The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary movie was authored by Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott.
The film presents an entire overview about the way business enterprises
have changed much of our lives may perhaps greater than any
feature-length movie can provide. From the damaging impact of pollution
on the biosphere, to the treatment received by whistleblowers,
globalization, cheap labor on sweatshops, the privatization of our
valuable resources, the evil patenting of life forms and misleading
marketing. This documentary shows exactly how pervasive and also
destructive the greedy corporations have been.
The filmmakers illustrates the growth and
development of the modern business corporation, coming from a legal
entity in which was initially a government-chartered institution
designed to effect particular public functions, towards the growth of
the modern commercial companies entitled to almost all of the legal
rights a person can have. Given that a corporation is legitimately
defined as a person, we should ask what kind of a person this
corporation might be.
A fascinating approach that the directors did is to go along the listing of behaviors mentioned on the Diagnostic
Handbook of Mental Disorders in which
specify the psychopathic character as well as indicate how the
corporation possesses those insane behaviors such as criminal disregard
towards the welfare of human beings and feels no empathy about it.
Without a doubt, Corporations feel no morals whenever they commit
unlawful acts. Their solely concern is when disobeying the law is
profitable.
If you live in Japan you're probably
feeling pretty good. The quality of health there is ranked number one in
the world If you live in the U.S. it's a different story, and not one
to feel good about.
America's health score ranks close to the
bottom. Where the nation soars to the top is in money spent on health
care—billions of dollars more than any other country.
Readers of the global study will
naturally want to know the secret of Japan's success. The spoiler is
that no one knows exactly. Some experts go as far as to say that it's a
combination of factors, but that's about as certain as it gets.
Being someone who's interested health
care trends throughout the world Russ Gerber wanted to learn more
myself, so he decided to take his own informal survey.
While in Tokyo on business recently Russ
asked several Japanese acquaintances about their health care practices
and lifestyles to see if he could get some hint as to what's behind the
extraordinary ranking.
With one exception their responses were
all over the map. They credited everything from strict dietary
practices, to the safety net people feel having strong family and social
support in their lives, to being part of a culture that stays close to
tradition and is selective about what it accepts of Western values and
medicine.
But there was a common response that took me by surprise.
They were all quite matter of fact about
the superior health ranking. It was puzzling to them that such a routine
lifestyle as theirs would be viewed by anyone as extraordinary. The
consensus was that good health is normal, not exceptional, so what's the
big deal?
It may be this: that by contrast the rest of us struggle to think of health as normal.
Sound minds and bodies aren't talked
about a lot in the U.S. One reason is the medicalization of society,
according to Dr. Arthur J. Barsky, professor of psychiatry at Harvard
Medical School. In his book 'Worried Sick' he says: "We seem unable to
enjoy our good health, to translate it into feelings of well-being and
physical security. Rather, there is a sense of disease in the air."
If all the talk about ailments, being at
risk, fear and danger were just that — talk — it might be stretching it
to say this is a serious matter. The fact is that excessive fear and a
preoccupation with ill health is not inconsequential. Chronic worrying
is unhealthy.
What we're seeing today in the U.S. is a
pervasive pattern of shorter lives and poorer health, reports a panel of
experts convened by The National Research Council. That pattern is not
what anyone wants to call normal, but are we starting to think that it
is?
Some of Russ's acquaintances in Japan
brought up the point that spiritual pursuits were a normal part of their
otherwise busy lives, and shouldn't be marginalized as a contributing
factor. One person he spoke with was the CEO of an international
company, another was a strategic planner, and another was an active mom.
Their schedules were full, but they said they routinely devoted part of
their day to prayer and spiritual study. They strive to be kind and
forgiving, calm and patient. One woman spoke candidly about rebelling
against the fear of illness and how the symptoms of illness had quickly diminished and her health was restored as a result.
