michael17

@Robert,

That was lazy scholarship on my part of course it had to be on his Eastward journey.

Here are some details of the journey and the monk(s)

https://universe-inside-you.com/buddhist-monks/

Who said Marco saw a monk defying the laws of gravity? Was that person traveling West at the time?

Yes it was Westward near the Himalayas

TheEncogitationer wrote:

Michael17, Herbert Benson’s abstract claims the following:

We report here that in a study performed there in February 1981, we found that these subjects exhibited the capacity to increase the temperature of their fingers and toes by as much as 8.3°C.

Conversion of Celsius to Fahrenheit means that: 8.3° Celsius x 1.8 + 3…

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@unseen,

Nice try, Michael, but raising your body enough to produce steam (you need to boil water to produce steam) and cause combustion (something bursts into flames…what? his loin cloth?)…that is a bit far-fetched.

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@Unseen,

I am requesting scientifically controlled conditions, otherwise nothing can be accepted. I know a monk. They are not magicians. They sincerely believe what they are doing, However we still need to have claims verified.  Below a claim is verified by…[Read more]

Did Marco Polo actually witness a levitating Monk on his journey eastward? We don’t know.  But monks have been doing body temperature changes under scientifically controlled conditions, even producing steam and combustion. However the following levitation should be done under controlled conditions also.
https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdM9qSUt/

@PopeBeanie,

I agree. Fortunately hoaxes can be called out with todays investigative technologies, whereas in the 80s this was not so, however I don’t no the history of this particular video.

@michael17 – We just can’t blame Brexit and Nigel Farage or Boris Johnson for this. Wait a minute…..

LOL,  brexit and these men are inocent.

@michael17 – I’m currently writing about the incorrect interpretations by the mainstream eschatologist including Billy Graham, Hal Lindsay, Garner Ted Armstrong. What are your academic qualifications to correct their interpretations or will it just be your own interpretation and will it be peer-reviewed before pub…[Read more]

I wonder if there is a chronicled history of end of the world scenarios that were prognosticated with cocksure certainty. And then how many followers have given away all of their shit? Gifts causa mortis are revocable. Might be interesting though if the doomsday donor waived that entitlement. Reality does not seem to matter a…[Read more]

I wonder if there is a chronicled history of end of the world scenarios that were prognosticated with cocksure certainty. And then how many followers have given away all of their shit? Gifts causa mortis are revocable. Might be interesting though if the doomsday donor waived that entitlement. Reality does not seem to matter a…[Read more]

@Popebeanie,

I’m afraid that was not me. Besides only the age will end in the future and next the Millenium of peace.

PopeBeanie wrote:

Zooming out here, topic-wise in biblical context, ask how does any scripture maintain credibility for hundreds or thousands of years? It’s written by mere humans, distributed by mere humans, and interpreted by mere humans. Even if one believes that specific prophecies prove divine authorship, how would that prove that the rest o…

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@Reg,

😂

@Reg, LOL you were like a champion figure skater carving the ice in flight around these patronizing   Know-nothings.

michael17, will you please make the case for atheists who regard all religion as utter nonsense and lies. Can you give some argument or evidence for anything you believe?

You need to see the true signs, understood.
This is the evidence I will do my best to present to the forum.