Friday, June 20, 2008

Book review: Chariots of GOD? - Erick von Daniken Part I

It's a very famous book from the 80s - also a rather esoteric theoretical book presenting revolutionary ideas with sensible and very logical points. The central idea is that human development was aided by more advanced aliens. The possibility of finding life on other planets is not debated against - rather whether we can find them or not is. Ever wondered why the ancient people have glimmers of technology that are yet not development by our modern science. For example the Ashoka pillar in delhi which has not rusted even after thousands of years, or how did egyptians manage to build monstrous pyramid when they had no modern machines or about the technology of the Incas. One explanation given here is that aliens made all these wonderful marvels on earth and taught them to humans but we have lost them now. Same with techniques of combat like karate. The techniques were not easy for earlier civilizations to have discovered - they couldn't even properly use it. Aliens landed on earth in their space-crafts which the rustic people took to be magnificent creatures and on receiving their guidance/kindness praised them as gods. The 'gods' mated with the humans and they have half gods or humans with advanced genes which helped mankind evolve into a more developed species. These half gods were sent to further breed and help advance the evolution of humans by centuries. They were to be made kings of sorts and control the people as they had superior genes. The mythology stories quote things like a Brahmastra in the repertoire of Arjuna (who was a god son) - couldn't it easily have been a nuclear weapon of the most advanced kind. The fact that an arrow fired by him became 10-20 arrows could suggest a splinter bomb type of arm. The fact that Arjun never missed a shot could be more attributed to his target lock gun. The solar eclipse by Krishna may have been a covering of the sun by the gigantic ship at the behest of the commander aka Krishna. The story of god sons - the five pandavas points to interbreeding between gods and humans. They were sent there to rule and guide the development of the humans. Thats what pandavas actually did. The book states such and more logical examples from each and every civilization and mythologies. The whole concept of different religions is another big fallacy. How could the world have been created by the gods of each religion - God the father from Christianity, Allah and the Brahma and others all involved in building the earth. If gods are such good buddies why are religions fighting. And if it was the work of a single god are 3-4 billion people wrong ?? Well more interesting is the possibility that each of these gods are the leaders of the squads sent to each region. One to the middle east, one in india and one in europe were probably the best squads - that why their religions are the most famous now.
(to be continued)

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