Paul Von Ward

Introduces the concept of Advanced Beings (ABs) to explain world religious history and the extraterrestrial phenomena. The book is an ambitious undertaking, executed with unimpeachable logic. Once you accept the premise stated in von Ward’s WE’VE NEVER BEEN ALONE, you can sit back and enjoy the unfolding synthesis of ideas, conclusions, and logic. Accepting the premise is the problem. My complete review of this book is available at my book review web site: rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://www.tgblogger.com/?p=1073… (mais)

Anyway, Von Ward simply has a radically different world view than mine and I respect that as far as it goes, but I must discuss this book as it filters through my world view and because this was relatively new ground for me, I will use copious amounts of text as I discuss it. But anyone who comes to this site after a search on Von Ward or this book or even the concepts within this book, please understand that when metaphysical texts are used to verify a supposition that aliens came from space to do that which man was certainly able to do on his own, I will be unable to accept such texts as wholly historical documents. Gilgamesh was not written to be a literal interpretation of historical events, and I think similar thoughts about the Holy Bible. Therefore I will be unable to agree with the conclusions reached. Not to say that religious texts don’t reflect historical truths to some degree but it is too much of a leap for me to take to believe that which was clearly written or related as parable is proof of alien overlords influencing mankind. To argue the concept with me will be a dead end because my mind is not colonized that way, if it is colonized at all, but that does not mean I don’t want to hear from True Believers. You may have a new perspective, and disagreements that come to this site in comment form tend, at the very least, to be civil (enough) and thought-provoking for me, so knock yourselves out.

So, the essential premise from Von Ward is that ABs (Advanced Beings), came to Earth and in many ways shaped the way things are now. He claims that religious texts from across the spectrum bear out the idea of ABs coming to Earth for various reasons and that human evolution could not have happened without alien influence. Exhaustively researched, while I think this book is full of pantsy ideas, it is pretty audacious and audacious ideas always get my respect. People can sit around and talk the same crap for years and then laugh at the guy who comes up with a new way of thinking about things. All disagreement aside, I have to respect the way that Von Ward looks at source materials and reaches his own conclusions. He is careful in his statement of his own truth, making it very clear that he often takes certain texts and within their tacit ideas manages to leap to different conclusions. He does not, as some people I have read, try to imply that his interpretation of other works was a correct one that all the sheeple missed – rather, he just reinterprets things and I have a vague respect for him just owning this fact. Even if I think he’s wackily wrong, he’s honest. Read my entire review here: http://ireadoddbooks.com/gods-genes-and-consciousness-by-paul-von-ward/… (mais)