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Audrey Wrote:
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> Thanos5150 Wrote:
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> -----
> > Time and again we are told, at every turn, the
> OLC
> > is responsible for all igneous rock and/or
> large
> > blocks and statues in Egypt no matter when
> they
> > are attributed in AE chronology for the
> simple
> > reason there is no evidence at any point in
> their
> > history of having the tools or ability
> necessary
> > to do so.
>
> I don't recall anyone saying what you think you
> heard. The statues and stones are taken on a case
> by case basis. The alts aren't lumping ALL statues
> and stone together as you are. You're arguing with
> yourself.
>
> > Meaning, there is no fundamental difference
> > between this found in the OK:
> >
>
> >
> > And this found in the NK:
> >
>
> >
> > They either had the tools to do it or they did
> > not.
>
> Depends on the statue. The two may look the same
> to you, but may not to someone else.
>
> > Thanos posts pictographic evidence of modern
> > mammals depicted in the igneous rock statuary
> of
> > the OLC including domesticated animals,
> > only found in the anthropological record
> congruous
> > with the various stages of modern human and
> > mammalian development. The depiction of these
> > animals, which only existed after certain
> times,
> > some only since the modern human domestication
> of
> > animals, ergo dates the creation of the
> statuary.
>
> And all your animal statues look the same to you,
> but not to me. But discussing that with you is a
> waste of time since you can't see the details.
>
> > Thanos also posts pictures, from the OK among
> > others, of statues depicting modern human
> beings.
>
> And?
>
> > "Photographic evidence" now translates to the
> at
> > times "loved", but now derogatory, "photo
> bombs".
>
> Ori was the one to compliment you and I don't
> agree with him. I find your photo bombs of lumping
> ALL statues & animals & paintings together a
> generalization that the alts would not apply. You
> seem to be saying - the AE did all of it therefore
> a LC did none of it. Which couldn't be further
> from what the alts say.
>
> > None of the Origyptianites can understand why
> > Thanos would post such things. Amazingly Thanos
> > even conjures why he would do such a thing:
>
> Why does Thanos talk of himself in the 3rd person?
> Can Thanos not connect with himself?
>
> > And asks the question:
> >
> Don't recall anyone saying your pics weren't
> human. You're arguing with yourself.
> Would be easier to ask the person directly - do
> you think these statues are not human? You asked
> the question, answered it yourself, and then
> proceeded to get angry. If your question IS
> answered, you still get angry. If you don't like
> the answer, you get angry. Gee, Thanos gets angry
> no matter how the discussion goes. And you are so
> irresponsible, so lacking in integrity that you
> will always blame someone else for your anger.
>
> > The responses to follow are:
> >
> > And:
> >
> > "Have no idea why you throw domesticated
> > animals in your stew. Has nothing to do with
> > OK. Everything except the owl looks
> typical.
> > Why on earth do you think we include ALL
> > statues as an LC legacy?"
> >
> > [Note:I did not post a picture of an owl. It is
> a
> > hawk. The hawk of Horus found throughout
> 3,000yrs
> > of AE history.]
> >
> > "But since there aren't pics to post of it,
> > you and your peanut gallery will not
> understand
> > the point."
> >
> > "And they [alts] will not agree with you no
> > matter how many photo bombs you do. And you
> > will not sway them with pics from different
> time
> > periods."
> >
> > "So why should anyone give evidence outside
> of
> > the monuments? Because YOU think so?"
> >
> > I think half the battle of being able to change
> a
> > light bulb is first knowing what a light bulb
> is.
> >
> >
> > The statues tell us two things:
> > 1) They were created by modern humans and/or
> > non-humans or another species of human that
> just
> > so happened to look exactly like modern humans
> in
> > every anotomical way.
> >
> > 2) They were made at a time when these animals
> > existed, for example the domesticated cow:
> >
> > If this animal did not exist prior to c.
> 8,500BC,
> > which is also confirmed archaeologically as
> > domesticated cattle are not physically found
> prior
> > to this period either, we can conclude at the
> > very least this statue, among many others
> > depicting this animal, was made after this
> time,
> > therefore giving us at least "some idea" when
> the
> > culture that made this statue existed.
> Therefore,
> > we are left with two choices:
> >
> > 1) The AE did in fact have the ability to make
> > such statuary regardless of whether we do not
> find
> > the tools and materials some believe were
> required
> > to do so, which further tells us the lack of
> such
> > tools has nothing to do with age.
> >
> > 2) The OLC, being the only ones who were able
> to
> > create such statuary, existed sometime directly
> > before and after the period of c. 8,500BC.
