Posted on 12/16/2019 2:44:00 AM PST by Windflier
Your statement is proof of the truism.
Consult Genesis 6:5-7
"5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. 7 So the Lord said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens, for I am sorry that I have made them."
God is patient, and administers justice in His own time.
Romans 9:22-24
"What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles."
FReegards!
You will have to explain that comment to me.
I don’t think anyone on this thread is arguing the validity of the 500x drill claim. You are the only one fixated on that.
The historical evidence is right there in front of you,
So, do you think a centralized world govt is a good idea?
Thanks Windflier. Largely nonsense, but we need this to maintain our sense of whimsy. Or somethin'.
People can drill holes in rock with slow speed drills. Even Jade is worked with hand tools.
There are gradients of evil. The kind of evil exhibited pre-Flood is obviously different from that exhibited by modern man is my point.
Many Biblical scholars (Michael Heiser being the one who stands out) point back to Genesis 6 as the source of that particular evil.
BTW, there is more to the event--Babel--that just what is presented in the Hebrew Bible. There are many ancient literary/mythic sources from which to triangulate this story. The Sumerian/Mesopotamian sources shed light on this event--albeit from an entirely different POV.
What goes up must come down. That’s why democrats were invented and sent to public schools.
There is a difference in the drill marks left by a low speed and a high speed drill going through a given material - If that isn’t enough ... many have tried to duplicate the results with both methods of ancient drill holes and the high speed won in the cases claimed.
If you can’t figure the truism out then that’s your problem.
Why, of course we are supposed to take what uneducated people say as fact.
Bow drill can turn rather fast.
No, I can't read your mind. Thanks for the deflection from the brotherly bonds of Free Republic members.
The “heavens” was anything above their up stretched hand.
That said, I will agree that their is an emotional-association effect between claims such that it doesn't help the video producer's argument.
As an aside, there have been many archaeological curiosities (particularly in Egypt) which have caused people to wonder how certain rock material (stone slabs found in burial sites in particular) were cut with such precision.
I agree with you that such a curious finding should not cause an observer to jump to a conclusion (i.e., must have been a 500X drill).
I have encountered plenty examples of highly educated people speaking nonsense. This is especially true when said educated person is speaking of a topic well outside of his domain. For example, how well do you think Computer Science classes go when they are designed by a PhD in Home Economics? (Actual case from the Georgia school system.)
Thanks for the cool link, Jonty. I’ll have a look at it later.
I've been watching Graham Hancock on YouTube for quite a while, but have yet to read his book on lost civilizations.
It's definitely on my reading list.
Don't get me wrong. I am fascinated by the ancient Egyptians and admire their accomplishments. Any claims that we are unequal to their technology are just silly, and discredit the field of archeology.
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