by davesmith_au » Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:52 am

At last Grey Cloud, we see from whence your disdain for the method of
Comparative Mythology came! From a century or so ago. I don't see anything
much I would disagree with in that piece, when taken in the context within
which it was written.

But whilst you seem to hold great virtue in the author's knowing of
several languages, you ignore the linguistic abilities of Rens van der
Sluijs, who is multilingual to a degree you would find difficult to
fathom.

And you scoff at Ev Cochrane, who has learned a good deal of Sumerian
before making his own judgements about what the Sumerian writings say,
rather than relying on interpretations of others. A very scholarly and
worthy approach, wouldn't you think?

Rather than attempt to sidetrack the discussion with irrelevant material
(to this thread, which is about Talbott's "Symbols of an Alien Sky") you
would do well to put your prejudice aside and try to learn something from
one or two of the modern scholars who have spent many thousands of hours
in forensic study. That they've come to view gods as cosmic entities
(planets) instead of principles is where following the evidence has led
them. Should you be able to offer some evidence which contradicts their
findings, then you may have something useful to add.

Cheers, Dave.

[what gross balderdash, what pompous crap]