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Ben Carson's unusual theory about pyramids ("It's still my belief, yes.")
CBS News ^

Posted on 11/04/2015 8:18:58 PM PST by springwater13

NAPLES, Florida -- Ben Carson stood by his long-held belief about ancient pyramids in Egypt, that they were used to store grain, rather than to inter pharaohs.

Asked about this Wednesday, Carson told CBS News, "It's still my belief, yes."

The subject came up when Buzzfeed published a 1998 commencement speech delivered by Carson at Andrews University, a college founded by Seventh-day Adventists.

"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."

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To: springwater13

Not many people know this, but the ancient Egyptians had a very sophisticated approach to taking care of people in their old age. They taxed workers when they were young, and kept the taxes in the Pyramids for safekeeping. When they were too old to work, each generation could be supported by those currently working.

That’s why Social Security is known as a pyramid scheme.


41 posted on 11/04/2015 8:46:28 PM PST by PlateOfShrimp
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To: Still Thinking

Why build a pyramid shaped tomb? One I could see,but why several? They are so similar to the temples in South America and Mexico.

I don’t think they are granaries, as you said nowhere near enough storage space.


42 posted on 11/04/2015 8:47:10 PM PST by madison10 (If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter)
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To: springwater13

I hate to think of what explaination he would come up with about Gobleki Tepe..or however it is spelled. That one is 10 to 15 thousand years old and NOBODY knows what the heck it was about.


43 posted on 11/04/2015 8:47:23 PM PST by crz
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To: Fred Nerks

The white man musta stole all the grain in there.


44 posted on 11/04/2015 8:47:27 PM PST by proust (Texan for Trump!)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

The dynasty that built the pyramids at Giza had earlier tried to make pyramids almost as tall but had failed with one collapsing and another having to be shortened into a “bent pyramid” shape. Replacing some of the limestone with sand, that I presume it was less dense, would let them save weight and time in construction. Why this particular mixture of sand I cannot guess.


45 posted on 11/04/2015 8:48:30 PM PST by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change.)
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To: springwater13

There you go. I hate to admit it but this is spooky if he really believes this. Joseph saved the sorry Egyptian’s arses, but there are as has been said earlier in this thread pre Joseph pyramids with mummies inside. Any grain was on the form of bread, cause dead gotta eat on their journey to the hereafter. That was the Egyptian belief.


46 posted on 11/04/2015 8:48:45 PM PST by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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To: springwater13

Carson doesn’t have the skill set to be POTUS.
He would be better off writing books and going on tour .


47 posted on 11/04/2015 8:49:32 PM PST by thesligoduffyflynns (Shrimp Egg Foo Young- A tasty dish! gravy on the side please)
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To: OldSmaj
Yes, I do. And I'm not going to tell you.

I was there. I know the true purpose. It was built as a television tower.

48 posted on 11/04/2015 8:49:41 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Tagline pending.)
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To: P-Marlowe

He should have consulted with his experts in Egyptology and archaeology and looked at the focus groups before answering that question.


49 posted on 11/04/2015 8:50:54 PM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I prefer to drink a bunch of them. Stay thirsty my FRiends)
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To: proust

“Just watched the video...

So the Egyptians, and Joseph, were the original preppers? Gee.”

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

As in most cases, the book is better than the movie:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen+41&version=NIV


50 posted on 11/04/2015 8:52:03 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: springwater13

51 posted on 11/04/2015 8:52:43 PM PST by conservative98
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To: knarf

Small and why bury it so far inside? You would think maybe a large square or round structure would hold more grain?


52 posted on 11/04/2015 8:53:00 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Eric Blair 2084
He should have consulted with his experts in Egyptology and archaeology and looked at the focus groups before answering that question.

It is his own "personal" theory. I have always found that some of the most ignorant people on the planet are "experts". If you don't believe me, then explain the global warming hoax.

53 posted on 11/04/2015 8:54:43 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Tagline pending.)
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To: SkyDancer

Yeah, someone with his intelligence who swallows such nonsense uncritically doesn’t belong in the Oval office.


54 posted on 11/04/2015 8:54:57 PM PST by sparklite2 (All will become clear when it is too late to matter.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

The SDA’s are supposed to be very literal in their reading of the Bible. There is nothing in the Bible about the grain being stored in the pyramids. In fact in Gen 41:

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout Egypt. 47 During the seven years of abundance the land produced plentifully. 48 Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it. 49 Joseph stored up huge quantities of grain, like the sand of the sea; it was so much that he stopped keeping records because it was beyond measure.

So, in fact, Carson is either dead wrong about the pyramids, or he is weak in his SDA faith.

Anyone who pushes on this can devastate Carson.


55 posted on 11/04/2015 8:56:55 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: springwater13; Catsrus

Oh, do go there, Dr. Carson. That is a subject I was just taking up with my hamster, Gladys, while she was working out on her exercise wheel.

The two of us were thinking the pyramid structures would serve as useful Department of Homeland Security shelters from desert flooding and such, as well as storage for various medications, tranquilizers, pot, etc.

What do you think, Ben? Ben? BEN? Are you awake, Ben.

Well, Gladys, I think he will move on to something else, now, but it’s time for you to take your Natural Food supplements and get off that wheel.


56 posted on 11/04/2015 8:57:07 PM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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To: OldSmaj

This sounds like his religious belief. Someone will correct me if I’m wrong, but this may be an Evangelical or Creationist belief. (?)

For example:

https://josephandisraelinegypt.wordpress.com/

And:

http://www.ronwyatt.com/how_the_pyramids_where_built.html


57 posted on 11/04/2015 8:58:38 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: knarf

Good find of grain storage rooms inside the Pyramids /S


58 posted on 11/04/2015 8:59:16 PM PST by entropy12 (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS or it is Amnesty! Only Trump has no rich donors pushing for cheap labor express)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans

He’s way above any career politicians. All the successful. life saving surgeries testify to that.


59 posted on 11/04/2015 9:00:27 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased miHe's just not a good presidential candnds.)
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To: Marie

He will not be the nominee.


60 posted on 11/04/2015 9:01:14 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased miHe's just not a good presidential candnds.)
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