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Originally Posted by M T McGuire
Well, I'm embarrassed because I loved it although I never took it too seriously as a theory... more a jumping off point for ideas to write with!
I think - but don't quote me - that a lot of it is based on theories of Velikovsky; a jewish guy, trying to establish when, exactly, in history the exodus was.. I think he began to look at other texts contemporary with the old testament, for more info, mainly and discovered there are certain legends/stories/events common to all religions... as I understood it, Von Daniken took that added a bit more imaginative thought and sensationalism and there we are... I've tried to read Veilikovsky but it's incredibly dry and academic, I found Von Deniken easier to read...!
I do think his reasoning and scholarship is flawed but you know what Einstein said, "imagination is everything" there is a certain amount of stuff that is only here because things like James Bond films created a desire for it...
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I see no problem with loving it. Although I think I am in Chapter 6 now (my e-reader keeps freezing, may have to send it in
). I am starting to lose interest a little bit because he is starting to go all over the place. I like the imagination of it all, and I like the fact that someone questions the norm. Just think about the pundits who said the World was round and was chastise for it. The thing is he puts question marks in a lot, I think as a safety valve so he can say, I was questioning not saying fact. I think that is where the problem lies. Like he believes that these civilisations were not smart enough to think of this stuff on their own, and I think that is really demeaning.
He does have that animated story teller about him, and it makes it easier to read, but the further I get into, it feels like he is reaching a little bit. Of course this was written in 1968 and we know a lot more today then we did then, so maybe at that time it was different.