Here Comes Sickness!

Classic comedy scene from the Red Dwarf episode "Polymorph". These guys really gelled as a team, they must have had such a laugh filming this show. The scenario is, that each character has had an emotion sucked out of them, by the Polymorph monster, with absolutely hilarious consequences. Normal sevice will be resumed tomorrow, as right now, my daughter is still ill, my wife is ill, and I'm not feeling to tasty myself!

The Great Heresy!

For as long as Christianity has existed, there have been heretics, and possibly even before Christianity existed, because there were already those who knew a damn site more about Jesus than Paul did, and they had formed there own church in Egypt. They consisted of, possibly some of the disciples, friends, family and associates of Jesus. You may well ask why the church formed by those individuals did not succeed where the Roman church was able. Well, in the main, the Egyptian church was a Jewish church which regarded Jesus as a prophet but a man neverthless, whereas the Roman church had deified Jesus Christ, elevating him to the position of the son of God. Did Jesus ever claim to be such, yes he did, but facing a stoning changed it to be "we are all the sons of God".

The new Roman church could not have a rival church, claiming a different "truth", and so heresy was born. Heretics were people who held the same beliefs, but may have held alternative views regarding scripture or religious doctrine. You only need to read Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" to get a feel for how easy it was to be branded a heretic, where the issue of whether Jesus ever laughed takes on enormous significance. Of course it isn't enough that a heretic should burn to death for being a heretic, they must also confess their crimes under torture, and be tortured until they do confess, for confessing or not confessing, either way being accused of heresy was usually a death sentence.

Throughout the intervening centuries, the Roman church has purused relentlessly any sect or group which has threatened alternative concepts of Christianity, and especially where the enormous wealth of the Roman church was threatened. Any sect or cult proclaiming that poverty should be observed were dealt with most harshly.

With the arrival of "Witchcraft" in the Middle Ages, heresy took on a new meaning, as the Roman church had always despised women anyway, and because fear of the devil coupled with superstitious beliefs (especially among the peasantry) were very successful in drawing the masses into church. Over 1 million women are thought to have been executed for Witchcraft in the Middle Ages, most of whom were probably the victims of jealous neighbours.

Another major stop for the Roman church's blood frenzy was South America. When Cortes and his men saw the Aztec religion in action, it was not the sacrifices and violence that offended them, it was the striking similarity between the Aztec religion and Catholicism. That was the driving force for a purge of the Aztecs, it was clearly heresy at its worst. Almost certainly, the priests in the retinue of Cortes would have made it immediately plain what they thought should be done about it.

Medical Emergency!

Just a quick post today, before I head to the hospital, yes, you read right! My 10 year old daughter came back from the guides last night complaining of a sore stomach and feeling sick, and she had sickness and diahorrea all through the night. So, then she fainted and I decided to get a doctor out. The doctor said to keep an eye on her, and see how she was in the morning, but half-an-hour later she was back in the toilet and started drifting in and out of consciousness. So, I got an ambulance out, and her and the wife went off to the hospital.

The wife has phoned to say the doctors think it's just a bad gastric infection, and she'll be staying in today, so I'll head in later and see how she's doing. To be honest I'm feeling a bit squeamish myself, and have all night, but I don't know if it's what she has, or just an involuntary reaction to it. Anyhow, when your kids are ill, you just can't take any chances, especially as the Paramedics were thinking it could be appenicitis.

The Modern Jurassic!

For us, living in our materialist, consumerist, metropolitan age, and being so willing as we are to accept the facts presented to us by the experts, at face value, the very notion that dinosaur species may still be alive and well on this planet, is simply unacceptable. However, like many other astounding discoveries and revelations to which academians would rather you weren't exposed, I'll wager that you have no idea just how many modern day dinosaur sightings there have been, and continue to be.

Obviously, any such sighting has usually occured in a part of the globe which is sparsely inhabited, areas which by there very nature tend to be avoided by people, although not always. But, anyway, have you heard or read about these sightings, of:

• Pterodactyls (Wonder what the soldiers in that photo killed!)
  
• Plesiosaurs
  
• Pterosaurs
  
• Winged Humanoid Creatures

Sightings of Pterodactyl/Pterosaur like creatures have been reported all over the globe, but seldom go beyond the local news, perhaps with good reason, a reason which when conjoined with the numerous others there are, would expose Darwins theory of natural selection as a lame theory. Unfortunately for us, there are just far too many "professionals" with a vested interest in maintaining the prevailing lies about evoultion (not only of man, but animals also). There is ample evidence (if you look for yourself) that not only were species of humanoid alive and well at the (purported) time of the dinosaurs, but also that there are dinosaurs till living, in our time, the time of the human.

Zombification of the Nation!

My favourite clip from "Shaun of the Dead", the first time I saw them beating the bar manager to the tune of Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" I nearly wet myself. Yes... it's that good!

Ancient Cities Rising from the Depths!

Yes, it's difficult for us to imagine a thriving modern day metropolis like New York being completely submerged by the sea. But, returning to a topic I've delved into in older posts, the picture above represents events which I believe have happened many times in our ancient and even not so ancient past. Archaeologists and geologists seem determined to have us believe that large-scale inundations in the past, occured over extended time periods, but their evidence is largely focused on evidence found above modern-day sea-levels and therefore does not represent fairly the events of history, as clearly the sea level has never been higher than at present.

It is my belief, which I'm certain is shared by many, that a series of cataclysmic events have struck this planet. Events, in which it's possible entire civilizations were destroyed, and their magnificent cities catapaulted into the salty depths. Surely, the increasingly numerous discoveries on the ocean floor are testimony to this fact, and the sea-bed has seen very little exploration overall. There may be untold numbers of cities below the sea, whether driven there by earthquake, flood or a global catastrophe.

