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

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[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."

[proust]

Just watched the video...

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

[Jeff Chandler]

it MIGHT be better to have a sponge stuck in the brain

You get used to it.

[A CA Guy]

Or they experienced him through those and it made them kill themselves to save themselves from future torture.

[Ray76]

[P-Marlowe]

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.

And I suppose you KNOW the purpose of the Great Pyramid? Or do you just suppose?

[Fred Nerks]

There was nothing in the largest pyramid other than a massive, damaged sarcophagus without a lid...

[PennsylvaniaMom]

You are sadly correct. Palinization. Soon to be known as “Carsoned.”

Dr. Carson is a good, decent man and a brilliant surgeon (who has saved many, many lives).

That the Dem operatives at Buzzfeed have to scour the cellar of the Internet to “find” something to ridicule. From 1998. He must really be scaring someone.

These “gotchas” are pathetic and sad.

[knarf]

I found a very interesting site just because of the position posed by Carson's remark

Not that I believe it, but I recall that there HAVE been studies and video done to show stairs and shafts and rooms and none of it indicates storage

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

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.

[crz]

UHMMM. Ben ol chum. There are a lot of those things over there. Many of them built way before the time of Joseph. So...your a little off base, err plain wacked out.
Joseph stored grain, but it wasnt in pyramids. WOW!

[Mears]

Grain? Is he serious?

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[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

And I suppose you KNOW the purpose of the Great Pyramid? Or do you just suppose?

It's more likely the pyramids were built as landing pads for the Goa'uld than that Joseph-- with absolutely no reference in the Bible-- had an army of slaves get to work to build a massive and useless structure with very little room just to put grain in it.

[GOPJ]

Why Mummies and jewelry etc in tombs.

To throw thieves off so they won't fine the grain.

[entropy12]

Can Carson see the Pyramids from his back yard?

[Marie]

No. This is NOT the same thing at all.

They didn’t take him out of context at all. The media followed up with the man and gave him an opportunity to clarify.

He doubled down all on his own.

This is not cut-and-paste journalism here.

Ben Carson is a tin foiler.

[madison10]

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 Thinking]

Why build a pyramidal shaped building to store grain? And why is there so little open volume inside? And why do you find dead people interred in there? They buried Pharoah in old grain warehouses?

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Maybe the theory is a teaching of Dr. Carson’s church and he wants to adhere to his church’ beliefs.

I suspected this and started googling. Thus far I have not found confirmation that it is a teaching of the SDA. I will post, however, if I do find any evidence for it.

[Marie]

The video popped up when I loaded the page and yes, he said it quite clearly.

(Just wait a day. I’m sure it’ll be all over youtube tomorrow)

[OldSmaj]

And I suppose you KNOW the purpose of the Great Pyramid?

Yes, I do.

And I'm not going to tell you.