To someone listening in who lives in the
U.S., the conversation with this group might have been noteworthy more
for what was missing than for what was said. They weren't captivated by a
disease model of life. Instead, they quite naturally embraced health
and spirituality and seemed at peace about it all.
Just how much that group's viewpoint is
typical of Japanese society Russ Gerber can't say. What he saw happening
in their lives suggests that it feels good to live a life free from an
ailment-and-anxiety state of mind, as if aliments and anxiety were
unavoidable mindsets. Take it from them, they're not. Far from it.
So, their secret? It's not one, really. A
healthy state of mind is not only good for mind and body, it should be
normal for body, it should be normal for both.
Healthy life expectancy is the number of
years that a person can expect to live in good health. It takes into
account number of deaths as well as years of health lost to disability.
The United States tied Norway for 29th place in male healthy life expectancy and tied Estonia for 33rdplace in highest female healthy life expectancy.
Japan is the healthiest nation for men
and women, a title it was first given by same study in 1990. For men,
Singapore, Switzerland, and Spain ranked second, third, and fourth.
South Korea, Spain, and Singapore ranked highest for women.
Vatican City may have fewer than 1,000 citizens and spans only 110
acres, but it also has a multimillion-dollar budget and an unbelievably
complex history. Understanding how it all works requires parsing through
centuries of religious texts. Is the Vatican confusing and mysterious?
Is the pope Catholic? A look behind the scenes:
Regular exorcise! Baudelaire once said that "the greatest trick the devil ever
pulled was convincing the world he doesn't exist." But in modern-day
Vatican City, the devil is considered alive and well. The late Pope John
Paul II personally performed three exorcisms during his reign, and Pope
Benedict XVI expanded the ranks of Catholic-sponsored exorcists
throughout the world. In fact, Father Gabriele Amorth, the Church's
chief exorcist, claims to expel more than 300 demons a year from the
confines of his Vatican office, and there are some 350 exorcists
operating on behalf of the Catholic Church in Italy alone. Amorth also
teaches bishops how to tell the difference between satanic possession
and psychiatric illness, noting that those who suffer from the former
seem to be particularly repulsed by the sight of holy water and the
cross.
Where thieves go to prey With 1.5 crimes per citizen, Vatican City has the highest crime rate in the world.
It's not that the cardinals are donning masks and repeatedly robbing the
bank, it's just that the massive crowds of tourists make Vatican City a
pickpocket's paradise. The situation is complicated by the fact that
the Vatican has no working prison and only one judge. So most criminals
are simply marched across the border into Italy, as part of a pact
between the two countries. (The Vatican's legal code is based on
Italy's, with some modifications regarding abortion and divorce.) Crimes
that the Vatican sees fit to try itself — mainly shoplifting in its
duty-free stores — are usually punished by temporarily revoking the
troublemaker's access to those areas. But not every crime involves
theft. In 2007, the Vatican issued its first drug conviction after an
employee was found with a few ounces of cocaine in his desk.
The worst confessions Some sins are simply too much for a local bishop to forgive.
While priests can absolve a sin as serious as murder (according to the
Church), there are five specific sins that require absolution from the
Apostolic Penitentiary. This secretive tribunal has met off and on for
the past 830 years, but in January 2009, for the first time ever, its
members held a press conference to discuss their work.
Three of the five sins they contemplate can only be committed by the
clergy. If you're a priest who breaks the seal of confession, a priest
who offers confession to his own sexual partners, or a man who has
directly participated in an abortion and wants to become a priest, then
your case must go before the tribunal to receive absolution. The other
two sins can be committed by anyone. The first, desecrating the
Eucharist, is particularly bad because Catholics believe that the bread
and wine transubstantiate into the body and blood of Christ. Messing
with them is like messing with Jesus. And then, there's the sin of
attempting to assassinate the pope. That one's pretty self-explanatory.
