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Originally Posted by koland
Ummmm.. like that religious text followed by the world's largest religion (although the popular one here has similar passages, as do some of the more "minor" ones).
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I thought the official story on that was that they were supposed to be the recorded direct word of $DEITY (skipping the wingèd messenger intermediaries), as well as the records of people following around and recording the words of $SON OF DEITY, and then some posthumous correspondence from people* who'd been doing the following around?
In any case, it would be pretty cool if those passages included angelically-relayed instructions on how to fly spacecraft,
Chariots of the Gods† "ancient astrounaut"-style and use water to teach people to read and write which seems like a good life-skill to pass on.
* Plus an addendum by some guy who apparently came from an island
known for its mushrooms.
† But von Daniken ended up being jailed for fraud a couple of times, IIRC. I have a comic book about that.