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Hindu mythology and the evolution of man.

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    Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 13:22

The 10 avatars of Lord Vishnu are remarkably similar to the different stages of man.

Matsya a fish (life began in the sea)

Kurma a tortoise (amphibious life begins) 

Varaha a boar (life on land)

Narasimha half man and half lion( the "link"?)

Vamana a dwarf ( early man)

Parasuram the hunter stage

Ram - the warrior stage

Balaram - the agricultural stage

Krishna the age of sophistication

Kalki Will appear in the future to end all evil (the cyborg man?)

Did the ancients in India know of evolution?

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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17-Aug-2004 at 13:47
doubtfull, maybe they were just smart enough to realize complexity always comes from simpler things in origin.
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  Quote Anujkhamar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 04:58
As far as im concerned warlord, they probably did. there are many things written in our holy scriptures which we are now finding to be true e.g. we now know that there was a krishna.

Also, there are many things that the ancient indians new that we are just coming to terms with now.

You could even argue that the belief in reincarnation and it's cycles point towards knowledge in evolution.
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Aug-2004 at 19:47
but how on earth would they know that??? It would be cool oif they did, but I seriously doubt there was a way htey could have told without extensive and proven documentation adn research over a very long time, andaccording ot this thesis, it would have to date back almost as far as Hinduism itself.
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Aliens told them...  I seriously saw a show on History, Discovory, or national geographic channel about this...It also talked about how the Bible's one big account of alien encounters
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  Quote Anujkhamar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 05:20
how have you already sent 132 post Tobodai?!

You're right to have doubt in that.

i'm not going to pretend to be an expert on hinduism, mainly because im not, but if you need another example it could be the hindu creation stroy.

Hindu's believe that the universe is reincarnated aswell. this means that the universe is made, (ie big bang) it lives (now) and it is destroyed (big crunch) and then it is remade.

I know, it really sounds stupid, but its all there written, and it's just how you want to interpret it.

There's a similar thread in heaven games that's even wierder than this one that goes on to talk about possible nuclear weapons and planes. i'll post it when i find it.




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  Quote Anujkhamar Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 05:44
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Aug-2004 at 14:43
that is fascinating yeah, thanks for the link.
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  Quote Vivek Sharma Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 06-Oct-2006 at 07:24
Originally posted by Anujkhamar

As far as im concerned warlord, they probably did. there are many things written in our holy scriptures which we are now finding to be true e.g. we now know that there was a krishna.

Also, there are many things that the ancient indians new that we are just coming to terms with now.

You could even argue that the belief in reincarnation and it's cycles point towards knowledge in evolution.


There was a krishn,
There was a balaram,
Ram's mythical brdge across the sea to lanka has also been proven to exist.

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  Quote M. Nachiappan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14-Nov-2006 at 04:45

Prof. J. B. S. Haldane, a British scientist has compared the "Dasavatara" with the theory of evolutiuon scientifically.

He emigrated to India in 1957 and lived till 1964 when he died in Orissa.
 
In his stay, he has contributed a lot to Biological studies in India.
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  Quote Vivek Sharma Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14-Nov-2006 at 04:51
Originally posted by Tobodai

doubtfull, maybe they were just smart enough to realize complexity always comes from simpler things in origin.


Yes You are right, the only fact to be lamented is that the West came realise this, through Darwin only a few years ago.


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  Quote ashokharsana Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Nov-2006 at 02:29
If Anyone doubts the scientific depth of Hinduism:
 
See What Hinduism claims:
 
Hindi: Kan Kan me bhagwan
English: God in every Particle
 
There is One God, he is in everything or everything is made of himHe is everywhere and nothing in this world is away from him.
He is invisible. Nothing can kill Him.
God is also called ParamAatma or the supreme self. Every sacred hindu book claims that God is inside you and it is inside everyne we just need to have that sight to realise him.
 
God has three forms. (The Hindu Theory of trinity).
Bramha-The Creator, the whole universe was created by Bramha.
Vishnu-The Preserver
Mahesha or Shiva-The Destroyer
 
 
Now See what science claims:
 
Atom is the smallest particle of the universe, Which cannot be further broken. It is in everything or everything is made of it. It is everywhere and nothing in this world is away from it. 
It is Invisible. Nothing can cut it.
 
An Atom is composed of:
 
Electrones: Reacts with other atoms to make an element or The Creator
 
Neutrone: Neutrons have no electrical charge on them and act as a sort of nuclear glue, holding the protons, and thus the nucleus, together, Or The Preserver.
 
Protone: Inversely charged with the Electrones, Makes balance with the electrones. Plays a Huge role in a Nuclear Bomb. A human size protone bomb can destroy the 100% of earth. The Destroyer
 
 
 
Now We know that hardly 1% of total world population was properly educated till 10th century. It was really difficult to teach these things to an illetrate person, So the Hindu scholars used easier examples (or the Theory of trinity) to describe about the God and the creation of the universe.
 
Hindu's Sacred books often describes a weapon which could destroy the whole world if used. It was called Bramha-astra. This name again reminds us of Atom. It clearly shows that Hindus had the knowlideg of Atom Bomb in those ages.
 
We know that Atom was also known in greece in 500 BC.
 
There are countless similarties between the modern scientific description of universe and Hindu's description of the world and Para-World.
 
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  Quote Vivek Sharma Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-Nov-2006 at 02:36
In all histories of the world, all mythologies, cultures & folk lores we have stories of weapons which are highly lethal, but nowhere do we find any description of something as unique as the weapons mentioned in the Hindu scriptures, whose destructive capablity, the mode of use, the after effects the type of destruction they cause, their means of destruction resemble something so closely as the modern nuclear weapons.
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