The meetings of the Apostolic Penitentiary are kept confidential because
they're a different form of confession. The sinner is referred to by a
pseudonym, and only the Major Penitentiary, Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de
Castro, decides how the sin shall be dealt with. Presumably, a bunch of
Hail Marys doesn't cut it. You can read the Pope's mail The Vatican's secret archives haven't been truly secret since
Pope Leo XIII first allowed scholars to visit in 1881. Today, it's even
more accessible. Outsiders are free to examine the correspondences of
every pope for the past 1,000 years, although there is one catch: Guests
have to know exactly what they're looking for. With 52 miles of shelves
in the archives, the librarians prohibit browsing.
The most famous existing letter is probably Henry VIII's request that
his marriage to Catherine of Aragon be annulled, which Pope Clement VII
denied. Henry divorced Catherine anyway and married Anne Boleyn (and
four other women), leading to Rome's break with the Church of England.
The archives also contain an abundance of red ribbons, which were used
to bind 85 petitions from English clergyman and aristocrats.
The Pope liked to text message During his tenure, Pope Benedict XVI routinely sent text
messages of his homilies to mobile subscribers around the world, and in
2009, the Vatican opened up an official YouTube channel to show various
papal addresses and ceremonies. The Vatican even released an iPhone
application that contains multilingual versions of the Breviary prayer
book and the prayers of daily mass. Most recently, Benedict had joined Twitter in
December, two months before his resignation. The Vatican's enthusiasm
for technology isn't limited to cell phones and the internet. It has
also added solar panels to the roof of the Pope Paul VI auditorium as
part of its commitment to fight climate change.
The Vatican has the finest Swiss bodyguards Nowadays, the Swiss have a reputation for pacifism, but back in
the 1500s, they were considered an unstoppable military force. Swiss
armies were renowned for the their mastery of a weapon called the
halberd, a deadly combination of a spear and an axe, and their ground
troops were famous for routinely demolishing legions of enemies on
horseback. After Pope Julius II witnessed their ferocity in battle 500
years ago, he recruited a few soldiers to become his personal
bodyguards. Ever since, Swiss Guards have pledged fidelity to the pope,
sometimes dying for the cause. During the sacking of Rome in 1527, for
instance, three quarters of them were killed while providing cover for
Pope Clement VII to escape.
Today, the hundred or so members of the Swiss Guard spend most of their
time bedecked in Renaissance garb, twirling their halberds in ceremonies
or manning checkpoints around the Vatican. When the Guards are actually
protecting the pope, they wear plain clothes and carry distinctly
modern weapons.
The Mafia dipped into the collection plate In The Godfather: Part III, a shady deal between the
Mafia and the Vatican leads to the murder of the pope. Was this based on
a true story? Possibly. On the morning of September 29, 1978, Pope John
Paul I was found dead, sitting up in his bed, after only 33 days in
office. Although Vatican officials claimed the 65-year-old pope died of a
heart attack, there was never an autopsy, and at the time, the Vatican
definitely had ties to organized crime. Sure enough, in 1982, Vatican
Bank president Father Paul Marcinkus resigned from his post after a
series of scandals exposed the bank's ties to the Mafia. Eventually, the
bank had to repay more than $200 million to its creditors. But
Marcinkus was never indicted of a crime, and though he was suspected of
being involved in several mysterious deaths, including Pope John Paul
I's, Marcinkus successfully claimed diplomatic immunity in the United
States and retired to Arizona in 1990, and died there 16 years later.
There's no vice pope Once a cardinal becomes the pope, he's the designated leader of
the Catholic Church and God's representative on Earth for the rest of
his life — which was basically the case until Pope Benedict XVI's
surprise resignation last month. (Up until then, it had been more than
500 years since the last papal resignation.) Further, as modern medicine
improves, even seriously ill people tend to stick around longer,
meaning that a pope could be alive but unable to perform his duties for
years, as was the case with John Paul II. What happens then? Well, no
one is really sure. A cardinal can take over the pope's responsibilities
as the Vatican's head of state, but no one else is allowed to carry out
his ceremonial duties. In the end, many masses and benedictions simply
go unperformed until the pope either passes away or recovers.
