"In life, I was raised to hate the undead. Trained to destroy them. When I became Forsaken, I hated myself most of all. But now I see it is the Alliance that fosters this malice. The human kingdoms shun their former brothers and sisters because we remind them what's lurking beneath the facade of flesh. It's time to end their cycle of hatred. The Alliance deserves to fall." - Lilian Voss
"In life, I was raised to hate the undead. Trained to destroy them. When I became Forsaken, I hated myself most of all. But now I see it is the Alliance that fosters this malice. The human kingdoms shun their former brothers and sisters because we remind them what's lurking beneath the facade of flesh. It's time to end their cycle of hatred. The Alliance deserves to fall." - Lilian Voss
I personally enjoy the theory of genetic manipulation by Aliens.
Some of you may have heard of the crazy idea of Planet X or Niriru. I think this is an interesting theory to toy around with. Theory says that there is 1 more planet in our Solar system which has a very very long elliptical orbit, and only comes near earth every 3,500 years. When this happens, it is supposed to bring along with it some very devastating effects, such as the Flood that Noah was supposed to have built the Ark for.
The idea that the inhabitants of Niriru had passed by Earth and saw it has a place which could sustain life and decided to experiment is interesting to me. They could have wiped out the Dinosaurs, then took what was usable, and began a slow evolution through genetic manipulation. It could be used to explain why some people see UFO's. They could be just keeping an eye on their experiment, and making changes to our genetics over time to ensure we are headed in the correct evolutionary direction. Eventually, we may evolve into the same, or close to the same species as those on Niriru, and the two species could co-exist.
Crazy outlandish theory, I know. But I find it interesting all the same.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
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"In life, I was raised to hate the undead. Trained to destroy them. When I became Forsaken, I hated myself most of all. But now I see it is the Alliance that fosters this malice. The human kingdoms shun their former brothers and sisters because we remind them what's lurking beneath the facade of flesh. It's time to end their cycle of hatred. The Alliance deserves to fall." - Lilian Voss
Another crazy thought. But when we look at images from a telescope, we see it as it was millions, if not billions of years ago. We could have peered at a planet which did have life at one time, or will soon have it. It is technically possible that if there were several planets which housed life forms, it could have all existed at the same time, but since viewing things at such great distances is sort of like time travel, we might just be seeing planets before life existed. Where if we instead had a way to instantly travel to the planet, we might see it as it is today, and might be bustling with life. And that life might be at the same evolutionary point that we are at. But, we honestly just don't know.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
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I'd really like it if we could make "we just don't know" the catchphrase of the off-topic forums.
"In life, I was raised to hate the undead. Trained to destroy them. When I became Forsaken, I hated myself most of all. But now I see it is the Alliance that fosters this malice. The human kingdoms shun their former brothers and sisters because we remind them what's lurking beneath the facade of flesh. It's time to end their cycle of hatred. The Alliance deserves to fall." - Lilian Voss
Aliens exists.
The idea that some being created us is ridiculous. Ifthat's the case, then why does none of the mythological creatures, such as Centaurs, Harpies, Mermaids, or Cyclopes exist?
But life can easily have evolved on other planets, just like ours.
If you just mean aliens existing somewhere in the universe... probably 50 X 9's likelihood (99.999....999%). There are just WAY too many worlds out there for us to be alone in the universe. Even if there IS a creator... Guess what? There you have a life form (however large/powerful) who comes from elsewhere = Alien as far as earth is concerned.
And yes, I just pulled a number of nines out of nothing to represent how certain it is that other life exists. It is unbelievably unlikely that NO other planet has life.
The idea is that those "watchers" might have interacted with humans in some way. Those who discuss this theory claim that this is what the Sumerians were writing about. Even the Egyptians writings have been interpreted in such a way to say that either these watchers were interacting, or were living among us. There are South American tribes which have celebrations or "wise men" who came from the sky, wearing big puffy white outfits (picture something that resembles a space suit, but made of cloth and sticks). These wise men were supposed to have come and visit the tribe. When first met, they couldn't understand each other, but the next day, the wise man approached again, speaking their language perfectly. The wise man then taught them how to live in a slightly more advanced way (showing them improvements on the tech they already had [better use of sticks and stones and mud])
These watchers, in other areas of the world, could have been seen as gods since our understanding of these things at that time, would be non-existent. So Noah speaking with God, could have been Noah speaking with a watcher who didn't want to see their experiments ruined, so he helped Noah build a sea faring vessel which could save the experiments.
Again, crazy theory, I know. Don't burn me at the stake for explaining it.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
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First - we have 100% no proof that "primordial goo" ever existed, and thus, no proof that we evolved from anything. Scientists "guess" based on evolutionary principals that everything evolved from something (let's not even discuss the "Why" everything would have evolved).
Second - To all the non-Bible believers out there - consider this: Either "EVERYTHING" that's ever been created or happened since the the initial beginning of the universe was a complete random act of chance or there is a Creator. It's one of the other. No middle ground. Pick your side.
I choose God, because people are not smart enough to simply fabricate the Bible and all it's glory.
Additionally, to the whole Niriru thing. In Hindu Religion, there were flying machines called Vimana's. These were supposedly how the gods showed themselves to the men and women at the time. They look much like what we would call Space Ships when you look at the drawings. There was a war between the gods and crafts and weapons comparable to the devastation we can cause today (weapons that can level entire cities). So there may have been some sort of argument over how this planet would be treated, or how it would be ruled.
It's the whole Ancient Alien theory really. But some of it is very convincing, such as the above when you compare Hindu Sanskrit to the Sumerian texts. Sumerian texts were written well before the idea of religion, and tells much of the same stories, so I tend to be drawn to it as it seems to me to be the root of these tales.
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
Your name will carry on through generations, and will never be forgotten.
"In life, I was raised to hate the undead. Trained to destroy them. When I became Forsaken, I hated myself most of all. But now I see it is the Alliance that fosters this malice. The human kingdoms shun their former brothers and sisters because we remind them what's lurking beneath the facade of flesh. It's time to end their cycle of hatred. The Alliance deserves to fall." - Lilian Voss
There aren't enough peer reviewed sources for "I don't know". Most of the assholes here will argue with you just for the sake of arguing. There really is no sense in trying to have rational discussion with these folks.
OT: Why not both? Panspermia is my favorite theory right now, coupled with externally guided evolutionary "bumps".
Aliens definitely...
But if we were created, what created the creator?
"In life, I was raised to hate the undead. Trained to destroy them. When I became Forsaken, I hated myself most of all. But now I see it is the Alliance that fosters this malice. The human kingdoms shun their former brothers and sisters because we remind them what's lurking beneath the facade of flesh. It's time to end their cycle of hatred. The Alliance deserves to fall." - Lilian Voss
I think you underestimate the power of imagination when your life is nothing but tending to crops, live stock, and your home.
After you posted this, I posted about the Sumerians. If you get a chance to read the translations, you will find that the root of the core stories in Christian, Hebrew, and Muslim faiths are very similar to Sumerian stories, which came before the official religions.
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I understood = ) Which is why I threw my comment out there. I don't think he could have done it alone (or even with the help of his family).
RIP Genn Greymane, Permabanned on 8.22.18
Your name will carry on through generations, and will never be forgotten.