Much of time is then ignored by the bible, and is considered to be pre-historic by learned institutions. All knowledge of this pre human era stems from scientific discovery. The dinosaurs, we are told, are the next points of note, following on from primitive forms of life, emanating from alluvium, a porridge like womb, of which a similar strain can only be re-kindled now, north of the border, or in agricultural based cookery. These dinosaurs took many shapes and sizes, and in some cases, are reputedly the ancestry of modern day birds and bi-quadro-peds. For example, giraffes, are relatives of those huge wonders of computer animation, at the forefront of the Jurassic Park films and swallows share skeletal features with Pterodactyls. An asteroid however wiped out the dinosaurs, apparently. Again the scientists bring this theory to us. Amazing. These people can accurately explain the events of millions of years prior to the day this is read, but to accurately predict the weather one day into the future is near on impossible.
Post Dinosaurs we have an almost transitional period, During this period “Beasts” were the authoritative creatures, descendants of dinosaurs in some cases, however more often than not the first emergence of mammal power figures in the animal kingdom. Again only scientific evidence is available to support this idea. What is religion playing at? They managed to explain the beginning of the earth with a bit of imagination; can they not do the same for this period of history? After all the writers of Star Trek manage to make things up left, or right, of centre, [which they use also].
Continuing along the road of history, we arrive at humanity and the subsequent formation of civilisation. Humans are the only known form of civilised animal, although arguably; slowly destroying your own habitat, and to all intensive purposes committing prolonged extended suicide, is not a common trait to any species, nor can it be considered civilised. Civility, conscience and intellect are qualities. Stored in a feeble one percent difference between humans and apes and what we know about the life beneath the waves is comparable to one hair in a lion’s mane. So to say in certainty that we are without doubt the only civilised most intelligent form of life on earth, although obviously likely would be mere testament to our ignorance and imperfection.
Testament both old and new, of the religious order manages once more to avoid any explanation as to the arrival of man. But in the stead of the feasible explanation conjured up by the scientists of this world, attempts to pass us off with a less than impressive tale, that would be more suited to a star trek episode. The Garden of Eden.
But really there must come a point when religion gets something right. It couldn’t possibly be just a collection of novelty stories written to tackle issues of morality and social deficiencies at the time, could it? Carte blanche. Well lets be fair, religious teachings are ethically sound and to live your life by them would undoubtedly be an achievement, not to mention an excellent way to live. But to proclaim every word to be, forgive me but “gospel” would be unrealistic for want of more scathing but honest terminology. In the words of E.M Forster “Ronny approved of Religion as long as it endorsed the National Anthem, but he objected when it attempted to influence his life. [A passage to India].
Through the fog we now have come and upon us is the factual era of historic recollection. Now it seems we can attain some moderate forms of evidence with which to argue for or against the statement, world history, scientific or religious ‘aint’ a patch on a star trek episode:
Now from the point we are at to the present day many occurrences have materialised. But I will simply list what I consider to be the points of note, in order to keep this piece trim.
1.Savages
2.The Greeks
3The Romans
4.The middle ages
5.The renaissance
6.The Britannic empire
7.Nuclear holocaust
8.Present day
Forgive me for overlooking the details but I feel if an alien who spoke limited English were to ask me for a brief history of man and I had mere seconds to live, I would state the above. And so we are up to date.
When studied, all periods of [the most overly applied contradiction in terms ever] modern history, are very interesting. They act like the scientific formula to the chemical reaction we call today. But study takes effort, something not often enjoyed by your average Tom, Dick or Harry. I feel confident that when asked the average man or women on the street, would prefer to watch “The Great Escape”, Or indeed a star trek episode rather than study. This does not bode well for our core subjects opposite the future and I feel obliged to say that I to find Star trek Strangely intriguing at times also. Worried by this as any person of sound mind would be, I considered it for a period of time and came to the conclusion that I enjoyed star trek because of its depth, its detail, its authenticity. Then I realised that this derived from, have you guessed? Its history. Made up though it is [like religion in my opinion] the background of the species and events in Star trek are its attraction.
And so we justify our preliminary statement; A concise History of the world when compared to say a star trek episode seems pretty mundane, but remove the word concise and we have a different set of affairs.
