Parallels in other's fiction to that of JKR.

[oriondruid@btinternet.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, ⸘Ŭalabio‽ <Walabio at ...> wrote:
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> > 	Walabio:
> >> 	That does not work:
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> >> 	We have molecular genetic evidence, fossil-evidence, evidence from homology, et al, clearly indicating that we humans are native to Earth and our closest relatives are the other great apes.  The only way that this can work would be if other aliens scooped up the ancestors of the People from Earth and  dropped those humans off on an alien world, where they became the people.
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> > 	Geoff:
> > 	So this is where you presumably exercise a "willing suspension of disbelief"?  If I was going to apply criteria such as these, I think I wouldn't be reading anything along the lines of the books we are discussing at all!
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> > 	:-)
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> 	Walabio:
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> 	I have a low threshold for this kind of pseudoscience because of previous run-ins with CreaTards (Flat/Young-Earth GeoCentric Creationists).  Compared to the pseudoscience CreaTards spout, all humans being space-aliens sounds downright scientific.  Do not get me started on the straw men they build!
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John:
Hi Walabio, I hope from what you wrote that you do not consider ME some sort of Fundie Creationist, or any of the panoply of dead heads you list above. In fact despite my email address and 'pen name' as Oriondruid I am not even any sort of Theist, and hold no religious beliefs as being the absolute truth and the only genuine revelation direct from some sort of God/Goddess!

I do respect much that is taught by many of the worlds religions in terms of morality and how humans should behave towards each other, our fellow creatures and our planet, but do not personally hold any one of their 'versions of Deity' to be the one and only correct and genuine one.

You may be confused by not knowing what Druidry actually is, that is to say a philosophical attitude, NOT a religion! One can hold virtually any non fundamentalist religious beliefs one wishes or none at all and still be a Druid. There are Christian Druids, Wiccan Druids, Buddhist Druids, adherents to almost all faiths indeed, plus virtually atheist Druids, all are welcome in our circles.

What we hold common is a respect for nature and natural forces, (not worshiping them). Also a respect for the achievements and wisdom of our ancestors, (but not the worship of them), not to mention a mutual feeling of a need to mark the natural cycles of the Solar Year and other regular annual festivals, marking out as they do the changing seasons and natural cycles of our world. 

We respect animals and believe they have a right to a decent life, even if they are being farmed for slaughter, although we are not all vegans or vegetarians by any means. We also believe in the commonality of this world's natural resources, (As a radial group around the time of the English Civil War (in 1649) called the Diggers said "This world should be a common treasury for all". That means as a species we should not pillage and consume the world's natural resources recklessly for reasons of greed and profit for a tiny minority. We believe in being true to ourselves and others, and in making a stand against injustice whenever we see it.

If any of this makes me a 'religious nutter', then so be it, I'm proud to be one, but trust me I will not be doing any 'preaching' here. :o)

I realise this post is far 'off topic' and apologise to others here, but in the light of the previous I thought I'd best respond and clarify that I am not any sort of 'Fundie Creationist' and maybe say a little about my real attitudes.

In my post that was actually on topic, about The People I simply asked 
a question about how they are so like us and proposed a few scenarios that might perhaps explain it. Anyway, 'nuff said'. :o)

Many Blessings.
John, (Oriondruid).