QUOTE (CarrionFlyer @ Jan 24 2008, 12:32 AM)

No, thats not what I meant. The 30 sources are the 30 ancient accounts. I mean that these 30 accounts were written down by ancient scholars using their own frame of reference.... But, it is unlikely that there were 30 ancient scholars working alone. Maybe they had some people to write for them whilst they dictated, and someone to draw for them, someone to fetch ink and parchment. Still others with whom they discussed what they had seen. Still more people to give comment and advice on what they had seen and the important parts to write down. People to help them remember everything they had seen. These are the erudite scholars of their time, they would not attempt to do it all themselves. All in all, many people would have been involved in writing down these accounts.
The same amount of people have been employed in recent times to 'decypher' these accounts. And the same type of people as those ancient scholars. The ancients were all working separately. But the modern ones were all looking for something specific.
So what I meant was, same amount of people then, same amount of people now. Same type of people then, same type of people now. Why are they wrong and you right ?
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But, it is unlikely that there were 30 ancient scholars working aloneEzekiel and Daniel [and Moses] (OT) and John (NT) were visited by two angels (time travellers) who told them to write down what they saw and what they were told. They did, each
individually. [Moses perceived his encounter with a tt as GOD.]
Others may have had ‘help’ as you propose, but not these three.
Also another point:
Why are they wrong and you right ?I am not saying the ancient people (cf. Moses, Ezekiel, Daniel, John, and others) got it wrong and I am right.
They all described what they saw and heard.
It is the ‘modern scholars’ who have misinterpreted what the ancient accounts actually meant.
Taking the Bible and Book of Mormon as examples, the stories told in Arabic and Hebrew were interpreted and translated into Old English in 1611CE.
This is one of the points in time that the original accounts have been misrepresented and taken out of context. The context used was a religious one.
The ‘scholars’ translated the ancient texts specifically from a religious view. This is why the error occurred.
The Bible stories that we grew up with as kids explain how GOD and his Angels did this and that, etc.
Those stories are the modern English version of the Old English translations.
When the Hebrew and Greek Lexicons from the 1890s
Strong’s Concordance are referenced, it is clearly seen that the original root and primary meanings of the ancient words have NOT been used by the 1611 translators - who chose to inert their own religious meanings.
To sum up.
A.) The Egyptians drew a compact disk, etc. which was taken by ‘modern scholars’ to represent the Sun-God RA.
This is where the error has occurred, not with me.
When the BOD, hieroglyphs, and Temple texts, etc are re-read from a computer context, the characteristics and/or physical epithets of the named ‘gods’ do indeed
match to cd-rom images.
Taken from a religious perspective, the stories just remain unfounded legends.
The point here is, the perception that the Egyptians worshipped the sun-god RA, is a ‘modern concept’ based on religion.
B.) Moses, Ezekiel, Daniel, John, and Smith describe encounters with time travellers and documented the imagery they saw from the cd-roms.
(American English translations of the Book of Mormon were made from the religious context too.)
‘Modern scholars’ have taken the ancient accounts to be about God and angels.
This is where the error has occurred, not with me.
When the original root and primary meanings from
Strong’s Concordance are utilized instead of the given religious meanings, it is plainly seen that computer technology and the imagery from the cd-roms are being documented.
Then there is Daniel’s account of about 20 beasts (in any language) that exactly match to the imagery from the
Ancients cd-rom.
C.)
Something was seen in ancient times and documented by named historical people: Ancient texts.
Religious translators interpreted these things as being divine and religious: Stories.
The stories we know are therefore the religious versions of the ancient accounts.
Strong’s Concordance returns the texts to their original meanings.
Computer technology and cd-rom images are being described: Discovered by Ronald Pegg.
Ronald Pegg did not write the original texts, nor translate them.
He used Strong’s Concordance to find the original Hebrew and Greek meanings.
Using the original accounts, he found the descriptions matched to modern cd-roms.
I re-examined his works, then conducted my own research and investigations, and using similar methods, found what I present in my E-Book reports.
> So what I meant was..
Same type of people then, same type of people now.Yes, exactly.
Religious people (ie. the erudite scholars you mentioned, but not necessarily the ancient ‘prophet’ himself) using religious ideals to religiously translate and interpret ancient texts and illustrations way back then, and also the same type of people in modern times using the same perspective.
Pegg is not religious, and decided it was best using the original meanings rather than the given (decided) religious ones.
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But the modern ones were all looking for something specific (ie. Pegg and myself)
Yes, maybe, but its called research and investigation.
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Put simply, whenever historians are trying to build up a picture of some event or person from the past, they begin by sorting out how many independent sources attest to that event or person. The more independent sources there are, the more confident historians feel about reconstructing the past. This is generally known as the criterion of multiple attestation.
One example of an ancient picture looking like a compact disk does not mean much, but when examples from over 30 different sources and times describe the same thing(s), the criterion of multiple attestation kicks in and shows what really occurred in the past.
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…then it should be relatively easy to find the creator of the CD ROM and ask him where he got the picture from.
Unfortunately, no.
The 1995 ANCIENTS cd-rom is no longer in production nor available, nor have we (Pegg, Page, and myself) been able to contact the producers of the cd-rom as the company has changed hands and they do not respond to correspondence to their (old) given address.
When others join the project, I hope they may be able to track down the creator and ask what you (and I) want to know to in order to close this part of the investigation.
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What steps did you and your researchers take to ensure independant assessment of your findings ?
Pegg’s work was sent to seven Australian Universities on 12th October 2000 but to date I have not been informed of their findings.
Pegg’s work was placed on the internet from 2001.
I studied Pegg’s work then conducted my own research from 2003 to 2006.
I spent 2007 setting up a News & Information website to present the evidence to the world for examination.
I continue to communicate with people such as yourself on forums.
Pegg’s original reports are available for free while my Reports may be purchased either on-line world-wide or in Australia only, as printed books.
The research has been done. The reports have been written. The findings are being presented.
World-wide independent assessment has begun.