how could they have done that? Stonehenge has slits that let rays of light shine through only on the summer and winter solstices.
And besides the HOW, there's also the WHY? Why build a pyramid with specific dimensions and astrological assignments just to house a dead body?
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You do know the Egyptians had an absolutely fantastic understanding of astrology right? Babylon even more so, to the point where they used it to make political decisions. It was by far the most advanced "science" for both civilizations. So it should come as no surprise as to why they would construct a monument based on it. I can't remember all of the intricacies of the dimensions of the Great Pyramid, but there are many unique little facts like that. It was an architectural marvel, which is why it was named one of the Wonders of the Ancient World. And while it was/is very impressive, the alien theory is just something you toss in to a high school history lecture to keep kids interested. They don't know how exactly it was built but there are many perfectly legitimate theories.