Re: NBC show: creationist?

[bivalve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Campbell)]

>    Of course, this invites the question: if the odd ideas in the show
>did not come from creationism, where did they come from?  Part of the
>answer may be that some of those who put the show together have ties to
>the Hare Hrishna religion, which evidently subscribes to the notion of
>hyper-ancient humans and the concept of time "cycles"--also promoted in
>the show.

It also sounds akin to some of the claimed evidence for ancient psychics or
visits by aliens such as in Von Dannekin's Chariots of the Gods.  Both such
"New Age" pseudoscience and Hare Krishnas are largely Westernized versions
of Asian religions, so it's not surprising that they sound similar.

David Campbell   "old seashells"
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