Atlantis, the Great Flood and the Asteroid

Prescott Sr. Rawlings

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Atlantis, the Great Flood and the Asteroid examines the evidence for an asteroid impact in early human prehistory which interrupted the progression of human development. It considers whether a large asteroid caused the Earth to shift its axis, the Great Flood, a Mass Extinction Event and possibly sank the island of Atlantis right where Plato said it was. Clues come from geology, physics, archeology, paleontology, documented sources and more.

Sujets

• Sciences de la nature
• Géologie
• géologie
• Science
• Geology
• Sciences et techniques
• Earth Sciences
• Physique
• Physical attractiveness

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• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 21 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456602628
• Langue: English

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Atlantis, the Great Flood and the Asteroid
 
by
Prescott Rawlings
 
Copyright 2011 Prescott Rawlings,
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Dedication
To my Father
In Memoriam
 
Acknowledgments
There are a number of people whose contribution I want to recognize. I wish to thank Dr. C.V., Dr. D. M., P.E., J.K., P. and K. K., D.L., M.F., W.D., M.O., and R.C. for their encouragement and advice. Truer friends I have never found. For permission to quote from copyright I offer my heartfelt gratitude to those who provided it. I also apologize to any holders of copyright who I have been unable to trace. Since this work relies upon the expertise of many others in various fields of academic endeavor, I sincerely and gratefully acknowledge that my research depended upon their prowess in their respective disciplines. In addition, I wish to express my thanks to the people at eBookIt.com who were invaluable at bringing this book to market.
Chapter One – Introduction
One of the most frequent misunderstandings of the nature of scientific research by academics is the view that mistaken opinions among leaders are the result of inadequate evidence, that such views are corrected when adequate evidence becomes available – thus proving the feasibility and adaptability of science. There is, of course, obvious truth in this.
But what frequently happens is that on the basis of both inadequate evidence and faulty reasoning, false conclusions are published and repeated until hallowed by habit. This should not be so easily and erroneously excused among the leaders in any field of investigation.
(Norman Totten) 1
The quickest way to make an enemy is to tell someone that they are wrong.
(Mark Twain)
If there are no transitional forms found in the fossil record then my theory is false.
(Charles Darwin) 2
This book will challenge long held beliefs about what happened in our past. To do this, it will follow the evidence to wherever it leads. In that process, we will examine the evidence for a real Atlantis which could surprise many, and generate discomfort. We will also explore whether the cause of its demise also spawned the Great Flood and a Mass Extinction Event during the course of the human experience. Our exploration will address many elements of prehistory and ascertain whether the signal event of our past was an Asteroid Impact Event. In doing so, we may explode many misconceptions in favor of the actual evidence. Hopefully this work will end up near the truth, which is whatever it is, regardless of how closely held many people cling to beliefs, whether academic or religious, to the contrary. At least, it may help get us closer to whatever the truth really is.
Evidence v Belief
One of the greatest impediments to getting at the truth of a matter occurs when people start with a belief and try to force the evidence to fit that belief. Because the belief is sacrosanct, such people will declare that the evidence which conflicts with their belief is invalid; or attempt to change the evidence to be something other than what it is; or simply ignore it, pretending that it is nonexistent and thus unable to refute their belief. They will even attack the messengers with name calling and insults.
Many would confine this phenomenon to religious belief but it is at least as prevalent among academic scholars. Often, professors stake their career on a particular theory. When evidence arises which explodes their long held but disproved belief, they will attack the new evidence and its purveyors. If they have sufficient clout then they can even destroy the career of the person who represents the threat to their belief. Even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, they will cling to their belief until they are dead. Their fear is that to admit they were wrong all along could cost them their own career, or at least render their career irrelevant. Sometimes, the deaths of those who champion an invalid and obsolete theory are the only way to expunge it from academia in favor of one which actually fits the evidence.
