Been thinking for the past year or two...what if the various accounts of creation and/or the visits/acts/commands of "gods" from written accounts in different world histories/religions all got a portion of the story correct? What if Christianity, Judaism, Islam, the Mayan/Aztec accounts from the Americas, and numerous other active and now dead religions are all at least partially correct? Not saying it's true...but it is interesting to think about it.
For example, let's pretend that panspermia is correct...and that rather than the seeds or building blocks of life being transported by inanimate objects and just happening to crash into Earth, that intelligent life directed/delivered it here. Then, after allowing the seeds of life to take hold, let's say that said intelligent lifeform(s) came back to check on things or "steer development" from time to time. Mostly in stealth mode. But occasionally in full view of said creation(s). Even interacting with it, on some occasions. And now let's say that different missions (at different periods of time) were conducted over centuries/millenniums, and that much like on Earth, different "astronauts" come in different sizes. Different genders. Different skin colors. Speaking different languages. Flying different craft (like humanity's evolution from unmanned craft, to the Apollo missions, to the Space Shuttle, etc.). Not to mention similar to the fact that the Americans, Russians, Chinese, etc. have all been sending up craft and astronauts over the years as well.
Kind of like a "theory of everything," religion-style. It would make an awful, AWFUL lot of sense if there is, in fact, an intelligent Creator, and differing accounts from different periods in history can be found on nearly every corner of the globe (before phones, the internet, sea travel, etc.). Of course, even suggesting the idea would result in my ridicule/demise from people on pretty-much every side of the issue! Atheists will say that the answer is that there is/was no creator, dummy...while the followers of every other major world religion will say that their beliefs/teachings are the only true account of how things are...and anything apart from that is heresy. All I'm saying is: what if the correct answer is a combination of "B, C, and E" or "all of the above?"
For example, let's pretend that panspermia is correct...and that rather than the seeds or building blocks of life being transported by inanimate objects and just happening to crash into Earth, that intelligent life directed/delivered it here. Then, after allowing the seeds of life to take hold, let's say that said intelligent lifeform(s) came back to check on things or "steer development" from time to time. Mostly in stealth mode. But occasionally in full view of said creation(s). Even interacting with it, on some occasions. And now let's say that different missions (at different periods of time) were conducted over centuries/millenniums, and that much like on Earth, different "astronauts" come in different sizes. Different genders. Different skin colors. Speaking different languages. Flying different craft (like humanity's evolution from unmanned craft, to the Apollo missions, to the Space Shuttle, etc.). Not to mention similar to the fact that the Americans, Russians, Chinese, etc. have all been sending up craft and astronauts over the years as well.
Kind of like a "theory of everything," religion-style. It would make an awful, AWFUL lot of sense if there is, in fact, an intelligent Creator, and differing accounts from different periods in history can be found on nearly every corner of the globe (before phones, the internet, sea travel, etc.). Of course, even suggesting the idea would result in my ridicule/demise from people on pretty-much every side of the issue! Atheists will say that the answer is that there is/was no creator, dummy...while the followers of every other major world religion will say that their beliefs/teachings are the only true account of how things are...and anything apart from that is heresy. All I'm saying is: what if the correct answer is a combination of "B, C, and E" or "all of the above?"
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