>
> You just had a debate with yourself.
> I've not seen anyone talk about the animal
> statues. Here's a novel concept; ask others about
> the animals, let them answer for themselves.
>
> After all of the above, you posted pics of tomb
> interiors.
>
> you're trying to say there is no evidence that the
> AE did not build the tombs. You're sentence is
> convoluted, but nevertheless you follow it with
> this:
>
> expressing what the alts think. Your conviction
> that you have nailed the logic of the alts sends
> you into a fit of anger, when in truth, you are a
> long ways from understanding what the alts are
> saying.
>
> All of the above was from your post that would
> lead to your attempt to make yourself appear more
> knowledgeable about AE art than Jon is. You
> eventually work yourself up into a lather and post
> this gem
>
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> Thanos5150 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Time and again we are told, at every turn, the
> OLC
> > is responsible for all igneous rock and/or
> large
> > blocks and statues in Egypt no matter when
> they
> > are attributed in AE chronology for the
> simple
> > reason there is no evidence at any point in
> their
> > history of having the tools or ability
> necessary
> > to do so.
>
> I don't recall anyone saying what you think you
> heard. The statues and stones are taken on a case
> by case basis. The alts aren't lumping ALL statues
> and stone together as you are. You're arguing with
> yourself.
>
> > Meaning, there is no fundamental difference
> > between this found in the OK:
> >
>

> >
> > And this found in the NK:
> >
>

> >
> > They either had the tools to do it or they did
> > not.
>
> Depends on the statue. The two may look the same
> to you, but may not to someone else.
>
> > Thanos posts pictographic evidence of modern
> > mammals depicted in the igneous rock statuary
> of
> > the OLC including domesticated animals,
> > only found in the anthropological record
> congruous
> > with the various stages of modern human and
> > mammalian development. The depiction of these
> > animals, which only existed after certain
> times,
> > some only since the modern human domestication
> of
> > animals, ergo dates the creation of the
> statuary.
>
> And all your animal statues look the same to you,
> but not to me. But discussing that with you is a
> waste of time since you can't see the details.
>
> > Thanos also posts pictures, from the OK among
> > others, of statues depicting modern human
> beings.
>
> And?
>
> > "Photographic evidence" now translates to the
> at
> > times "loved", but now derogatory, "photo
> bombs".
>
> Ori was the one to compliment you and I don't
> agree with him. I find your photo bombs of lumping
> ALL statues & animals & paintings together a
> generalization that the alts would not apply. You
> seem to be saying - the AE did all of it therefore
> a LC did none of it. Which couldn't be further
> from what the alts say.
>
> > None of the Origyptianites can understand why
> > Thanos would post such things. Amazingly Thanos
> > even conjures why he would do such a thing:
>
> Why does Thanos talk of himself in the 3rd person?
> Can Thanos not connect with himself?
>
> > And asks the question:
> >
>Quote
You believe they were another species of
> > human, or perhaps non-human-can you explain
> what
> > it is about their anatomy that leads you to
> this
> > conclusion? For example, what is it about these
> > two that suggest to you they are "non-human" or
> a
> > different species of human:
> >
>
> Don't recall anyone saying your pics weren't
> human. You're arguing with yourself.
> Would be easier to ask the person directly - do
> you think these statues are not human? You asked
> the question, answered it yourself, and then
> proceeded to get angry. If your question IS
> answered, you still get angry. If you don't like
> the answer, you get angry. Gee, Thanos gets angry
> no matter how the discussion goes. And you are so
> irresponsible, so lacking in integrity that you
> will always blame someone else for your anger.
>
> > The responses to follow are:
> >
> >Quote
Thanos, with all your photo bombs,
> > insultas, sarcasm, and arrogance, you still
> > haven't lifted a finger to prove when
> any
> > of that work was actually done. You may think
> you
> > did, but you really didn't. You seem to
> simply
> > be making huge assumptions that are
> entangled
> > in Manetho's timeline.
> > And:
> >
> > "Have no idea why you throw domesticated
> > animals in your stew. Has nothing to do with
> > OK. Everything except the owl looks
> typical.
> > Why on earth do you think we include ALL
> > statues as an LC legacy?"
> >
> > [Note:I did not post a picture of an owl. It is
> a
> > hawk. The hawk of Horus found throughout
> 3,000yrs
> > of AE history.]
> >
> > "But since there aren't pics to post of it,
> > you and your peanut gallery will not
> understand
> > the point."
> >
> > "And they [alts] will not agree with you no
> > matter how many photo bombs you do. And you
> > will not sway them with pics from different
> time
> > periods."
