War_Blade
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I think we all agree here that it is unlikly. I just think there might be a lost city somewhere.
I try to never say that something is impossible though.
I try to never say that something is impossible though.
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Kenneth R.
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DoomsdayZach
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I think it's fairly obvious why we haven't found evidence. Oh, it's there, btu it's so advanced that it is *hidden* from us. Oh, what now, what now? Snap, snap.turke said:
j/kI'm not usually a fan of epic posts, but this one I had to make epic. Regarding this argument, I feel that I need to explain myself in several areas. And at many times, I may come off as sounding like I came directly from there, but I don't intend to sound like a dick. I just feel really really confident about my belief.
When I say that, I do not mean the version depicted in V, but the result of reading several books and such about the subject, and they all give different depictions of the Metropolis and I've become convinced that afew of them hold some truth to them. Not all though, because some are just trying to make money.
Alien? HAHAHA!!!!! Oh my god, I have never heard anything more funny in my entire life. I know you're discrediting that idea, but just the thought of anyone backing it is so funny!!
That's exactly what my reasoning is. The people spread all over the world, traveling by ship or by foot, to get wherever they could go, as long as they could get the fuck out of Atlantis before they were burned to death.
Sounds interesting.
Oh god no, not this idea. ATLANTIS WAS NOT RULED BY MERMAIDS!!! That idea was based on a lack of logic, and a culmination of folk tales. This whole myth actually offends me to a degree, (I know I'm a loser.)
About Alexandria, I remember in my global history class, my teacher talking about how Alexander the Great founded a million different cities called Alexandria, so that idea of Alexandria starting legends could easily be discredited, unless my memory fails me right now.
Technology? Yes. Genetic Engineering? No. Mankind as we are now has barely mastered Genetic Engineering. I doubt that Atlantis could've done it.
The idea of Atlantis being a technological empire never meant they had everything we have today. Just some stuff that most would discredit, for the sake of making money. Our technology could probably be completely different, if the world wasn't driven by money. Atlantis, most likely, was not driven by greed and lust, but by a quest for knowledge. And also, Atlantis also had just as advanced Math and literature. It's just too bad every single litle bit of it was burned to nothingness.
Wtf is Mu?
Not necesarily about having found evidence. Atlantis wasn't just destroyed by a volcano. It was destroyed in a Cataclysm of monstrous proportions.
I've read several books on Atlantis, and the one that spoke out to me with the most logic and that seemed to feel the most true is this one: http://www.atlan.org/
That's just a link to the author's site, but the site has some basic information, but it's enough to find this author's hypothesis very believable. It pretty much explains all my arguments. Also, as you're reading through the information on that site, in another window, keep the lyrics to the songs on V from Prelude to Bird Serpent War nearby. You'll see why. (I'm dead serious. I don't ever joke about this matter.)
Ptah Khnemu said:
When I say that, I do not mean the version depicted in V, but the result of reading several books and such about the subject, and they all give different depictions of the Metropolis and I've become convinced that afew of them hold some truth to them. Not all though, because some are just trying to make money.
Kenneth R. said:
Alien? HAHAHA!!!!! Oh my god, I have never heard anything more funny in my entire life. I know you're discrediting that idea, but just the thought of anyone backing it is so funny!!
DoomsdayZach said:
That's exactly what my reasoning is. The people spread all over the world, traveling by ship or by foot, to get wherever they could go, as long as they could get the fuck out of Atlantis before they were burned to death.
Beelzebub said:
Sounds interesting.
War_Blade said:
Oh god no, not this idea. ATLANTIS WAS NOT RULED BY MERMAIDS!!! That idea was based on a lack of logic, and a culmination of folk tales. This whole myth actually offends me to a degree, (I know I'm a loser.)
Rose Immortal said:
About Alexandria, I remember in my global history class, my teacher talking about how Alexander the Great founded a million different cities called Alexandria, so that idea of Alexandria starting legends could easily be discredited, unless my memory fails me right now.
SilentRealm said:
Technology? Yes. Genetic Engineering? No. Mankind as we are now has barely mastered Genetic Engineering. I doubt that Atlantis could've done it.
Kenneth R. said:
The idea of Atlantis being a technological empire never meant they had everything we have today. Just some stuff that most would discredit, for the sake of making money. Our technology could probably be completely different, if the world wasn't driven by money. Atlantis, most likely, was not driven by greed and lust, but by a quest for knowledge. And also, Atlantis also had just as advanced Math and literature. It's just too bad every single litle bit of it was burned to nothingness.
turke said:
Wtf is Mu?
Not necesarily about having found evidence. Atlantis wasn't just destroyed by a volcano. It was destroyed in a Cataclysm of monstrous proportions.
