After watching Zeitgeist, the movie, I contacted Dexter Sinister to help me wade through some of the information portrayed in the first portion of the movie. Specifically relating to the Sun and how it moves through the sky.
Now, even though this could be seen as a science related topic, I placed this in the Philosophy section, because due the fact that we can't actually ask someone from the ancient societies to tell us how they came to their conclusions, it comes a discussion on a philosophical level. I would however respectfully ask that it not become an argument about Christ, Christians and whether or not he is or is not real. There are plenty of places on the board to further beat that dead horse all you want.
OK, Dex...
Let's start with the Cross of the Zodiac. The narrator says the sun figuratively passes through the Zodiac. Further along, he claims that the Sun lines up with Orion's belt.
I looked into it, your original assertion about the alignment of Orion's Belt, Sirius and the point at which the sun would rise on December 25th, being wrong, appears to be correct. But I must ask, if you were to look at the belt from a different declination on the globe, would it be closer to the assertion made in the movie? Secondly, would the passing of time have an affect on the position, between how we see it today, and how it was viewed a millenia ago?
Now, even though this could be seen as a science related topic, I placed this in the Philosophy section, because due the fact that we can't actually ask someone from the ancient societies to tell us how they came to their conclusions, it comes a discussion on a philosophical level. I would however respectfully ask that it not become an argument about Christ, Christians and whether or not he is or is not real. There are plenty of places on the board to further beat that dead horse all you want.
OK, Dex...
Let's start with the Cross of the Zodiac. The narrator says the sun figuratively passes through the Zodiac. Further along, he claims that the Sun lines up with Orion's belt.
I looked into it, your original assertion about the alignment of Orion's Belt, Sirius and the point at which the sun would rise on December 25th, being wrong, appears to be correct. But I must ask, if you were to look at the belt from a different declination on the globe, would it be closer to the assertion made in the movie? Secondly, would the passing of time have an affect on the position, between how we see it today, and how it was viewed a millenia ago?