Faith-based economics The Vatican needs several hundred million dollars per year to
operate. Its many financial responsibilities include running
international embassies, paying for the pope's travels around the world,
maintaining ancient cathedrals, and donating considerable resources to
schools, churches, and health care centers. So where does that money
come from? Catholics pay tithes to their local parishes and donate about
$100 million every year to the Vatican itself. But collection plates
aren't the Vatican's only source of money. The city-state also gets cash
from books, museums, stamps, and souvenir shops. (Get your
limited-edition Vatican euros!)
But that's not always enough. At the end of 2007, the city-state was
$13.5 million in the hole. Part of the problem was the weakened American
dollar, which translated into less purchasing power. Another
contributing factor was the lackluster performance of the Vatican's
newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. To boost subscriptions, Pope
Benedict asked the editor to spice up the layout with more photos and
allowed him to cover world news stories in addition to the traditional
religious fare.
Even the ATMS are in Latin The Vatican Bank is the only bank in the world that allows ATM
users to select Latin to perform transactions. That's just one symbol of
the Holy See's continued devotion to the language. Pope Benedict XVI
had been particularly passionate about reviving the language and
purportedly held many informal conversations in Latin. (Pope John Paul
II generally spoke Polish.)
When it comes to fast food arches, all
that glitters is not gold. And in McDonald's case, it's difficult to say
whether its fair share of criticism comes in spite of it being one of
America's most iconic brands, or perhaps because of it.
The fast-food chain's come up for a dose of criticism in recent years
over the nutritional value and sustainability of its offerings and for
its low-paying jobs. And business has stumbled. Subway actually overtook
McDonald's in 2011 as the fast food chain with the most
locations worldwide. Things got worse in the summer of 2012 when sales
dropped for the first time in a decade, a slump from which McDonald's
has yet to recover.
When contacted by The Huffington Post, the fast food chain emphasized
recent efforts to improve the McDonald's experience for customers and
employees alike.
“We now offer more choices and variety on our menu, as well as nutrition
information so customers can make the choices that are right for them,"
a McDonald's USA spokesperson told HuffPost in an email. "We’ve most
recently reinforced our commitments to sustainability in the areas of
fish and coffee and we continue to offer a variety of training and
professional development opportunities for employees who want to move
from crew to management.
"We have a long history of continuous
improvement and we will continue to meet our customers’ changing tastes
and the changing needs of the communities we serve.”
Here are some moments in McDonald's history the mega-chain would prefer you forget:
Its CEO-Worker Pay Gap Is Booming
The wealth gap between McDonald's CEOs and its workers has doubled over the last 10 years, Bloomberg reported late last year. Employees are trying to change that by staging strikes calling for higher wages.
Its Marketing Targets Kids.
McDonald's has faced criticism for
using marketing targeted at children (i.e. the Happy Meal) in order to
gain life-long customers. Indeed, the company has in fact increased its marketing geared towards children even after criticism began to heat up following the release of the 2004 documentary Super Size Me, according to Time. The company gives away roughly 1.5 billion toys each year.
It Has Been Accused Of Rain forest Destruction
In 2006, Greenpeace accused McDonald's of contributing to the destruction of the rainforest because
the company allegedly used soybeans harvested from endangered areas to
feed chickens it eventually served, Fox News reports. However,
Greenpeace later teamed up withMcDonald's to place a moratorium on trading soybeans that had been harvested from newly deforested areas, according to The Washington Post.
One Of Its Franchisees Was Accused Of Exploiting Workers
A McDonald's franchise owner left the company after he was accused of exploiting student guest workers by paying them below minimum wage and providing them with substandard housing.
Its Coffee Has Caused Injuries
One of the most-talked about scandals in McDonald's history is the lawsuit the company faced in 1992, after 79-year-old customer Stella Liebeck sustained third-degree burns from
spilling a cup of the chain's coffee. The jury ultimately awarded
Liebeck more than half a million dollars in total damages, but that hasn't stopped others from filing similar lawsuits against the chain.
