I think this can be enlightening. For example, one day, I forgot about all the scientific knowledge I have learned and tried to see the world as the ancients may have seen it. I could see why many in the ancient world thought of the sky as a dome. Thinking of it this way, the world felt all small and cozy, since with the sky as a dome, you feel like you're "inside" all the time.
Then you realize that your food resources are more limited to what actually grows in your area. It's very interesting. It can help you understand the thoughts of the people of the Bible and other ancient Scriptures.
2007-04-05 11:50:08 · 13 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I've tried doing that many times. It's both strenuous and refreshing, and it really does help to understand (I think) where previous generations were coming from.
One little exercise that really floored me was trying to understand a world in which there really was no generalized literacy. We take the printed word, and the ability to understand it, so much for granted these days... try imagining a world where letters were strange glyphs that only a very few could read, an immensely powerful and mysterious way of encoding knowledge.
To quote Neo from "The Matrix": "... woah."
2007-04-05 11:59:31 · answer #1 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love to do that. I also love the part where Galileo was imprisoned and died in captivity by the church for saying that the Earth was not flat. Thus conflicting with the following inaccurate Bible Verses:
Psalm 93:1, Psalm 96:10, and Chronicles 16:30 state that "the world is firmly established, it cannot be moved." Psalm 104:5 says, "[the LORD] set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved." Ecclesiastes 1:5 states that "the sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises."
2007-04-05 18:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Life for most in the ancient world was brutal, harsh and short. The hunter-gathers would have very few cozy times.
2007-04-05 19:06:12 · answer #3 · answered by Beavis Christ AM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been many movies that depict life of the cavemen and the others in documentries from National Geographic as well as Discovery.
Once you have discovered that natural world you should get the idea of the hocuspocus of the bible books and stories.
2007-04-05 19:03:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
liked that. i see what you mean. no i haven't a least not just like that. i tried to go back and think about swing in an axe or a mace while holding my shield up to fight for King Arthur when boys in my area played games. Really got into it. Dreamed a lot of "what if" and what must it really have been like. But yous i far more philosophical and sociological. But then came the party poopers like Galileo.
2007-04-05 18:56:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those sort of thought experiences can really help us understand things better. Some of the ancients had way better ideas than we do today too.
2007-04-05 18:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I am reading a section out of my Bible everyday I often put myself back in the time period watching what's going on and the way they did things when it came to the particular section that I'm reading.
2007-04-05 19:01:47 · answer #7 · answered by sokokl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can't put myself back in time until I complete the flux capacitor.
Seriously, yes, I often think about what it was like for people long ago.
2007-04-05 18:52:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes! and I could only see the beauty of our natural world...
No room for any gods or devils!.
2007-04-05 18:55:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aint knowledge grand?
2007-04-05 18:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