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Origins: We are from another Galaxy.

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http://viewzone.com/milkyway.html

Scientists Now Know: We're Not From Here!
Summary & comments by Dan Eden for Viewzone

Imagine the shock of growing up in a loving family with people you call "Mum" and "Dad" and then, suddenly, learning that you are actually adopted

This is just a great headline, which makes the OP worth it. However, the conclusions at the end are also kind of mind bending.




Sounds like Graham Hancock. Is this a legitimate source?
 

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It is worth looking at the links at the bottom which include www.astro.virginia.edu a respectable sounding academic site, and Doomsday: The Mayan Prophecy which is less so.

It is worth pointing out the the .edu page does talk about the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy being cannibalised by the Milky Way and that we are passing close to a debris trail, but it does not say anything about our solar system coming from Sagittarius Dwarf, or blame the interaction for everything from global warming to spots on Pluto.

http://www.economics.unimelb.edu.au/images/pluto.jpg
 
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Interesting

The idea that the polarity of Uranus is affected by galactic influences I think requires a lot more theory than observation. I think that body of theory is not well received at this time. The electric universe or something like that. But, the article is kind of interesting.
 
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It is worth looking at the links at the bottom which include www.astro.virginia.edu a respectable sounding academic site, and Doomsday: The Mayan Prophecy which is less so.

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I do not agree. If knowledge from modern research institute is more respectful than ancient wisdom, then why are we still exploring the ancient wisdom? And why are we still reading this Bible?

Modern academic research gives the understanding of a lot details and mechanisms on how things work. But this does not necessary point out a better direction on the issue of origin. Modern science research focused a lot on the connectivity of information. Any logic gap between pieces of information is thought to be an uncertainty on the knowledge. So, modern science research would NEVER lead to any real wisdom. It only bogs scientist down to dead alley.
 
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I kind of agree. However, I think we understand modern science better than we understand ancient wisdom. As far as our understanding, some of the former is soul-less sophistry. But, lots of the latter is tin-hat, make-me-one-with-everything nonsense. Discernment in the latter area is not a simple matter. Though, obviously the Bible is more trustworthy and more easily received than any other body of ancient wisdom.
 
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