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The Meaninglessness Of Ben Carson’s Views On Egyptian Pyramids
RedState ^ | 11/05/2015 | streiff

Posted on 11/05/2015 8:01:39 AM PST by Freemeorkillme

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To: ZULU

“Ben Carson is a nice guy who is right on a lot of the issues. But when he starts talking outside his medical field of expertise, he sounds like......an idiot. “

Johns Hopkins hires only the best doctors. We are not looking for a doctor. We are looking for our next POTUS.


21 posted on 11/05/2015 8:26:42 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: ctdonath2

On Egyptian Pyramids, ctdonath2 wrote:
I have to wonder if the Left is working to keep Carson on top so they have someone to easily tear apart later.

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Yes. I would say that is the rather obvious tactic.

IMO, things haven’t been going well so far for the establishment media’s propping and picks. This ain’t 2008 or 2012. Any of the big 4 would make mincemeat of Hillary or whomever.


22 posted on 11/05/2015 8:38:48 AM PST by Freemeorkillme
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To: VanDeKoik

The left gets the goods and goes in for the kill, and all our side does is sit there and shake their fists at the screen and poo poo them for it...

Paging Mark Levin


23 posted on 11/05/2015 8:39:50 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Carson’s amnesty shilling berates himself.


24 posted on 11/05/2015 8:39:59 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Wouldn’t it make more sense to store the grain in places that are close to the people who need it? How does putting into giant pyramids in Giza make any sense at all?


25 posted on 11/05/2015 8:40:53 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Patton@Bastogne
You never heard of the food pyramids?


26 posted on 11/05/2015 8:47:18 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway
It is pretty "out there" as a theory. One, being almost solid stone with just narrow passages as open space their grain holding capacity wouldn't seem to warrant the labor and expense of building them. Two, there are plenty of examples of mud brick receptacles for grain storage at the village and city level in ancient Egypt for the kind of survival prep Joseph managed for Pharaoh (see below). And three, their construction predates the time when Joseph would have been there. I respect Dr. Carson's honesty and the fact that he doesn't at all care what others think of his SDA beliefs, and I guess this can go into the same head scratching bin as Romney's sacred temple underwear and other bizarre Mormon beliefs.


27 posted on 11/05/2015 8:47:41 AM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: Freemeorkillme

Its funny. I remember back in the seventies guys at the office arguing about whether they were built by aliens. There was some book out arguing that a lot of the mega-wonders-of-the-world were built by ancient astronauts. Or something.


28 posted on 11/05/2015 8:50:57 AM PST by marron
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To: jimbo807

That is an excellent point. Then, of course, there’s the question of how large, elaborately constructed and artfully hidden burial chambers got into the grain-storage structures.

You picture the Egyptians sitting around and admiring how much grain they stuffed into their giant edifices. But one says, ‘There’s still some extra room. Let’s toss in a pharoah and some family members...you know, just to make full use of the space.”


29 posted on 11/05/2015 8:55:41 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

It’s an asinine idea that deserves to be ridiculed for many reasons. If one insists on holding the view then they should be criticized.

It’s fair game and not meaningless as far as it speaks to the discernment of the brilliant doctor.


30 posted on 11/05/2015 8:57:46 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: M-cubed

Apparently, we’re supposed to be all right with a crazy candidate because he’s *less* crazy than the leftists and his brand of crazy is less damaging than the opposition.

I would prefer a candidate that wasn’t crazy at all, but I’m crazy like that.


31 posted on 11/05/2015 8:57:48 AM PST by Marie (Hey GOP... The vulgarians are at the gate.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Yes, you’d think that his support for amnesty, gun control, his aligning himself with Sharpton, and his association with a Farrakhan supporter would be more than enough.


32 posted on 11/05/2015 8:58:52 AM PST by euram
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To: jimbo807

It certainly doesn’t seem as if he put much practical thought into the idea. If he’s going to double down on a kooky theory, then I agree; it’s fair game.


33 posted on 11/05/2015 9:06:50 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

Trouble is that when it comes to religious theories, very smart people can believe some really dumb things.

But that is JMO.


34 posted on 11/05/2015 9:09:04 AM PST by jimbo807
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To: Freemeorkillme

“he expressed an, admittedly, exotic view on the purpose of Egyptian pyramids”

-—Exotic view? Are you for real? That’s not exotic, it’s down right nuts! People are really going to lose a lot of credibility defending this - especially with Christians!


35 posted on 11/05/2015 9:12:33 AM PST by MichelleWSC3
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To: jimbo807

That’s true. Otoh, there are a lot of religious people who don’t believe the pyramids were built for grain storage.


36 posted on 11/05/2015 9:16:17 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: Fantasywriter

“By the time a single pyramid could have been started by Joseph”

-—Also, where would he have gotten the manpower? I mean, it took thousands of slaves to build one pyramid let alone all the ones that were built. It took slaves most of a Rulers reign to build/complete one, so it would have taken Joseph the life time of Methuselah (900 years) to do it


37 posted on 11/05/2015 9:17:39 AM PST by MichelleWSC3
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

If someone is faced with the facts, and clings to their own delusions, that does speaks volumes about that person.


38 posted on 11/05/2015 9:17:47 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: jimbo807
Trouble is that when it comes to religious theories, very smart people can believe some really dumb things.

But it isn't as though he could have pleaded "My religion DEMANDS that I accept the doctrine that the pyramids were all built during the lifetime of Joseph - and not over a period of thousands of years - and by order of Joseph, in order to store grain, even though they offer virtually no storage capacity, each take about 20 years to build, etc."

His religion demands no such thing.

His 2015 response to the question should have been: "I am not an egyptologist, so anything I might say about the pyramids will probably be wrong - even laughable. Also: Such questions distract from the real issues, such as illegal aliens, budget deficits, etc. Next question!"

Or, if he had INSISTED upon responding, he should have said: "I am first going to enumerate the 37 fact-based reasons that the pyramids were actually used as TOMBS - and then refute, on the basis of geometric logic, each and every one of those arguments."

But he was too dumb to consider what effect his actual answer might have.

Regards,

39 posted on 11/05/2015 9:20:46 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: MichelleWSC3

The longer you think about it, the more absurd it becomes.


40 posted on 11/05/2015 9:21:17 AM PST by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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