When clinging to their belief, some people will dispute any evidence or hypothesis which contradicts their own but without offering any substantiation to their point of view. That is what this writer calls the ‘nuh-uh’ argument. It is a powerful and devastating critique for which there is no adequate response! Instead of weighing the evidence for or against, or offering evidence to the contrary of the hypothesis which unhinges theirs, they offer no evidence in support at all of their views but instead rely upon their academic standing to give weight to an otherwise empty contention. That such scholars get away with this subjective nonsense is a telling commentary on the fallacy of academic standards. They become politicized rather than simply and invariably follow the evidence to wherever it leads.
The result is that groundless hypotheses over time become entrenched theories with poor underpinnings of evidence. By sheer repetition over many years, they solidify into ‘facts,’ even though they are nothing of the kind. Then, because they took root and enjoyed endorsement from their believers, who by then occupied advanced seniority and authority in their discipline to safeguard the orthodoxy, these beliefs garnered champions who endlessly defend them against all comers, no matter how flimsy their own evidence or arguments. Many long standing beliefs became academic orthodoxy in this way.
The upshot is that evidence which suggests an alternative view, and perhaps far better represents the truth, gets relegated to the dust bin of myth or legend. A kernel of truth usually belies them but to dig into that truth could upend the comfortable conclusions which became ‘fact’ and accepted as such without question. This book offers those questions, and evidence, along with a hypothesis which actually makes sense of all the evidence, even if it contradicts long held beliefs.
A corollary of this tendency is the so-called ‘skeptic.’ These are often people who are determined to believe the opposite of what other people believe. They typically make the same mistake, though, ignoring evidence which unravels their contrarian belief, and skepticism. This writer is skeptical of skeptics, because they also fail to follow the evidence to wherever it leads.
In 1916, during the First World War a German submarine sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. The British had been shipping war supplies such as ammunition in the hold of non-military vessels like this one, in hopes that the Germans would refrain from torpedoing a ship which carried innocent civilians. Aware of what the British were doing, the Germans sank some of them anyway, after issuing public warnings before the ship sailed. About one tenth of the passengers on board the Lusitania, on her way back to the British Isles from New York City, were Americans. Her sinking so outraged the people of the United States that it eventually helped to lead that country to join the war on the side of the Triple Entente against Germany and her allies in the Central Powers. A story surfaced at the time about some of the passengers in the water after the sinking being attacked and eaten by a giant squid. No one believed it. As far as ‘science’ was concerned, there was no such thing as a giant squid. For centuries, sailors had reported outlandish accounts of various sea monsters. No one believed those stories, either. More than half a century after the Lusitania sank, though, specimens of giant squid began to take their place in natural history museums. Later spectacular underwater film captured on videotape a live giant squid in the deep. Now the scientific establishment embraces that giant squid are real. They do exist after all. Few people remember the reports from the survivors of the Lusitania, though. Giant squids did not come into existence between then and now. They have probably existed for far longer than humanity has. Its existence is not, and was not, dependent upon whether official academia believed that they did. What is true is true, regardless of whether anyone believes it or not.
Evolution
The most obvious example of this phenomenon is the theory of evolution. After a century and a half, there is still no adequate evidence to prove that this theory is true. In fact, there is mounting evidence that some key elements of it are unfounded. For example, it is demonstrably a fact that the overwhelming majority of species extinctions which have occurred in the natural history of the Earth happened not because of natural selection or the survival of the fittest but owing to periodic catastrophes; and that the equally overwhelming number of new species that have arisen did so in the aftermath of those cataclysms, to fill the void. This book will look at the last mass extinction event. Biologists have ascertained that it is impossible for the simple cell, the building block of all life, to have evolved. In addition, as Darwin himself noted, no transitional species have ever come to light. Yet, many scholars routinely regard evolution as not just theory but fact when it is nothing more than a long entrenched belief.
Creationism
To be sure, academia certainly has no exclusive rights to the practice of substituting belief for evidence. Religion features millions of people who make the same error. Those who take the Bible out of its textual, historic, cultural or linguistic context are doomed to misinterpretation.
For instance, the evidence is quite clear and overwhelming that God did not create the world in