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Nazi-Acquired Buddha Statue Came From Space
LiveScience ^ | September 26, 2012 | Stephanie Pappas

Posted on 09/27/2012 6:21:53 PM PDT by EveningStar

It sounds like a mash-up of Indiana Jones' plots, but German researchers say a heavy Buddha statue brought to Europe by the Nazis was carved from a meteorite that likely fell 10,000 years ago along the Siberia-Mongolia border.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion; Science
KEYWORDS: buddha; catastrophism; elmarbuchner; ernstschafer; germany; godsgravesglyphs; heinrichhimmler; meteorite; mongolia; nazis; siberia; space; statue; tibet
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1 posted on 09/27/2012 6:22:01 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

maybe it was that way when it landed... didja ever think of that?

huh? didja?


2 posted on 09/27/2012 6:23:54 PM PDT by Mr. K ("The only thing the World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
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To: EveningStar; Revolting cat!

3 posted on 09/27/2012 6:29:07 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: EveningStar

Nothing new. Humans have made idols out of objects that “fell from heaven” for millennia. One of the most prominent of those that remain is the “black stone” in the ka’aba in Mecca . . .


4 posted on 09/27/2012 6:29:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SunkenCiv

Religious meteorite art ping.

5 posted on 09/27/2012 6:31:43 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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6 posted on 09/27/2012 6:34:28 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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7 posted on 09/27/2012 6:39:04 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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8 posted on 09/27/2012 6:41:13 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: EveningStar

It’s just a space turd.....


9 posted on 09/27/2012 6:44:42 PM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Pollster1
What is he doing with his left hand?

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10 posted on 09/27/2012 6:45:29 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: EveningStar

I’m off to read the whole article, but THANKS for posting it.

Verrrrrryyyy Intewwwesting!


11 posted on 09/27/2012 6:48:37 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: Olog-hai
One of the most prominent of those that remain is the “black stone” in the ka’aba in Mecca . . .

Are you sure? That what is there now, is the original meteorite ?

12 posted on 09/27/2012 6:50:32 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: ETL
What is he doing with his left hand?

Elevating his lower Chakra.

13 posted on 09/27/2012 6:53:02 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: ETL

They say he’s either a God War or Wealth.

I can’t tell by the outfit (no weapons, though) but what does a god need with a weapon?

So your question becomes critical to helping figure it out. Just what is that in his hand?


14 posted on 09/27/2012 6:59:46 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 ( If you think I'm crazy, just wait until you talk to my invisible friend.)
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To: EveningStar
Nazis,

I hate them guys.

15 posted on 09/27/2012 7:00:49 PM PDT by jaz.357 ( *Luke 6:43-45* Twas Ever Thus!)
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To: Pollster1; NormsRevenge; a fool in paradise; DogByte6RER

 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks Pollster1! Additional: To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


16 posted on 09/27/2012 7:07:27 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: UCANSEE2
so your question becomes critical to helping figure it out. Just what is that in his [left] hand?

I don't know. I can't find my glasses.

17 posted on 09/27/2012 7:09:00 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Renfield; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
Thanks NormsRevenge, a fool in paradise, DogByte6RER, and Pollster1 for this two-list pingworthy topic.



18 posted on 09/27/2012 7:10:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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19 posted on 09/27/2012 7:15:28 PM PDT by Lockbar (I promise to move fire-wood twice a day.)
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To: UCANSEE2

It’s the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.


20 posted on 09/27/2012 7:21:30 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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