Here are some examples of recent discoveries (mainly lying close to shore, easier to uncover and easier to explore):

• Off coast of Cuba
• Near Yonaguni, Japan
• Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
• Off coast of India
• Loads of underwater discoveries

Someday soon, we will be faced by discoveries which will not be so easily explained away by "The Experts"!

A Voyage of Discovery!

The discovery of the Americas by Columbus in 1492, is widely accepted as historical fact. Of course, the indigenous peoples of the Americas are testimony to the fact that the Americas were discovered a long time before that, although of course Europeans then (and many still today) regarded Non-Europeans with scant regard, and as little more than savages.

The fact is though, the discovery by Columbus was a re-discovery really, for there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that the Americas have been discovered numerous times, by a variety of civilizations. The voyage of Leif Erikkson to Vinland around 1000 A.D. has found proof in the discovery of Norse settlement remains at L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland. The Norse sagas recounting their skirmishes with the "Skrellings", the native American Indians, is additionally compelling.

But what of other visits to the American shores?, well there is evidence to suggest that Columbus had sufficient evidence, gleaned from previous reorded visits, to convince him that the Americas existed. He may well have possessed a map as well. In 1396, Henry Sinclair, Earl of Orkney and Earl of Roslin (hmmmm), accompanied by some members of the Zeno family from Venice, set sail for North America, using the same sailing methods employed by the Vikings almost 400 years before, which of course would have been well known to the Sinclairs, who were descended from Norse royal stock. The Templar Tower at Newport in Nova Scotia, along with templar graves there, must have been left as reminders of the voyage. It must be remembered that the legends of the Miqmaq Indians also recall their meetings with these knights, in which there was no violence this time around.

Another reminder however was the Zeno narrative, a map, of which a copy may eventually have made its way into Columbus' hands. This combined with Columbus' visit to Iceland in 1477 suggest that he was amassing evidence on the existence of the Americas in advance of his triumphant voyage where he would claim he had been the discoverer.

Other possible early claimants to an American voyage of discovery are:

• The Welsh Prince Madoc in 1170
• St. Brendan, a 6th Century Irish Monk
• Possible earlier visits to the Americas by Chinese, Egyptians, Phoenicians and many other races.

There is also plenty evidence to suggest that peoples from the Americas crossed the Atlantic many times in the past, often to a less than friendly welcome, but you'll just have to look for details of those encounters yourself!

The Parting of the Waves!

Yes, the waves have parted and like Moses I made it to the other-side relatively intact. Yesterday morning was my final exam (Network Systems), seemed to go reasonably well I think. Afterwards some fellow students and myself went for our lunch and a few (too many?) drinks and a game of pool. I was drinking Magners Irish Cider all-day, which is not a drink I would recommend for this type of activity, with hindsight. It's a nice drink, don't get me wrong, just not suitable for an all-day bender. I say that because I was so thirsty through the night, and my head was quite painful also (ah, the power of understatement).

Anyway, that's College over, so now what? Well I spent an hour on the phone this morning, dealing with a member of Job Centre staff, who now knows way too much about me IMO! Then I'll have my Rent and Council Tax to sort out, and I'll have to sort out the Child Tax Credits as well. The bureaucracy is astounding, so much paper-work, form filling, red-tape and bullshit. I would advise anyone seriously considering moving to the UK to have a job lined up first because you just don't want to have to deal with our benefits system. I t will drive you to despair, honestly.

I will be back to business shortly, with more astounding relevations about the past, but you'll just have to bear with me, as I sort out my financial affairs, which seem to have precedence always.

Check out these prospective In-laws!

I've got a busy day of revision today ahead of my final exam tomorrow, so I've just enough time to post this fabulous clip from Smith and Jones (Mel Smith & Griff Rhys Jones), a UK comedy duo, who were big in the 80's. They started off on Not the Nine O'Clock News together, with Rowan Atkinson and Pamela Stephenson, before becoming a dedicated duo. This particular sketch demonstrates how they perfected the art of being funny without the use of smutty material. Pure natural comic ability.

I was a Roman Standard Bearer!

Dealing with less weighty issues than gaming and comedy classics today! Is there life after death? and is reincarnation real?

Two questions any individual has asked themselves many a time, and may well have discussed with others occasionally, but it's a personal matter really, a matter of faith, not in the Christian sense of the word, as we're leaning more towards Buddhist concepts here, but; you hear stuff, you read stuff, you enquire and you assimilate that knowledge to form your own opinions on what life is really about.

From a personal point of view, I think life is too short to spend it worrying about what comes next (I know people who do though). I've been fed a few Buddhist tidbits over the years and they do tend to make sense, but I'm neither a Buddhist or a Christian, because I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, nor that he actually died on the cross. I suspect that to have been the single biggest con job in history (I refer interested readers to the book "The Messianic Legacy" for detailed clarification).

Where am I going here then, oh yes, re-incarnation. I believe in reincarnation, not because I remember past lives, and I've never been hypnotically regressed (although I fancy it), but I once had the most vivid dream ever, in which I was a Roman Standard Bearer. In the dream I had the full regalia, I was holding the eagle standard, and I was descending a snow-covered mountain, in thick mist, with other soldiers seen dimly at either side. This was followed by a sort of recce-mission sounding out an enemy fort on a hill-top, in the snow, at night, with a clear sky. I can't really emphasise how vivd this dream was, I'm totally convinced that what I dreamt really happened, and I was there.

Anyone has the right to punch holes in my merry tale, but just like any good religious person, I can believe what I like and no-one will convince me otherwise. At least I wasn't Alexander the Great's Chief Eunuch!