> >
> > "So why should anyone give evidence outside
> of
> > the monuments? Because YOU think so?"
> >
> > I think half the battle of being able to change
> a
> > light bulb is first knowing what a light bulb
> is.
> >
> >
> > The statues tell us two things:
> > 1) They were created by modern humans and/or
> > non-humans or another species of human that
> just
> > so happened to look exactly like modern humans
> in
> > every anotomical way.
> >
> > 2) They were made at a time when these animals
> > existed, for example the domesticated cow:
> >
> >Quote
> > A genetic study of cattle has claimed that
> all
> > modern domesticated bovines are descended from
> a
> > single herd of wild ox, which lived 10,500
> years
> > ago.
> >
> > A team of geneticists from the National Museum
> of
> > Natural History in France, the University of
> Mainz
> > in Germany, and UCL in the UK excavated the
> bones
> > of domestic cattle on archaeological sites in
> > Iran, and then compared those to modern cows.
> They
> > looked at how differences in DNA sequences
> could
> > have arisen under different population history
> > scenarios, modeled in computer simulations.
> >
> > The team found that the differences that show
> up
> > between the two populations could only have
> arisen
> > if a relatively small number of animals —
> > approximately 80 — had been domesticated from
> a
> > now-extinct species of wild ox, known as
> aurochs,
> > which roamed across Europe and Asia.
> > If this animal did not exist prior to c.
> 8,500BC,
> > which is also confirmed archaeologically as
> > domesticated cattle are not physically found
> prior
> > to this period either, we can conclude at the
> > very least this statue, among many others
> > depicting this animal, was made after this
> time,
> > therefore giving us at least "some idea" when
> the
> > culture that made this statue existed.
> Therefore,
> > we are left with two choices:
> >
> > 1) The AE did in fact have the ability to make
> > such statuary regardless of whether we do not
> find
> > the tools and materials some believe were
> required
> > to do so, which further tells us the lack of
> such
> > tools has nothing to do with age.
> >
> > 2) The OLC, being the only ones who were able
> to
> > create such statuary, existed sometime directly
> > before and after the period of c. 8,500BC.
>
> You just had a debate with yourself.
> I've not seen anyone talk about the animal
> statues. Here's a novel concept; ask others about
> the animals, let them answer for themselves.
>
> After all of the above, you posted pics of tomb
> interiors.
>
> What things? Proof of what? All I can gather isQuote
Thanos
> Its interesting that you use the lack of these
> things in their tombs as "proof" yet
> ignore if they did not exist they could never have
> made the very tombs in the first place which this
> evidence is not found.
>
> you're trying to say there is no evidence that the
> AE did not build the tombs. You're sentence is
> convoluted, but nevertheless you follow it with
> this:
>
> Obviously this is your logic because you are notQuote
By your logic then, these are once again
> not the work of the AE, but rather the LC.
>
> expressing what the alts think. Your conviction
> that you have nailed the logic of the alts sends
> you into a fit of anger, when in truth, you are a
> long ways from understanding what the alts are
> saying.
>
> All of the above was from your post that would
> lead to your attempt to make yourself appear more
> knowledgeable about AE art than Jon is. You
> eventually work yourself up into a lather and post
> this gem
>
Quote
And you are supposedly the lettered "art
> expert"? Isometric perspective, also known as
> "orthographic perspective", was a perspective
> technique first widely used by ancient Chinese
> artists. For example:
>[
> /quote]
>
> That painting is not "ancient Chinese". It was
> done by Xu Yang in 1770 and is now in the
> [url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/19
> 88.350/]Met Museum[/url]. I don't think anyone
> would call 1770 "ancient".
>
> Your reliance on a blogger immediately shows your
> ignorance of art. But that didn't stop you from
> calling Jon a "dumbass" and making up your own art
> theories. Nor does it stop you from insulting
> others.
>
> Before people are wowed by your photo bombs, they
> should double-check you. You had no basis for
> calling Jon a "dumbass", when it was you who was
> the dumbass. Meanwhile, you orthos are still
> ignorant of the development of perspective and how
> the AE did not use it.
>
> Your judgmental nature, your unwillingness to
> accept difference in opinion and observations, are
> not the characteristics of one who seeks truth,
> but of one who wishes to dictate truth. aka a
> control freak.
>
> Your attempts to make the alts look stupid will
> forever fail because the justice you desperately
> seek is self-serving and so is a false justice.
WTF is an ALT??
WTF is an Ortho??
Can you not just post your thoughts,notions,whatever without having to appeal to a LOWER Authority???
Warwick