I've read several books on Atlantis, and the one that spoke out to me with the most logic and that seemed to feel the most true is this one: http://www.atlan.org/
That's just a link to the author's site, but the site has some basic information, but it's enough to find this author's hypothesis very believable. It pretty much explains all my arguments. Also, as you're reading through the information on that site, in another window, keep the lyrics to the songs on V from Prelude to Bird Serpent War nearby. You'll see why. (I'm dead serious. I don't ever joke about this matter.)
I think Kenneth meant "alien" in the context of foreign, not Marvin the Martian.
As for the Colorado thing, I think you'd be disappointed to read an 1100+ page book just for that one lame joke I made. If I further elaborated I'd spoil the plot.
As for the Colorado thing, I think you'd be disappointed to read an 1100+ page book just for that one lame joke I made. If I further elaborated I'd spoil the plot.
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I think you misinterpreted what I said a bit.
I was using Alexandria, the one in Egypt, as an example of an ancient cultural center that has now been destroyed.
My thought was, there could've been another destroyed city that was also a cultural center in its time--not more advanced than its contemporaries by TOO much, but maybe a place that people back then thought was cutting-edge. Does that make more sense?
This discussion is very interesting. Now I have to find something to contribute to this discussion. 
I believe there was a culture on an island that started the whole Atlantean stuff. Nevertheless, I don't believe that they possessed any superior technology but it may be possible that they inventented things never seen on the face of the Earth before.
I enjoy playing Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, though.
I believe there was a culture on an island that started the whole Atlantean stuff. Nevertheless, I don't believe that they possessed any superior technology but it may be possible that they inventented things never seen on the face of the Earth before.
I enjoy playing Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, though.
DoomsdayZach
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wtf? This is the OFF TOPIC thread. you are making it an on topic thread! NOOOO! I must put an end to this.
I had chicken, rice and green beans for lunch today. then a dr pepper berries and cream
I had chicken, rice and green beans for lunch today. then a dr pepper berries and cream
Taliwakker
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Its 2:45 pm here and i still haven't had breakfast....gonna put an end to my hunger right now...something coated in chilli sauce is in order.
Ptah Khnemu, you believe that much to this stuff but you don't know Mu ? So here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(lost_continent)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(lost_continent)
Kenneth R.
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I have an effing final test in numerical computing & statistics today. is that off topic enough?
Ptah i don't see how you can be so certain about these atlantis 'facts' you are talking about (what tech they had, how it was destroyed, etc) when much is still to be discovered.
Ptah i don't see how you can be so certain about these atlantis 'facts' you are talking about (what tech they had, how it was destroyed, etc) when much is still to be discovered.
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Kenneth R.
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It totally sucks while you're going through it but in retrospect it's a great experience. The food sucks, you get sick of the people you're around, you're away from your family, etc. However, I've done cool stuff none of my friends at other places have done. It's a lot of hard work but it's worth it.Kenneth R. said:
SilentRealm
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wow I disappear for a couple of days and this thread takes off!
@ what Zach said before about if there were remnants of great civilisations, we would see them - dont forget that only inorganic material can have even a chance to stand the tests of time and environmental activity,and even that can be destroyed given a long enough period. The earth has a miraculous way of bringing all evidence of man back to its own terms. Both wood and metal decomposes over time (anything man made like books, boats, metal objects etc would have to be destroyed eventually), and thats not taking into account something like the destructive power of natural disasters.
Just because we dont see it, doesn't necessarily mean it was never there. None of us can actually ever know if there was in fact any civilisation 'greater' than our own, its entirely possible there wasn't and even if there was, it doesn't mean it was Atlantis.. my point is, the planet has been around for billions upon billions of years (unless you're a creationist, then you think it was only 5000), and taking into consideration the cycles of human civilisation I dont think its entirely impossible to concieve.
@ what Zach said before about if there were remnants of great civilisations, we would see them - dont forget that only inorganic material can have even a chance to stand the tests of time and environmental activity,and even that can be destroyed given a long enough period. The earth has a miraculous way of bringing all evidence of man back to its own terms. Both wood and metal decomposes over time (anything man made like books, boats, metal objects etc would have to be destroyed eventually), and thats not taking into account something like the destructive power of natural disasters.
Just because we dont see it, doesn't necessarily mean it was never there. None of us can actually ever know if there was in fact any civilisation 'greater' than our own, its entirely possible there wasn't and even if there was, it doesn't mean it was Atlantis.. my point is, the planet has been around for billions upon billions of years (unless you're a creationist, then you think it was only 5000), and taking into consideration the cycles of human civilisation I dont think its entirely impossible to concieve.
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