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Ben Carson: Archaeologists Are Wrong, The Pyramids Were Built To Store Grain
Talking Points ^
Posted on 11/04/2015 4:18:23 PM PST by TigerClaws
GOP frontrunner Ben Carson, in a 1998 commencement address, floated his own personal theory that the pyramids in Egypt were built by Joseph -- the biblical patriarch known for his coat of many colors -- to store grain, Buzzfeed reported.
In the speech -- given at Andrews University, a school with ties to Carson's Seventh-day Adventist faith -- the neurosurgeon shot down claim that aliens had built the pyramids. But he also disagreed with the archaeological consensus that the pyramids were constructed as tombs for the pharaohs.
“My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,†Carson said. “Now all the archeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big if you stop and think about it. And I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time to store that much grain.†ADVERTISING
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2016election; amnesty; andrewsuniversity; bencarson; berriensprings; buzzfeed; carson; democratin1998; egypt; election2016; giza; godsgravesglyphs; greatpyramid; israel; joseph; kentucky; khufu; merer; michigan; moron; newyork; notreadyforprimetime; pyramidgate; pyramidiocy; pyramids; randpaul; seventhdayadventist; seventhdayadventists; trump
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To: GingisK
Everyone knows they were built by aliens.
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posted on
11/04/2015 6:32:30 PM PST
by
wny
To: Jack Black
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posted on
11/04/2015 6:52:03 PM PST
by
Jack Black
( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the two surest early warning signs of future genocide)
To: Jack Black
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posted on
11/04/2015 6:52:42 PM PST
by
Jack Black
( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the two surest early warning signs of future genocide)
To: TigerClaws
He means ALIENS built the pyramids to store grain.
And the these Aliens ate quinoa, because its nature’s perfect grain
I’m with ya’ Ben!
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posted on
11/04/2015 7:00:35 PM PST
by
PGR88
To: TigerClaws
Could be right...prove he’s wrong.
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posted on
11/04/2015 7:04:55 PM PST
by
CincyRichieRich
(Some Animals are more equal than others.)
To: SaveFerris
I sure don’t want him reading any X-rays!
Has Been Carson I call him. Never have thought much of him. Admire him for his success but don’t think much of him. Somebody blew smoke up his skirt when they encouraged him to run for president. He isn’t president material but neither is the current spook in the white hut.
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posted on
11/04/2015 8:19:03 PM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: HarleyLady27
Built before Joseph lived? A crazy idea indeed.
To: hoosiermama
Well, that support does need to be loosened up a little bit, or he just might lose it.
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posted on
11/04/2015 8:21:14 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: samtheman
"It was 1998 and irrelevant" It's not irrelevant that Carson is a nut job.
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posted on
11/04/2015 8:23:06 PM PST
by
mlo
To: samtheman
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posted on
11/04/2015 8:32:21 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: Above My Pay Grade
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posted on
11/04/2015 8:33:19 PM PST
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
To: tumblindice
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:08:00 PM PST
by
deks
To: Ray76
That would be a tremendous amount of work for a small storage capacity. Egyptian slaves were all unionized.
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
Unless you are The Donald, in which case every statement he has made since toddler proves he is or is not a real Republican.
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:16:36 PM PST
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entropy12
(DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS or it is Amnesty! Only Trump has no rich donors pushing for cheap labor express)
To: laplata
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:17:28 PM PST
by
entropy12
(DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS or it is Amnesty! Only Trump has no rich donors pushing for cheap labor express)
To: Tired of Taxes
Unless you are The Donald, in which case every statement he has made since toddler proves he is or is not a real Republican.
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:19:18 PM PST
by
entropy12
(DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS or it is Amnesty! Only Trump has no rich donors pushing for cheap labor express)
To: laplata
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:32:31 PM PST
by
Marie
(Hey GOP... The vulgarians are at the gate.)
To: McGruff
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:34:35 PM PST
by
Marie
(Hey GOP... The vulgarians are at the gate.)
To: corbe
“If Ted Cruz told me that “Dinosaurs had Houses†I’d consider voting for Trump, and seek out Ted’s connection.”
Post of the day, right thar.
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posted on
11/04/2015 9:35:39 PM PST
by
Marie
(Hey GOP... The vulgarians are at the gate.)
To: cabojoe
...and, they seem to have done a a pretty fair job of it for quite a few years, now... ‘-)
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posted on
11/04/2015 10:24:46 PM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias. "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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