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Funny you mention the Vatican..... whats in the vaults is probably worth hiding for their coffers to remain full, and people like us will never see any of it
If there was proof, my guess is things like global conquest, crusades, burning of the library of Alexandria, etc could account for the lack of its publicity.
In the end, its a fun theory that may or may not be true. But pretty much all of Genesis is provable false, so it doesnt matter anyways.
Really it doesn't explain anything that isn't already explained, it doesn't simplify the data that we have, and it doesn't point a direction to search for new evidence. Also you know lots of people around the same time were advancing drugs -> enlightenment ideas and all we got out of it is some bad sci-fi.
The evidence presented 60 years ago is the same evidence they have today. All the work done on understanding history and the human brain hasn't added to those theories. Not a great sign. Successful theories get more supporting evidence over time not the same level of "wouldn't it be cool?".
All we got out of it was 50 years of prohibition because of how afraid the govt was of free thinking individuals
I never said I was against it's use. I am clear that this sequence of historical events are explained adequately without saying it is part of it. Just because X happened does not mean Y was a factor, and it doesn't mean I am against Y.