Settle down Jackalgirl , " its all good " .
Some mythology has a common thread ,and throughout mankinds history giant flying lizards is the most common .
And most appear in "creation " myths .
So I find it difficult to believe that this is coincidence .
I can understand if you dont like my ideas , but closing your eyes because you dont like what you see is not very " scientific " .
And to avoid " dragons " in Japan is going to be a difficult task .
Have you read any of Rupert Sheldrakes writing ?
Buzz, have you actually read anything I've said? About humans' pattern-seeking inclinations? Do you honestly think that human beings are so without creativity, imagination, and story-crafting skill that everything they say has to be completely and totally real?
No, I haven't read any of Rupert Sheldrake's writing. I've looked at his site, however, and don't see anything that even remotely indicates that there were actual giant flying reptiles (other than dinosaurs) forming the bones of the world, which is your contention.
I /do/ see what appears to be some philosophical explorations of the universe, which is fine (as I have stated before), but you are not making statements that are philosophical in nature. You are stating that the rocks formed in the photos that you have posted here are actual evidence of giant reptiles. You have also just implied that Japanese mythological dragons were real, and had to be so because they appear commonly in Japanese myths. Not that it has /anything/ to do with a lot of mythology and culture being imported into Japan wholesale from China, whose country is so wonderfully full of dinosaur fossils.
Might I also remind you that literally millions of Chinese people believe that eating ground-up tiger bones will cure impotence? Does that make it so?
The reason why I am of a mind to give up on you is that you keep repeating the same stuff, over and over again, in response to what I post, with more assertions that myths somehow /must/ be evidence of reality, without actually addressing what I post. It's like talking to a brick wall.
Edited to add: You know what? In light of
ChillZero's post and your responses to my own posts, I seriously doubt that you're here seriously. In other words, I think you're just trolling for "fun with skepties". So don't bother answering -- especially since your response will be more wacky ascertation about how blind I am to the "obvious" evidence around me in Japanese temples, without really even bothering to read what I've written. I am well and truly done and, unlike you, will post no more here, since this isn't a real conversation (which is two-way). Rather, it's an opportunity for you to hold forth with untestable claims. I'm not interested.