Its Sales Aren't What They Used To Be
Last August, McDonald's announced sales had declined for the first time since 2003. Despite efforts to reinvigorate revenue, including the release of new menu items like McBites, the fast food chain continues to struggle.
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It Has Been Accused Of Using Expired Chinese Chicken
Chinese state TV has accused McDonald's and French retailer
Carrefour of selling expired chicken products in separate incidents amid
public anxiety in China over food safety. State-run CCTV has put out a
video report by its "under cover Reporters" selling food which under the
rules, should've been thrown away.
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It Refuses To Assess Its Impact On Childhood Obesity
Despite accusations that McDonald's is a major contributor to childhood obesity, the company has refused to assess the impact it has on children's weight.
Its Employees Work On Christmas
In recent years, McDonald's has urged its franchises to stay open on Christmas day. In addition, workers at company-owned restaurants didn't receive overtime for working the holiday last year.
Its Oatmeal Isn't Good For You
McDonald's released an oatmeal option
for breakfast as part of an overall aim to make its menu more
nutritious. The only problem is, the oatmeal isn't so healthy, the New York Times reports.
It Has Some Products That Totally Bombed
McDonald's has had its fair share of products that have fallen flat -- McLobster anyone? One of our favorite fails might be the McDLT that was discontinued over backlash regarding the environmental impact of its packaging .
The sandwich came in two styrofoam containers. One housed the lettuce
and tomato, the other, the burger. The goal was to keep the vegetables
cold and the burger hot. But even a jingle-singing Jason Alexander with a
full head of hair apparently couldn't save the sandwich, which the
company eventually pulled.
The idea that civilizations progress from
a primitive state to a more advanced one is a fallacy that
evolutionists try to apply to history.
If one abandons evolutionist nonsense and
prejudice, and looks at the historical references and findings with an
unbiased mind, what one encounters is civilizations that used highly
advanced technologies.
Remains left from ancient Egypt, the
Mayans and the Sumerians indicate that branches of science such as
electricity, electrochemistry, electromagnetics, metallurgy,
hydrogeology, medicine, chemistry and physics were used to a
considerable extent.
Electricity was efficiently generated and
widely utilized in ancient Egypt. The Baghdad battery and the first arc
lights were used at that time. But was electrical generation limited to
these in ancient Egypt?
A careful examination of Egyptian history immediately
reveals the sophistication in perfect illumination. No soot has been
found in the corridors of the pyramids or the tombs of the kings because
these areas were lit using electricity. Relief carvings show that the
Egyptians used hand-held torches powered by cable-free power sources.
The arc lamp used in the Lighthouse of
Alexandria is further proof that electricity was used in ancient Egypt.
The energy required to power the Lighthouse of Alexandria for 24 hours a
day could only have been supplied by a regular electrical source.
THE PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT WERE GIANT POWER PLANTS GENERATING ELECTRICITY
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The outer casing of the Great Pyramid was
covered with white tufa limestone, so tightly built that not even a
razor blade could fit between the blocks. The white tufa limestone does
not contain magnesium and has high insulating properties. This
insulation property prevented the electricity inside the pyramid from
being released without control.
2
The stone blocks used inside the pyramid
were made of another form of limestone containing crystal which is an
extremely high electrical conductor and a small amount of metal, which
allow for maximum power transmission. The shafts inside the pyramid were
lined with granite. Granite, as a conductor, is a slightly radioactive
substance and permits the ionization of the air inside these shafts.
When we look at an insulated electric
cable, we see that conductive and insulation materials are used in the
same way as in the pyramids.
3
The conductive and insulating properties
of the pyramid are an example of flawless engineering. However, a source
of energy is needed for electricity generation.
