400 AD: "Powder that explodes?? Are you insane?!"
1600 AD: "Steam WHAT? Pull huge loads without horses?? Idiot."
1800 AD: "Fly? 'Aeroplanes'?? Who let YOU out of the insane asylum?"
1900 AD: "Space Ships? Ignorant fool!"
If we take the Biblical view that the "Nephilim" were the direct descendants of supernatural, angelic beings, then why is it so far of a stretch to think that they had technology beyond our imagination? We barely have the technology to build the Great Pyramid, and that thing's been around for possibly 4,000+ years! Remember, these creatures (Sons of God, angels) inhabited inter-dimensional space and time in their supernatural form: we have no clue what technological capabilities these guys had!
Silver-cell battery found in Iraq, curved holes through ginormous rocks (we STILL can't do that!!), crazy mechanical computing devices found in an extremely ancient Black Sea shipwreck; there was way more to the "Old World" than we could imagine. Think: we've had basically 400 years or so since the Catholic church's stifling influence abated; we've already put men on the moon, created nuclear technology, explored every corner of the globe and have geosynchronous navigation technology. Say you give a bunch of people with 900+ year life spans three times as many years, not to mention a perfect environment and incredible natural resources. THEN add to that the Sons of God that showed up, and you have the potential for some incredible technology, the likes of which we've never imagined!!
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