I also recommend you refrain from using obvious fallacies like the ad hominem fallacy in your arguments. It belies your insecurities.

Ancients also thought demons caused illnesses, and leeches cured them.

the mayans stole their calendar and astrological technology from the red bearded white god from the sea.

California is full of modern day mayans with wailing booger machines on their hips, homemade tattoos on their necks, working for a dollar an hour in the home depot parking lot, and not enough sense, ambition, or fortitude to take care of their problems at home, which happens to be one of the most beautiful and resource rich lands on the planet.

I do not believe they have ever, at any point in history, had the capabilities of mapping out the constellations, constructing a calendar, or making accurate prophecies. They didn’t even have the effin WHEEL. They ate humans. They were barbarians, despite whatever romantic myth surrounds them today.

I am sure there are many cures, treatments, technologies, and practices that are ignored or covered today, largely because there is no profit in them.

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So call me a pessimist (or an optimist?!) but sadly, I don’t believe anything will come out of 2012 except some panic, small scale rioting, and a bunch of hype. I am much more concerned with a triple front war in the middle east, the rekindling of a cold war because of bush's missile defense program in russia's front yard, and the pending collapse of the dollar.

By commenting on 'my insecurities' to add muscle to your argument, you are doing exactly what you are accusing me of.

If you don't like Mexicans mowing your lawn, write your representative or vote for the National Socialist Party.

You have a lot of funny beliefs.

Originally Posted By: Bacchae
the mayans stole their calendar and astrological technology from the red bearded white god from the sea.

Quetzalcoatl... and the confusion of "Cortés" being "his" return.

The Germanic Peoples sacrificed people to Odin on a regular basis. They chose victims that were intoxicated and full of warmth and good cheer. They never knew what was coming: one moment they would be saying "brost," the next moment they would be dragged to a tree and hanged.

The Maya were utilizing the most advanced mathematical system in the world and creating works of art that rivaled those of Greece. While Europe slumped into The Dark Ages, The Maya experienced a golden age.

True, but then again, if they had a "golden age" why do I not see them as wealthy persons in this modern age? If they were that great once they surely must had something to be succesfull that could be used today.

the mayans and aztecs however were lacking certain things that would have been obvious stepping stones to such a sophisticated state, such the wheel.

yes there were these cities and such, and maybe they did construct them, but they did not create them on their own. this was the backwater of the world until the europeans came. erego... fuck the mayans and the sacrificial victims they rode in on. ad hominems a plenty.

hancocks basis for this was in part citing other researchers works, wherein they described this god as a white man from the sea that taught them things, like calendars, but also because of the sudden an utterly unexplainable technological jump they made. one day collecting berries and dancing around a fire, and the next building massive structures and creating civilizations. he also linked them up with the egyptians, under the same circumstances. the mayans and aztecs however were lacking certain things that would have been obvious stepping stones to such a sophisticated state, such the wheel. im going with Atlanteans on this one. and no, not people from Atlanta.

You are coming a bit on my territory now,
as far as I know there weren't real humans sacrified, HOWEVER a doll was made to sacrifice. And this in honour to "German" who was a mythical being linked to rain.