Travis Kitchens
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As Richard Knowles says of this type of scholarship, we wash each other's diapers. They'll contribute a little bit. Then the next generation, that was a bunch of shit. You wash it off and you start again. It's a long process. What you have to be careful for is when people combine these things with political and theological agendas. I don't care that Graham Hancock's made a bunch of money. Great.
As Richard Knowles says of this type of scholarship, we wash each other's diapers. They'll contribute a little bit. Then the next generation, that was a bunch of shit. You wash it off and you start again. It's a long process. What you have to be careful for is when people combine these things with political and theological agendas. I don't care that Graham Hancock's made a bunch of money. Great.
Wonderful. He's very industrious. He's very creative. There's a lot of good things you could say about him, but I do think that he's taken his readers on a ride. But so what? I mean, they're fantasy books where you have a problem is a lot of these people think that it's real. But I don't unlike Dibble.
Wonderful. He's very industrious. He's very creative. There's a lot of good things you could say about him, but I do think that he's taken his readers on a ride. But so what? I mean, they're fantasy books where you have a problem is a lot of these people think that it's real. But I don't unlike Dibble.
Wonderful. He's very industrious. He's very creative. There's a lot of good things you could say about him, but I do think that he's taken his readers on a ride. But so what? I mean, they're fantasy books where you have a problem is a lot of these people think that it's real. But I don't unlike Dibble.
I don't think there's some nefarious thing with Graham Hancock, you know, like, oh, he's had some secret agenda. He's a I don't believe any of that personally. That's just my opinion. Yeah. I think they're good fantasy books like Vondonik and Vondonik and stuff. You know, I just did magicians of the gods or something. Same thing. I saw you got Jason Georgiani.
I don't think there's some nefarious thing with Graham Hancock, you know, like, oh, he's had some secret agenda. He's a I don't believe any of that personally. That's just my opinion. Yeah. I think they're good fantasy books like Vondonik and Vondonik and stuff. You know, I just did magicians of the gods or something. Same thing. I saw you got Jason Georgiani.
I don't think there's some nefarious thing with Graham Hancock, you know, like, oh, he's had some secret agenda. He's a I don't believe any of that personally. That's just my opinion. Yeah. I think they're good fantasy books like Vondonik and Vondonik and stuff. You know, I just did magicians of the gods or something. Same thing. I saw you got Jason Georgiani.
This is a genre of books that take aliens and mystery cults. And there are thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of them. You go to inner traditions, bear and company. These books are unlimited. It's the same elements reworked and they're pretty much all the same and they make the same claims.
This is a genre of books that take aliens and mystery cults. And there are thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of them. You go to inner traditions, bear and company. These books are unlimited. It's the same elements reworked and they're pretty much all the same and they make the same claims.
This is a genre of books that take aliens and mystery cults. And there are thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of them. You go to inner traditions, bear and company. These books are unlimited. It's the same elements reworked and they're pretty much all the same and they make the same claims.
Once you read enough of the books, you start to see larger patterns, and you start to go, okay, I'm starting to understand this more. And, of course, it all comes from the breakdown of Christianity, which we should talk about. This tradition of book goesβI thought it was from the 1960s. You find these books going way back in the early 1800s and even in the late 1700s.
Once you read enough of the books, you start to see larger patterns, and you start to go, okay, I'm starting to understand this more. And, of course, it all comes from the breakdown of Christianity, which we should talk about. This tradition of book goesβI thought it was from the 1960s. You find these books going way back in the early 1800s and even in the late 1700s.
Once you read enough of the books, you start to see larger patterns, and you start to go, okay, I'm starting to understand this more. And, of course, it all comes from the breakdown of Christianity, which we should talk about. This tradition of book goesβI thought it was from the 1960s. You find these books going way back in the early 1800s and even in the late 1700s.
Whenever you have Christianity breaking down, like around the time of Isaac Newton, people start looking for more scientific explanations for things, okay? So then you get into the 1800s and you have what the birth of psychology, anthropology and religious studies. Right. Right.
Whenever you have Christianity breaking down, like around the time of Isaac Newton, people start looking for more scientific explanations for things, okay? So then you get into the 1800s and you have what the birth of psychology, anthropology and religious studies. Right. Right.
Whenever you have Christianity breaking down, like around the time of Isaac Newton, people start looking for more scientific explanations for things, okay? So then you get into the 1800s and you have what the birth of psychology, anthropology and religious studies. Right. Right.
And what they're looking for is, well, initially, like anthropology was they were looking for evidence that Christianity was true. Right. But essentially what you have, you probably already understand this. What happened were explorers were going all around the world and they were finding other flood myths, other serpent myths. And they were going, hold on a second here. They got a flood myth?
And what they're looking for is, well, initially, like anthropology was they were looking for evidence that Christianity was true. Right. But essentially what you have, you probably already understand this. What happened were explorers were going all around the world and they were finding other flood myths, other serpent myths. And they were going, hold on a second here. They got a flood myth?
And what they're looking for is, well, initially, like anthropology was they were looking for evidence that Christianity was true. Right. But essentially what you have, you probably already understand this. What happened were explorers were going all around the world and they were finding other flood myths, other serpent myths. And they were going, hold on a second here. They got a flood myth?