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To: tacticalogic

You seem to be the skeptic here. I have been utterly amazed the breadth and depth of information I can find in support of a young earth, creation and the Bible.

from s8int.com...

“The Baalbek Monolithic Stones

This column was hewn as one solid piece and weighs 1200 tons. It’s two cousins are in place in the base of the “Temple of Jupiter” and weigh in at over 1000 tons. (The “Temple of Jupiter” is pictured [on the website] in the banner on the top right of this page and in the photo on the left.)

“The temple is one of the largest stone structures in the world. Some 26 feet above the structure’s base are found three of the largest stones ever employed by man.

Each of these stones measures 10 feet thick, 13 feet high, and is over 60 feet long. Knowing the density of limestone permits weight estimates of over 1.2 million pounds. Some people with impressive engineering skills cut, dressed, and moved these immense stone blocks from a quarry 3/4 of a mile away.

A walk to this quarry introduces the observer to the Monolith, an even larger block of limestone: 13 feet, 5 inches; 15 feet, 6 inches; and 69 feet, 11 inches. The Monolith weighs in at over 2,000,000 pounds. In comparison, the largest stones used in the Great Pyramid tip the scales at only 400,000 pounds...”


401 posted on 10/07/2011 12:45:30 PM PDT by BrandtMichaels
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To: BrandtMichaels

I’m skeptical of what appears to be selective skepticism. Aren’t you?


403 posted on 10/07/2011 12:56:05 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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