Giants?

[Snarl]

I also believe in angels and that in them days god did walk with man too.

In all seriousness, I have met the God of The Old Testament on three occasions in different locations on this Earth.  I've also encountered a Japanese Deity (I was actively looking) in my travels.

In the moment, the experience is overwhelming.  I'm sure you've seen those people who lose control of themselves during religious 'things'.  I used to scoff at them, but now I'm reserved in that opinion.  When God shows up ... it WILL stagger you.  The second time, I was less shocked and remembered I wanted to ask God, "What do you want me to know?"  Because I had kicked myself in the ass so hard for not being ready the first time, I figured if it ever happened again, I wanted to be ready.  Even then, it took a while for me to collect myself enough to ask.  His response was, "Everything is okay."  And, that's been the only dialogue between us.

God is still here and he is definitely with us. The Bible? Well, I'm not so sure what we can get out of that book.  There's definitely some 'stuff' in there one could 'learn' from.  My favorite quote is Matthew 18:20.  Depending on how you read it, it is spot-on.  And, that's what's wrong with the Bible.  Everything depends on, "How you read it."

I believe mankind was almost wiped out (along with those Giants).  The Bible tells us that's what happened even.  What the Bible doesn't tell us, is if that had ever happened before.  The Bible also doesn't tell us it was written by the hand of God, so you've got to take what you see there for what it's worth.

I do believe the Earth is Billions of years old.  I also believe there were dinosaurs on the planet.  I also believe there could have been any number of civilizations occupying the Earth through out its existence.

Obviously, climate has a lot to do with what life can be supported on the planet.  There are no 'giants' living amongst us now ... except for maybe elephants and giraffes on land (if trees are excepted), and whales and sharks in our oceans.  My assumption was the climate of the Earth was very different before the last Ice Age.  I believe there was an Ice Age too.  Humans were obviously living on Earth through out this period.  Maybe just some barely surviving it.



After I retired from the Army, I wanted to see if I could 'survive' (in Florida) with just what I could carry-off on my back.  Almost died.  What I can tell you from my experience is, "It is very unlikely anyone in Survival Mode is recording their ordeal. There's just no time for that. If I had had someone else along to share in this experience, I'm sure we would have talked and shared what we knew and what we were experiencing orally.  And ... maybe ... if it was a larger expedition, someone might have tried to remember the culture(s) of the past."

This post is long enough.  I'll pause.