To Sundeep (News Article:'Lord Ram was born in 5114 BC')

[Guest guest]

Dear Sundeep,

 

> First, let me say that I am not trying to reduce the validity of

the

> scriptures. I am simply trying, and would love to see from experts

> and Gurus, some reconciliation between scriptures and physical

> evidence. I find it somewhat dismissive to say that physical and

> scientific evidence is weak for the non-existence of civilization

> before 10-12,000 years ago. It is actually pretty strong. If some

> form of civilization did exist 990,000 years before the

> archaelogically evident date, there should be some archaeological

> proof no? Because in the 10-12,000 years of archaelogically known

> civilization, progress and proofs abound all over the place.

 

You have to remember that archaelogy, paleontology etc are

soft sciences. They are based on a lot of guesswork. It's

like connecting 5 dots to make a beautiful multi-colored

picture. When you suddenly discover a sixth dot, the

picture can change drastically!

 

Scientific temper also means to realize the shortcomings

of a science.

 

As for the progress of civilization in the last 5,000 or

10,000 years, evidence of that does not rule out

that civilizations existed, say, 500,000 years back. Why

can't there be cycles of rising and dwindling

civilizations? If you have a proof (sic) of a rising in

civilization 5,000 years back, it does not mean that is

the first time civilization rose on earth.

 

As per scriptures, apes and men lived together and

communicated during Rama's time and not during Krishna's

time. Clearly, if Rama existed and scriptures are right,

civilization at the time of Rama was at a different

evolutionary phase of man.

 

May Jupiter's light shine on us,

Narasimha