Laura wrote: >> OK If these "legends" are true, then why don't we >> see a record of it in our religious history books.
DAVEH: > Have you heard of Quetzal-Coatl, Laura? I don't > think there is a dearth of information about ancient > American history, but rather it simply isn't covered > to the extent of European history which is perceived > to be more important in the development of America. > If you travel through Mexico, Central & South > America.....you will find a lot of history that the US > education system simply ignores. At least I didn't hear > much about it when I was in school. DaveH has an excellent point about selective history. Not only is a lot of history ignored in our educational systems, but what history we learn always has a slant to it, some bias or interpretation is attached to the history to present an understanding from a particular perspective. We need to be open to hearing information from other sources, and to hearing the slant of other historians. Nevertheless, we also must be skeptical and thoughtful so that we don't just get sucked in with every different teaching that we hear. As an example, I searched a few web sites about this information that DaveH presented to us. At http://www.rjames.com/Toltec/myth2.htm I found information about Spaniard missionaries supposedly burning the books of the Mesoamericans. Nevertheless, on this same page is found the following statement: "Who is the god Quetzalcoatl? Very little has come down to us 500 years later. The physical evidence of stone carvings and glyphs is weathered and often extremely difficult to decipher, the written evidence has been destroyed, altered or perhaps never existed at all." Notice how he admits, "perhaps never existed at all." This must be taken into careful consideration when we read about the supposed destruction of evidence. This same page also mentions how some books, which did not contain a written language but rather were picture books, were actually sent back to Europe and preserved, but none of them give us much information about this particular god quetzalcoatl (the feathered serpent). Incidently, the stories about a possible Jesus who came to America in the first century called him the water serpent. Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
