From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 64453
Date: 2009-07-28
> --- On Tue, 7/28/09, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>[...]
> wrote:
>> As I have said all the time to no avail is that I wantIt's only because he resolutely refuses to learn anything
>> Snorri and other Medieval chroniclers to be seen as
>> sources like all others, with whatever errors they may
>> contain.
>> GK: Well, what errors DO they contain? (:=)))
> You tell me.
> ****GK: Mr. Pedersen was told, over and over, and over, in
> discussions on Cybalist back in 2001-2002, why Snorri
> Sturluson's Heimskringla fantasies were utterly inadequate
> as expressions of turn of the millennium history. He
> refused to accept any criticism of his idol, continued to
> believe (he is after all a true believer, a Snorrist
> ideologist (until proof to the contrary), in the
> historical accuracy of Heimskringla, until his mindlessly
> adamant repetitions of Snorrist mantra became so obnoxious
> that he was told to stop it or else. It's all in the
> archives for those who have patience to reread it.Since
> then he has been very cautious in his approach. But as far
> as I can tell he has abandoned none of his beliefs (and
> that is what they are, not scientific theories). This "you
> tell me" is a reaffirmation of his Snorrist faith. His
> "yawn" comments also.****