The Giza Plateau where the pyramids stand
is full of underground water channels. The pyramids rise above
limestone layers, the spaces between them being full of water. These
special layers of rock that transmit electricity upward as they carry
underground water to the surface are known as AQUIFERS. The high volume
flow of the River Nile that passes through these aquifers produces an
electric current. This is known as physio-electricity.
The pyramid’s underground chambers are
granite conductors built within the rock charged with
physio-electricity. This electric current is conducted directly to the
upper part of the pyramid’s granite covered subterranean chambers.
Granite is a very good conductor of electricity.
The electromagnetic field that forms at
the bottom of the pyramid is transmitted in concentrated form to the
upper layers of the pyramid. On the top of the pyramid there was a gold
capstone gold being an excellent conductor of electricity. This section
is no longer there in our day. This means the top of the pyramid has
lost its structure of flawless geometry. This gold capstone facilitated a
conductive path for the transfer of negative ions to the ionosphere.
This way a current was generated.
How does it serve to move the electromagnetic field on the ground through the help of an aquifer?
An identical form of this technology,
employed in Egypt 5,000 years ago, was used by Nikola Tesla, an inventor
of electric technology in the early 1900s, in a tower he constructed in
the United States of America.
Tesla, the inventor of such fundamental
electric technology as the alternating current, electric engine, radio,
the laser and radar, was successful in simultaneously transmitting sound
and pictures between continents in the Wardenclyffe tower he built
between 1901 and 1917. He did not use an external source of electricity
for this, and even applied wireless power transmission technology.
Tesla had also built his tower above an
aquifer and discharged the negative ions from the aquifer to the tower.
The electromagnetic technology used in Tesla’s famous tower is identical
to the electromagnetic field set up in the construction of the
pyramids. Both systems generate negative ions and transmit them without
the need for electric cables.
So for what purpose did the Egyptians use electricity?
Relief carvings clearly show that the
Egyptians used hand-held bulb-type lamps powered by a cable-free
electric source. These bulbs are reminiscent of Nicola Tesla’s
descriptions to show that his alternating current was safe. At the 1893
Chicago World’s Fair, Tesla transmitted alternating electric current
through his body to light a bulb he held in his hand without using
electrical cables.
This relief carving shows a wireless
antenna. The Egyptians used antennae and cable-free energy for wireless
communication. In the relief on the left is a carved transmitter, with a
receiver on the left. This evidence indicates that the Egyptians used
free wireless energy for communication purposes.
This relief carving shows a yarn
manufacturing facility. The yarn Egyptians used for their fabrics at
that time were as fine as those manufactured by machinery today. The
Egyptians also used electric power in their weaving plants.
It was seen that many gold objects which
have remained from ancient Egypt were in fact very finely gold plated.
Such perfect gold plating, as in these pieces, requires the use of
electricity.
The total electromagnetic measurement
made around the Great Pyramid is identical to that made during a thunder
storm with lightning. There is a powerful electromagnetic field around
the Great Pyramid. This may be observed through a simple experiment.
When standing at the top of the pyramid with a bottle wrapped in damp
cloth, sparks fly away from the bottle, as if one were on top of a
high-voltage bobbin.
THE PYRAMIDS WERE NOT USED AS TOMBS
The pyramids have always been interpreted
as the tombs of the pharaohs. But in fact, no inscriptions of any kind
appear in the corridors of the Great Pyramid. This suggests a
functional building, rather than a mausoleum.
An empty stone chest was found on the
central axis of the pyramid that archaeologists call the King’s Chamber.
They claimed that this contained the coffin of the pharaoh, but that
since this had been stolen it was now empty. But examination of the
dimensions of the stone chest and the special location in which it was
installed reveals a different state of affairs. That point is just where
the missing part of the pyramid’s conductive structure ,and whole
design, suggest it should be. If a superconductive material was
installed here, the pyramid could manufacture enough electricity for all
of Egypt. This superconductor is thought to have been the Ark of the
Covenant, which was known to have been in Egypt in ancient times, and
whose dimensions are just right to fit inside the stone chest.
