So it sounds like his geometrical beliefs were a synthesis of
Thales, Anaximander and the Egyptian Diospolis religion. but
wait! there's more: Did you notice: he was instructed in the
mystical rites of the Magoi ... also known as Magi: It did,
although it was what we'd call Near East now, perhaps Middle
East. Yet, at the same time, there *is* a "Far East" connection
that's very strong to China, so as always with history, blurred
lines. Many blurred lines in reality which only seem crisp and
clean on artificial timelines. The standard English
translation "Wise men" TOTALLY misses that interesting point.
Indeed. The way we're taught history unfortunately is in a very
"skipping stones" fashion... and cultures are treated as-if they
were FAR FAR AWAY from each other and only associated in times
of War. But nothing could be further from the truth. Just like
today, the ancients were cosmopolitan and ventured far and wide
for trading goods and ideas, schools and religions with each
other. Very true, and not just religion. Our modern Sciences
and mathematics owe their current existence not so much DESPITE
various religions and cultures, but rather BECAUSE OF. Dawkins
wouldn't be able to say "take down all religion" if it wasn't
for all of the religions that supported the ideological roads to
get there. Killing momma and poppa. --- Interestingly, the
commonly taught "History of Science" that we are using at
present is POSITIVELY a Joseph Campbellian Myth, which is why I
laugh everytime somebody recites standard "history of Science"
at me. To me, they're doing a reading of Star Wars or Gospels.
--- Well, in a sense it can be said that the US is a Christian
nation *generally speaking*, should one consider the strong
influence Christian groups have had over the various legal
mandates and such. Heck, go further back: English Common Law
itself is the Christian Sharia Law. Wouldn't dare say that TOO
loudly but it's true. - --- If you map out the English
Common Law based countries and the Sharia Law countries vs the
civil law countries, you'll see very clearly who is warring
against who and who isn't, from a far-off zoom of cultures and
history. So when Dawkins or Maher gets Islamaphobic, he may
PERSONALLY declare himself atheist, but he's acting from within
the context of a Christian Common Law culture, making him a
Christian-by-proxy from a long-scale historical pov.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2100.html
You may be one of the few people who can see the accuracy of
the statement: Dawkins is a Christian. I can think of MANY
people that would shoot me at the mere mention of the idea
tongue emoticon -- This doesn't mean we can't escape our
received heritages fully but it's not an easy task. -- I could
write a book about it: "Why New Atheists are really Evangelical
Fundamentalist Christians" but I would not live to see
publication. tongue emoticon --- Oh gawd the ancient alien
stuff lol. Between the ages of 12-14 I ate that stuff up. I had
a well-worn copy of
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grandmother's. She ate up that stuff too. I kept her love of
Doctor Who with me, but by the time X-Files came out 10 years
later, I found myself face-palming at that stuff 'cause I'd
already gone through it smile emoticon --
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