Re: Kensington Runestone - Nielsen and Wolters.

Steve Marcus wrote: w2Tqf.47769$4l5.28616@dukeread05,
<m_zalar wrote in
Steve Marcus wrote: 

And the other logical quirk is this:  the "secret" dots yield the
date 1362.
But that date is already carved on the stone.  So what was the big
secret conveyed by the dots??


The practice of double dating an inscription does appear to have
been a practice in medieval time, as shown in Nielsen/Wolter (see my
post on the Easter Table).  If so then this would tend to confirm
the KRS as a medieval document, a forger having no need to do so.

Sigh.... Is there nothing that these guys can't cook up? I'm certain
that they can even find examples of triple dating, etc. So what? The point is that this newly discovered date is in a "code." Their
theory is that is obtained by plugging the dotted runes in to an
Easter table, something that not everyone would be familiar with or
know how to use. Yet, the "coded" message is identical to the
message plainly inscribed on the stone, presumably available to
anyone who could read the runes. What in the world would the point
of doing that be? By using the dotted runes, were the necessarily
concealing the date from anyone not friendly to them? After all,
knowledge of the Easter Table doesn't necessrily make anyone an ally
of the inscribers.
Again, it is amazing that someone could allege that the dots on the
KRS were not observed previously. The stone had been repeatedly
subjected to examination by Holand and experts in Europe. The
allegations that runestones in North America bear "Easter Table"
dates is not new, either. See: http://www2.privatei.com/~bartjean/chap9.htm
I'll reserve judgement on the book until I read it. I expect to have
a copy in 4-6 weeks. But the logic of the situation that is being
reported by those who have read the book is beginning to have a bad
smell. As does this sort of thing:

http://wcco.com/specialreports/local_story_143121108.html


I like this contradiction:
   He [=Wolters] now believes the words on the stone
   may not be the record of the death of 10 men, but
   instead a secret code concealing the true purpose
   of the stone.

   "We think, if it's the Templars, they confirmed the
   date which is on the stone -- 1362 -- by using a
   code in the inscription."

Using a secret code in a false inscription
to confirm a part of the false inscription.
What is missing is a pointer to the existence
of a secret code and of course to the true
nature of the inscription.

See also:
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41564

for this:  "When we plotted these three things we got a year: 1362,"
Wolter said. "It was like, oh my God, is this an accident? Is this a
coincidence? I don't think so.

"We think, if it's the Templars, they confirmed the date which is on
the stone -- 1362 -- by using a code in the inscription."

But why would Templars come to America, carve this stone and code the
date? Particularly since by 1362, they had been wiped out _and their
resources given over to others_?  See:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14493a.htm  and

http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/KnightsT2_PersecutionandDestructionoftheTemplars.asp

short version of 2nd link:

http://tinyurl.com/cds8w 


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