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

CBS News ^

[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."

[entropy12]

I am going to steal that clever line you came up with about social security.

[laplata]

You are correct on all points.

[Jolla]

I was OK when it was 1998 but, yep, look there, dang that gals big and
she’s getting ready to sing

[Jack Hammer]

Clearly, aliens built them to house their transporter units, with internal chambers for officials checking passports.

Wish he’d get with the program.

[irv]

Fortunately, he’s running for president, not chief archaeologist.

[Norm Lenhart]

Lets assume thats an accurate illustration. I have no reason to doubt it is.

Why would you build things as massive as a pyramid to store grain...and have so little sctual space for storage?

They took lifetimes to construct and required feeding hundreds of thousands of slaves over centuries that would have taken enough grain to bury the pyramids themselves. If the P’s were built for grain storage, a democrat economist directing the program was responsible for them.

[Tired of Taxes]

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

Amen.

[Norm Lenhart]

Bull. I never once told you why I built them.

[Cobra64]

Is this a hit piece by CBS, a fabrication? I want to see a video of this. Judging from the comments at the site, the CBS audience are die hard lefties.

Here ya go:

https://youtu.be/Fhol3WdB4QU

[Cobra64]

Yup.

The video of the man in his own words:

https://youtu.be/Fhol3WdB4QU

[OldSmaj]

In all fairness, I'm going to walk back the "idiot" part of my comment.

I know quite a bit about Dr. Carson and he is/was a brilliant surgeon...far from an idiot.

But he was given the opportunity to explain his belief, but stuck to his original supposition that he expressed back in '98.

I am a believer in Jesus Christ, the Holy Trinity is a bedrock of my beliefs, and if Dr. Carson feels as he does because of teachings from the SDA, then I cannot, in good conscience, say he is an idiot for that belief.

But the actual physical evidence does not support that theory.

I do not believe Dr. Carson is POTUS material.

His nebulous answers on immigration and the 2nd Amendment are disquieting, and he has not really taken a REAL conservative stand on much at all.

So, I had no intention of hurting feelings...but I sincerely hope he does not gain the nomination and I'm going to actively work against that.

In the interest of full disclosure, I will say this: I am a supporter of Ted Cruz.

No one else knows the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers, etc, as well as he does, nor does anyone else inspire the kind of confidence in me that he will uphold the tenets of those honored documents.

[PlateOfShrimp]

Have at it! That’s the best thing about FR - I’ve stolen many lines in the past.

Cheers.

[FourPeas]

They built him up so they could tear him down.

[alexander_busek]

Have the granaries of Joseph ever been found? Maybe the theory is a teaching of Dr. Carson's church and he wants to adhere to his church' beliefs.

Still no justification to believe in something - and then even to go out of your way to make public declarations on the subject - without being able to back it up with tons of data (and not just aimless speculation a la "Ancient, coal-fired spaceships landed in Pennsylvania to refuel. Don't believe me? Well, how do you explain the fact that there's so much coal in Pennsylvania?")

Regards,

[bkopto]

I'm well aware that brain surgeons do not have quite the same course of study as archaeologists and historians do, but...I mean...c'mon.

I guess I have to say it:

It doesn't take a brain surgeon to be a brain surgeon.

[ConservativeMind]

What’s funny is that Donald Trump questioned the legitimacy of 0bama’s birth certificate and still does.

I mean, that’s crazy, right?

[OldSmaj]

I never once told you why I built them.

Nor have I ever told anyone why I erected the Eiffel Tower.

But you're getting those messages through your tooth fillings much clearer than before, right?

[Clint N. Suhks]

WOW, you’re pathetic...

[sunrise_sunset]

He is unvetted and for sure there is plenty more of this.

[piasa]

He’s dead wrong about the pyramids of course.... it’s silly, uninformed speculation. On the other hand, this belief, however wacky, isn’t going to cost me money nor is it going to be the driving force behind some UN scam to redistribute wealth.

The equally kooky theory of manmade global warming, which is no doubt enthusiastically supported by the very media who are going to beat him over the head on this [justifiably so], is not just costing me money, it’s costing us all money. But the media actually buys into the anthro-global warming kookiness, so they still smugly believe they are the voice of reason when they should be mocked for it as well.

Just today, a friend passed around some silly BBC article that asserts that multiple diverse thriving cultures around the globe believe there are more than 2 genders and some even recognize 5 supposedly, the implication being that we too should adopt these views rather than view aberrant behavior as aberrant. I couldn’t help but note that Darwinian survival of the fittest has rendered most if not all of the cultures mentioned moot- they are subject to rulers of more conventional outlooks. Anyway, she really does believe you can be any sex you want to be. Yet in spite of her own absurdity she was passing around an article mocking Carson. And she believes in manmade global warming too.