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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This “ain’t” nuttin’” ... it’s a CLEAR RED FLAG ...
Ben Carson is supposed one of higher education’s best and brightest ...
tin-foil theories about the pyramids is a VERY BAD SIGN ...
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“You’re right. This doesn’t change my positive views of Carson.”
This doesn’t change my view of Carson, either. The man is a loon.
He was running scams back then. And now.
Wait till they ask him how old the earth is.
Yeah...he wants them loose!! : )
Yep, those passageways and chambers were rather small.
Unless you are The Donald, in which case every statement he has made since toddler proves he is or isn’t a real Republican.
Which of the 58 /59 States did he say this in?
(people have said DUMBER things and gone on to be President... Twice)
LOL
Huh...I’ve always figured they were a poorly managed water park, hence the desert...
Grain, ya’say? Nah...
Thank you. There was once a thread on FR titled “I’m loosing it!” - it was hilarious. As I recall, the OP got smacked down quite a bit. Or perhaps it was smmackked down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZPGdSTNsOk
(Israel mentioned in Egyptian heiroglyphics)
60 actually. He said he wasn’t allowed in Alaska nor Hawaii, and he had one left to go.
57 + 2 + 1 = I sure love the 60 states of America.
You’ve never had your Tate change a word? Lucky you !
Tablet showed up I. The middle where its seeable. When it smaller in paragraph not visable. (Am. losing my sight — nerve damage. Hope it never happens to you )
If you say so........
What the DNC and MSM can't accomplish, we can do ourselves..........
I could store more grain in my basement than in a pyramid. You can’t fit a pool table in the kings chamber in Giza.
Is there ANYBODY and I mean ANYBODY on FR that backs Carson as their 1st pick???????
ANYBODY??????????????????????????????????????...I'm betting on crickets....
What if it was one of those tiny pool tables with the little components?
If I asked you why you thin Stonehenge was built, and the theory you tell me makes no sense from the evidence we have, I’m not going to hold that against you.
Now if you purport to be an expert on megalithic structures and Neolithic history, I will likely discount anything else you have to say on the subject.
But Carson, 10+ years before he even imagined going into politics, made a 2 + 2 = 5 error in thought on a subject he probably never even glanced at and you’re going to tin-foil hat him?
If he repeated his claim, I would be concerned. But an off-the-cuff remark on a subject he didn’t know is not cause for concern at all.
The fact that we are talking about it shows how ridiculous the internet makes all of us.
Unless you are The Donald, in which case every statement he has made since toddler proves he is or isn’t a real Republican.
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