Originally posted by vishvahetu
Intelligent advanced human beings have been on this planet called earth for over 2 billion years.

The universe and the planets within, go through cycles of annihilation and creation.

We live in Kali Yuga of the 28th divya-yuga of the 7th Manu of the 12th kalpa (called Sveta-Varaha) (SB 2.10.46p Skanda P. 2.39-42), in the51th year of Brahma. The beginning of this kalpa was 2.3 billion years ago (453 maha-yugas back)

I'd like to see the calendar.

Your destiny is an eternity of suffering. If you haven't attained by now you never will.

Originally posted by vishvahetu
My short explanation will probably not do justice to explain clearly, but I would require ten pages to be thorough.......but this is the short version.

The material cosmos goes through cycles of annihilation and creations so when there is a new creation (or re-creation) it is like a new beginning, but is not the beginning, but it is imagined as a begi ...[text shortened]... s not fanciful.

If you want more on this, then are you wanting the cut/paste of 10 pages.

"If you want more on this, then are you wanting the cut/paste of 10 pages."

Why not? We've endured thus far. Why not go all the way?

Originally posted by sonhouse
Why only 2 billion years? Why not 4?

Because its only 2.3 billion years since the last re-creation.