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Shuggy:
--- Quote from: David925 on November 13, 2006, 03:09:12 am ---So apparently the antipode for Indiana is the Pacific ocean.
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No, the Indian Ocean - the one on the other side goes the other way, you see.
--- Quote ---It's a good thing I never tried to dig that hole to China when I was a kid..
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Exactly what I say on my shop page!
--- Quote ---.. I would have drowned. ;)
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Cheer up, you would have boiled in molten iron first.
--- Quote ---Thanks for posting this Shuggy! It's really interesting. :)
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Thanks!
injest:
random thought
It is startling to me that primitive man knew so much about the physical world and translated it into myth and religion.
One of the earliest forms of 'hell' was the pit of fire in the center of the Earth (or underground) How did they know that the middle of the planet was molten lava? I know they saw volcanos and all but seems a big jump to take a local event...a mountain that rained out fire and figure out the fire was all underneath their feet...
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: injest on November 13, 2006, 08:32:20 am ---random thought
It is startling to me that primitive man knew so much about the physical world and translated it into myth and religion.
One of the earliest forms of 'hell' was the pit of fire in the center of the Earth (or underground) How did they know that the middle of the planet was molten lava? I know they saw volcanos and all but seems a big jump to take a local event...a mountain that rained out fire and figure out the fire was all underneath their feet...
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Well, here in NZ we have extensive geothermal regions - mainly hot water and mud, and no myth of Hell. (We do have an earthquake god, Ruaumoko, a baby suckling at the Earth Mother's breast, who was taken underground when her children turned her over so she was not tormented by the sight of the Sky Father, whom they had separated from her.)
What's the story in Hawai`i, where molten lava is relatively common? What makes you think they are connected? While the magma/lava glows red when it comes out, it doesn't radiate any light anywhere when its in situ. Hell was traditionally burning sulphur. Someone calculated that Heaven was hotter (seven times something or other) than Hell (limited by the properties of sulphur).
Primitive people very much went by appearances. If it moved, it was alive. Overhead was something that looked like a dome studded with stars, so that what it was. What was on the other side? Aha! Heaven! And Hell would be diametrically opposed.
nakymaton:
About Hawai'i: stories about Pele: http://www.mythicalrealm.com/legends/pele.html
More Pele: http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hlov/hlov06.htm
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on November 13, 2006, 04:03:50 pm ---Well, here in NZ we have extensive geothermal regions - mainly hot water and mud, and no myth of Hell. (We do have an earthquake god, Ruaumoko, a baby suckling at the Earth Mother's breast, who was taken underground when her children turned her over so she was not tormented by the sight of the Sky Father, whom they had separated from her.)
What's the story in Hawai`i, where molten lava is relatively common? What makes you think they are connected? While the magma/lava glows red when it comes out, it doesn't radiate any light anywhere when its in situ. Hell was traditionally burning sulphur. Someone calculated that Heaven was hotter (seven times something or other) than Hell (limited by the properties of sulphur).
Primitive people very much went by appearances. If it moved, it was alive. Overhead was something that looked like a dome studded with stars, so that what it was. What was on the other side? Aha! Heaven! And Hell would be diametrically opposed.
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???
That flew over my head so fast it parted my hair.
You lost me on that one Shuggy. I'm not a very intellectual person.
Plato, I'm not.
I wish I could understand it because it sounds very interesting. :)
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