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Another interesting theory is that the mythical city of Atlantis is based on the destruction of some city off the coast of India, in the Arabian Sea.
Some other folks claim it's in South America. It all just goes to show that many places can be forced to fit the 'facts' from a story told over a thousand years ago when water levels were different, and language was different, and names of places were different....... |
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Yeah, wrong link, sorry. I can't edit it anymore.
Atlantis, may have been found along the Spanish coast. Symbols of a sideways menorah have been found within these ruins. It appears to, at least James Cameron, that the symbol for the destroyed Atlantis (concentric circles cut in half) was misconstrued by Jewish ancestors as a candle lobra. |
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Wow, that amount of straw is a big fire hazard. No one even came close to saying that.
Here's a hint: making a documentary about a subject is not a de facto endorsement of the subject or the inherent claims. People make documentaries about various religions, that doesn't make Odin or Anansi any more real. |
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You know nothing of my conceptions, sir.
I 'believe' that the story of Atlantis contains truth. Like Homer's Troy, it will be, or has been found, because researchers were able to decipher Plato's writings to arrive at the site likely responsible for the myth. What does it mean? "Build further inland?" |
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I watched it a couple weeks ago and found it to be extremely weak. What about it do you find compelling?
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Could you elaborate on the term "extremely weak"...?
That seems more like ad hominem than an argument. |
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Not an ad-hom, because it refers to the argument put forth, not the arguer.
Anyhow, this link explains the weakness: http://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/na...ntean-theology |
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KotA,
Here are a few conditions Atlantis sites must meet according to the author of this article. http://www.asalas.org/papers/Huebner...dence_full.pdf I haven't read Plato's story so I don't yet know enough to agree or disagree with Michael Hubner. I do think Hubner takes a few artistic liberties, though.
How many of these conditions apply to the Spain mudflats, and how many apply to Thera/Santorini? |
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In the first paragraph- ".. filmmakers’ own ego-trips...," "...they portray a cast of lunatics, obsessives, and frauds are actually respected and careful scholars..."
Not the best foot to start out on as an honest review. --- I digress... "...Of course, Atlantis isn’t historical any more than The Walking Dead..." & "...By the time they are done, there is less connection between Plato’s Atlantis and the imagined original than between The Walking Dead and the nineteenth century Caribbean zombi that in a roundabout way inspired it..." He was correct here- "The second hour of the documentary returns to Freund’s efforts around Gibraltar for some expensive underwater photography, and it pairs this effort with Montexano’s efforts to interpret petroglyphs of boats, spirals, and circles into evidence of Atlantis."...How does he refute? "They are reading into shadows on the wall what they want to imagine the real world to be like. Needless to say, there is no reason to suspect that such common motifs as boats, circles, and spirals have anything to do with Atlantis." My response to this review... 'It's crap.' |
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On the other hand, "you've never heard of James Cameron? He's responsible for "Avatar," the movie" is not a good argument in favour of them. I suspect that that was the point that fromdownunder was making. |
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