Stone Masonry and Machu Picchu I recently received and email challenging me to produce a coherent explanation of the architecture and stonework of Machu Picchu and other megalithic sites. The questioner wanted to know how anyone else other than aliens could have...
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The Astrobiological Delusion Regarding the Future of Religion
Nice, brief article by professor Ted Peters. Editor's note: including the content of the above link below,From Theology Topic: The Astrobiological Delusion Regarding the Future of Religion: The Astrobiological Delusion Regarding the Future of Religion Returning to...
Pharaoh Akhenaten’s Unusual Physique: Proof of Alien DNA?
Uh . . . nope. Well . . . it does have something to do with genetics . . . but not from space aliens. Fortunately, we have something called . . . science . . . to help us understand what may have been going on with Akhenaten (and other members of the 18th dynasty)....
Junk DNA Not Really Junk
Thought I'd throw this up since it might speak to some out there who think our "junk" DNA is alien DNA (i.e., that's part of their faith).
Two Very Nice Blogs on the Pyramids
Part of combating PaleoBabble is exposing it -- and Egyptology seems to breed more paleo-nonsense than most fields. Another need is dispensing solid information in its place. I'm adding these two blogs to PaleoBabble's blogroll, but I wanted you to know about them...
ET, Panspermia, and “Second Genesis”
I recently came across an interesting scholarly article entitled, "Fitness of the Universe for a Second Genesis: Is it Compatible with Science and Christianity?" Readers know I have along-standing interest in panspermia and its theological implications. Having just...
Night Terrors and Sleep Paralysis
Nick Redfern recently posted something on night terrors put together by Tim Binnall. Interesting reading, but there was a curious omission. Binnall's work (at least in this installment) neglects to mention the major scholarly work on night terrors and its relation...
An Appropriate Rebuke to Those Who Would Argue Genetic Similarity Between Humans and ET Life Would Support Naturalistic Evolution
From Uncommon Descent. The quotation is what caught my eye. It amazes me how many times I hear that a high genetic similarity between human life and any intelligent ET life (should it ever be proven) means that (a) evolution has been proven; or (b) ET made us. Both...
Recent (2007) Scholarly Article on ET and Jesus
Here's another article that I think we can all benefit from in some respects. Some of it is material I've already blogged about, but other parts are items I've not yet commented on. It's a good instance of current scholars thinking about the issue of the interface of...
Short Article on Sleep Paralysis
It starts about half way down the page at this link. Personally, I think it is very likely that sleep paralysis explains a lot of "abduction" experiences. Anyone acquainted with the literature, though, will know it doesn't explain many experiences, though. Editor's...
More on Wally Wallington – The Guy Who Moves Monolithic Blocks by Himself
Kudos to V. Glitschka for sending me this YouTube Video of Mr. Wallington. It's worth watching - especially the few-second scene of him rotating an entire building by himself using his simple technology (It's at about 2:05 of the video). Sorry, no aliens appear in the...
Antikythera Mechanism Rebuilt – Replica Works Perfectly
This is pretty cool. So what does this ancient machine do? "In short, Antikythera's user interface is deceptively simple, operated by a simple knob on the side. This conceals the intricacy within, amounting to a complex mathematical model, tracking the movements of...
Article IX of the Chicago Statement
I got a bit carried away with Article IX, so I didn't post all the rest of the articles and my responses to them here. Here's Article IX: Article IX. WE AFFIRM that inspiration, though not conferring omniscience, guaranteed true and trustworthy utterance on all...
Articles 8 Through 14 from Psychological Inquiry
Here are the rest of the articles: 8. Alleged Alien Abductions: False Memories, Hypnosis, and Fantasy Proneness. By: Lynn, Steven Jay; Kirsch, Irving I.. Psychological Inquiry, 1996, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p151, 5p; Abstract Comments on the article 'Toward an Explanation of...
4th and 5th Articles from Psychological Inquiry
I'm going to take these two at a time to speed up going through this issue (and to get you the articles). My next post will be about the contents of the third and fourth articles, but I will likely skip any comments on the fifth article. Here are # 4 and # 5: 4. On...