Has any one read Fingerprints of the Gods, and cant get that doomsday date out of their head?

Question

Fingerprints of the Gods, by Graeme Hancock, is a fantastic book detailing the probability of an advanced civilization 13,000 years ago, before a cataclysm wiped them out. Traces are found in our "ancient" civilizations such as the aztecs, who have determined when the next cataclysm will destroy our civilization. I'm not going to mention the date, but it's within the next decade, and if you've read the book you'll know what i'm talking about.

Please can someone reassure me that it's not true, that it's all just probability gained from making educated guesses about our ancesters and not based on fact?

And is there a book out there that totally proves Hancock was jumping to conclusions??

Answer 1

It's not true. Hancock is either a loony, or and exploitative con man. His guesses are not even educated! He knows didly squat about archaeology or science.
There have been so many woo-woo books predicting the end of the world - the dates come and go, everyone forgets them and just move on to the next prediction.

For a thorough debunking, check out sceptical web sites like CSICOP, or this one, which is excellent;

http://kjmatthews.users.btopenworld.com/cult_archaeology/links.html

Answer 2

Historians construct a view of the ancient world from the evidence available. Sometimes, like the Saxon immigration to Britain the evidence is rather exiguous and the construct is open to lot of interpretations. Some unscrupulous historians make it up to fit their ideas, but still basically going for the truth, even though their theories are ridiculous.

Others, like the van Daniken's of this world, just like a good yarn to sell books, and do not bother to get at the truth at all, and just write any old garbage (can be logical) down for the credulous public.

Answer 3

I've read a similar book called Legacy of the Gods by Robert Charroux. Some ideas are a bit wacky but I think it's entirely possible that there were civilisations before ours. We'll never know though.

Answer 4

Everyone thinks the end of the world will be in their lifetime. People living three hundred years ago thought they'd see it, people living a thousand years ago thought they'd see, we think we'll see it and people living in a thousand years from now will think it will happen during their lifetimes. This is a bizarre phenomena and I'm sure there's a name for it. I hope I get to see the end of the world, it will be most exciting!

Answer 5

Whatever the date and the heck you are talking about, it is not true. How do I know? The end came 1 Jan 2000 already and this is the after life, so there is no more Doomsday to come. Yep...

Answer 6

Jeus youve got me worried now!!!
I wouldnt worry to much remember a few years back when they said notrodemus had predicted the end of the world , i think it was in 99 - it never happened!!! (famous last words!)

Answer 7

Who gives a stuff??