The Prophet Moses was adopted by Pharaoh
and, according to historic records, was raised as an administrator
because of his superior moral values, intelligence and abilities. One of
the phases in leadership training in ancient Egypt was the teaching of
all the secrets of Egypt and the knowledge of energy. In addition to its
other properties, there are also various references to the Ark of the
Covenant serving as a capacitor, and that this was the source of Egypt’s
energy. The Prophet Moses is known to have taken the Ark of the
Covenant with him when he fled Egypt. According to historic references,
one of the reasons why Pharaoh chased the Prophet Moses right up to the
last moment, and strove to catch him at whatever price, was the Ark of
the Covenant because Pharaoh was aware that all the glory and
magnificence of Egypt would be lost without electricity.
Historic references’ also show that
Egyptian civilization reached its peak during the reign of Ramses II,
who lived at the same time as the Prophet Moses. But those civilizations
collapsed in less than 10 years after Ramses II, and Giza was even
abandoned. The city, once the center of the civilization, remained
deserted until the nest dynasty settled there.
Were the Egyptians the only society to utilize wireless electrical technology?
The relief carvings left behind by the
Mayans and the Assyrians also contain images of similar techniques to
those applied in the pyramids.
All this information once again goes to
demonstrate that there were no primitive people and societies in the
past, as evolutionists would have us believe. In terms of civilization,
more or less developed communities have lived side by side at all times
throughout history. A society that existed thousands of years ago
enjoyed a far more advanced technology compared to one living in the 20th century.
And this shows us that development is not part of an evolutionary
process, in other words, that there is no linear advancement from a
primitive level of civilization to a more developed one in history.
Ancient Egypt is one of the most impressive civilizations
established by mankind. Ancient Egyptians had such vast experience and
knowledge that can not be the sequence of a primitive society. Among
deviated idolater Egyptians, there were wise-men who had the wisdom
coming from the times of Prophet Noah and Prophet Abraham . These
Jewish wise-men used to employ the knowledge from the periods of
previous prophets. One of such knowledge was the using of electricity
for illumination.
The discovery of various wall carvings or
friezes discovered in the Hathor Temple of Dendera Temple Complex in
Egypt has revealed one especially fascinating piece of information about
the ancient Egyptians. A large part of the friezes, examined below, are
in the Dendera Temple Complex. These show that the ancient Egyptians
obtained lighting by using bulbs and the arc light technique.
Close inspection of these pictures in the
Temple of Hathor shows that high-voltage insulation was used, just like
that of today; this is supported by a rectangular column resembling a
light bulb (believed to have been used as an insulator and known as the
Djed Column.) This astonishing resemblance to the light bulbs we use
today is most striking.
It
is a widespread belief in alternative science that our forefathers
possessed a much greater technological knowledge than our schoolbook
science is willing to accept. Many of those theories are lacking serious
foundation and are often based on overdrawn speculations, like the
Manna machine I discussed before. But the theory that electricity was
known and used in antiquity seems to rest on a much more stable
foundation. Beneath the Temple of Hathor at Dendera there
are inscriptions depicting a bulb-like object which some have suggested
is reminiscent of a "Crookes tube" (an early lightbulb).
The key
to the whole theory lies a few hundred kilometers east of Egypt, in
today's Iraq. There some strange pots were found. Some contained
watertight copper cylinders, glued into the opening with asphalt. In the
middle of the cylinder was an iron rod, held in place also with
asphalt. The excavator who found the first of these pots in 1936 was
sure: this is a galvanic element, a primitive battery. Reconstructions
did indeed show that it was possible to create electricity with it.
Another
key element for the electro-thesis is actually something that is
missing. It's a riddle where schoolbook science is capitulating. Soot.
