That's a fair point.
I've just reread a portion that supports the we are the past theory.
When Rand looks at the heroes of the horn, his head fills with names (implied to be names from their past lives) including "Michael instead of Mikel, Patrick instead of Paedrig, Oscar instead of Otarin."
I didn't immediately see a thread about this, so I hope I'm not hashing over something that's been done.
Wheel of Time clearly implies that the happenings in that series occur somewhere along the same timeline that we are living in, and the Wheel just keeps on spinning the Ages over again. The...