History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

A Widow's Tale: The 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney (Life Writings of Frontier Women, Vol. 6) (Life Writings Frontier Women)

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A Widow's Tale: The 1884-1896 Diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney (Life Writings of Frontier Women, Vol. 6) (Life Writings Frontier Women)
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Mormon culture has produced during its history an unusual number of historically valuable personal writings. Few such diaries, journals, and memoirs published have provided as rich and well rounded a window into their authors' lives and worlds as the diary of Helen Mar Kimball Whitney. Because it provides a rare account of the widely experienced situations and problems faced by widows, her record has relevance far beyond Mormon history though.

As a teenager Helen Kimball had been a polygamous wife of Mormon founder Joseph Smith. She subsequently married Horace Whitney. Her children included the noted Mormon author, religious authority, and politician Orson F. Whitney. She herself was a leading woman in her church and society and a writer known especially for her defense of plural marriage. Upon Horace's death, she began keeping a diary. In it, she recorded her economic, physical, and psychological struggles to meet the challenges of widowhood. Her writing was introspective and revelatory. She also commented on the changing society around her, as Salt Lake City in the last decades of the nineteenth century underwent rapid transformation, modernizing and opening up from its pioneer beginnings. She remained a well-connected member of an elite group of leading Latter-day Saint women, and prominent Utah and Mormon historical figures appear frequently in her daily entries. Above all, though, her diary is an unusual record of difficulties faced in many times and places by women, of all classes, whose husbands died and left them without sufficient means to carry on the types of lives to which they had been accustomed.

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Maria Jesus Del Olmo , and Jose Manuel Mananas
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Philip Jose Farmer
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Old Testament Martians

Could have been better

a great Farmer read

Liar, Lunatic, or Lord?

Jesus on Mars
Philip Jose Farmer
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Old Testament Martians.......2006-03-08

This is probably one of the better examinations of religion to be found in the sci-fi universe, but it's only partially fulfilling. Philip Jose Farmer does a fine job here integrating theological exploration with space exploration, via a pretty interesting premise. In the story, the first manned mission to Mars finds that the planet is inhabited, by humans and some affiliated aliens, in large underground cities. And amazingly, these Martians are Orthodox Jews who live in a highly structured and ethical Old Testament society. It turns out that aliens visited Palestine in A.D. 50, perhaps explaining some of the more supernatural stories in the Bible, collected some of the revered Jewish and early Christian personalities of the time, and took off for Mars. Also, the underground Martian city is ruled by an all-powerful immortal who claims to be Jesus Christ. But is He the real deal, or some alien impostor?

Farmer utilized this interesting premise for many ruminations on the nature of Jewish and Christian belief. There are some especially good discussions on how Christianity has severely diverged from its original tenets and how its modern aspects are flawed by conjecture and misinterpretation. However, Farmer's explorations of these intriguing topics run out of steam in the second half of the book and start meandering. Another problem here is the characters, especially Danton, a cloying and stereotypical mouthpiece for unyielding intellectualism; and Bronski, the conveniently-placed science fiction standby – the mission member who just happens to know ancient languages and multiple scientific disciplines, in order to conveniently explain things to other characters and to the reader. Meanwhile, several main characters tend to speak in portentous monologues that keep going for paragraphs and paragraphs. And finally, the novel ends in a rather unsatisfying "decide for yourself" fashion (as other reviewers have noted), but in the end you are left with some pretty good food for thought. [~doomsdayer520~]

Could have been better.......2006-02-24

Although the story was quite enjoyable, the level of realism was reduced by the swiftness with which ideas are run through and the lack of detail given. For example the main protagonist watches lots of videos but we never get any details of what's in the videos, merely overviews or generalities. In this way it was hard to read, because so much simple stuff you wanted to read about is kept at arm's length.

The ending is dubious, like the first review said it is an ending of the "make your own mind up" type, but it does imply that if something is good what does it matter what the truth is behind it.

Only got two stars because of the concept, I did not find this book fulfilling.

a great Farmer read.......2005-08-28

I found the book to be very interesting and could not put it down until I found out if indeed it was Jesus on Mars. The end is a bit rushed, leaving the reader to decide who 'Jesus' really is and what his intentions are. On the whole, it was a good read and wish a follow-up could one day come from Farmer himself.

Liar, Lunatic, or Lord?.......2001-02-08

The first manned mission to Mars discovers a civilization living underground on Mars. About half are human, the other half are an alien race. They speak ancient Greek and Hebrew, and live by Jewish law!

The visitors learn that two thousand years earlier, an alien spacecraft visited Earth and collected many samples of Terran flora & fauna, including humans, some of whom were early Christians. Soon after settling on Mars, Jesus appeared and everyone, including the aliens, became Christians.

Jesus lives with the Martians still, and performs miracles for the visitors.

But is he really the same Jesus described in the Bible? He he really the Son of God? Or is he an alien masquarading as the human religious figure to gain trust and take over? Or all of above?

That's what the visitors and all of Earth must decide as they examine their own religious beliefs as Jesus prepares for his return to Earth.

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Estudio comparado de Jesus y sus discípulos con la secta del Qumrán.......2006-12-15

César Vidal compara la vida y enseñanzas de Jesús de Nazaret con las de la secta del Qumrán, al borde del mar Muerto. Esta secta vivía entorno a su fundador, el llamado Maestro de Justicia. Si hay todavía alguien que piense que en los manuscritos encontrados en Qumrán hay datos que puedan desvelar la personalidad de Jesús histórico, o de sus seguidores, tendrá ahora muy claro que estos dos casos son totalmente distintos.

Los manuscritos del Qumrán no aportan nada, salvo a clarificar el propio papel de este grupo religioso que durante un tiempo de su historia fue coetáneo de Jesús.

El libro tiene pocas más de 200 páginas. No se pierde el autor en divagaciones ni debates vanos, sino que informa en el tono riguroso, profesional y ameno que le caracteriza. También está acompañado este libro de un manual anexo -en esta edición- que explica de manera muy clara la polémica generada en torno al llamado Evangelio de Judas, y que no es sino un texto gnóstico del siglo II d.C. Quizá el interés de este texto esté más en la posibilidad que nos da César Vidal de asombrarnos ante el éxito que tienen hoy en día las campañas promocionales de productos sin valor alguno con fines púramente mercantiles, a la manera de las peores y más turbias campañas políticas. Y éste sería el caso también del libro El Código da Vinci, por ejemplo. Para los que no sepan qué son los textos gnósticos les va incluida una breve, pero detallada, explicación.

La invitacion del fuego (Coleccion Mar adentro)

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