In none of the many thousands of subterranean tombs and pyramid shafts
was found a single trace of soot, as we are told by the authors of the
electro-thesis, although many of these tombs are full of often colourful
paintings. But the primitive light sources the Egyptians knew (candles,
oil lamps etc.) are always leaving soot and are using oxygen. So how
DID the Egyptians get their light? Some rationalists are arguing with
mirrors, but the quality of the copper plates the Egyptians used as
mirrors were not good enough for that.
Many researchers in history have brought
evidences forward that challenge or even destroy orthodox beliefs. Erich
Von Daniken is one of those researchers bringing revelations such as
the Ancient Egyptian Light bulb into the light challenging the orthodox
belief that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb and Direct Current.
Lighting in ancient Egypt was provided using the classic bulbs we employ
today. The Egyptian pictures show bulb-like
devices with filament wires, a holder and current wires. The lamps had
filaments permitting electric current to flow inside it.
The great Egyptologist John Gardner Wilkinson, pointed out that the
ancient Egyptian “paintings offer few representations of lamps, torches,
or any other kind of light.” Why—when they repeatedly illustrate almost
every other Egyptian article? The answer lies in the fact that modern
authorities are simply not looking for electric lights on the ancient
monuments so they simply do not recognize them.
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An ancient Egyptian goddess holding up electric filament lamps to read hieroglyphics
As we know today, certain ejectors (fluid entrainment
pumps) (A) will produce a relatively strong vacuum, especially if a
cascade arrangement is used for the pumps - i.e. several identical
components are connected in series. If a glass bulb with two metal parts
reaching inside (B), (C) is evacuated, a discharge will occur at a much
lower voltage, depending on the size of the glass balloon (D). At a
pressure of approximately 40 torr (40mm mercury column), a line of light
will wind its way from one metal part to the other (E). If the
evacuation is continued, the line widens further until it eventually
fills out the entire glass bulb. Exactly what the images in the
underground chambers of the Hathor temple suggest.
As shown by the ancient reliefs on the walls of the
Egyptian Hathor temple of Dendarah, the pharaoh's priests, just as
knowledgeable in science as in religion, must have known the secret of
electricity. These reliefs show human figures standing next to
bulb-shaped structures. It does not take a stretch of the imagination to
recognize these objects as overdimensioned light bulbs. Snakes trapped
inside these objects perform a wave-like movement. Do they symbolize
electrical discharges? The snakes emanate from the central tip of a
lotus flower. An accurate design from the physical point of view. After
all, this is exactly the point where the field intensity reaches its
maximum in a modern bulb socket. Thus, the lotus flower could be
interpreted as the bulb socket, connected via the cable-like hose to
some kind of energy store. The entire structure is supported by
insulator type Djec pillars with arms, often directly connected with the
snakes. Egyptologists refer to the illustrated items as "cult objects"
without knowing their original meaning.
Model of an Egyptian "light bulb"
In this picture discovered on a tomb wall in the Dendera Temple, an electric cable is leading away from a lamp with three bulbs.
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The Egyptian pictures show bulb-like devices with
filament wires, a holder and current wires. In the picture below, the
person is reading picture texts on the wall by lighting the surrounding
area with the lamp in his hand.
One
piece of evidence that Ancient Egyptians may have used electricity is
the absence of any traces of soot on the interior walls of their tombs
and pyramids. If—as evolutionist archaeologists maintain—they used
burning torches and oil lamps for lighting, then traces of soot would
inevitably have been left behind. Yet there are no such traces anywhere,
not even in the very deepest chambers. It would have been impossible
for construction to continue without the necessary lighting being
provided nor, even more importantly, for the magnificent murals to have
been painted on the walls. This strengthens the possibility that
electricity was, indeed, used in Ancient Egypt.
The Djed Column, frequently encountered in
Egyptian hieroglyphics, may symbolize such electrical equipment. The
Djed Column may serve as a generator for light to be provided in this
way.
Contrary to what evolutionists claim, the history of
mankind is full of proofs that ancient peoples possessed far superior
technologies and civilizations than had been believed. One of these
proofs is the Ancient Egyptians’ knowledge of electricity.
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