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'Oldest Sculpture' Found In Morocco (400K Years Old)
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| 5-23-2003
| Paul Rincon
Posted on 05/23/2003 5:52:37 AM PDT by blam
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To: general_re
Also what you might expect if writers were "invented" about 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. :-)
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:34:08 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Problems that go away on their own, can come back on their own.)
To: Hegemony Cricket
Unfortunately, the physical evidence - including carbon dating, of course - does not lend much support to that theory ;)
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:36:43 AM PDT
by
general_re
(When you step on the brakes, you're putting your life in your foot's hands...)
To: biblewonk
83
posted on
05/23/2003 9:44:29 AM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: blam
The stone axes are just as interesting and the date is more certain. If the figurine is that old, that would indicate the people of the day were already on the way to controlling natural forces through science.
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posted on
05/23/2003 9:49:51 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: Doctor Stochastic
Dr. - thanks for posting the link - looks like an interesting article, but I'll have to get back to it later.
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posted on
05/23/2003 11:48:23 AM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(Problems that go away on their own, can come back on their own.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I'm confused. I didn't think that Homo Sapiens were in existence 400,000 years ago (according to scientists). Maybe Neanderthal's were. But they are not part of our evolutionary tree (according to scientists). So, what sort of life-form was here 400,000 years ago? Something a bit more chimp like? Homo sapiens were not here then, nor were neanderthals. The hominids around then were either homo erectus or homo heidelbergensis (h. heidelbergensis evolved from h. erectus; both h. sapiens and h. neanderthalensis evolved independently from h. heidelbergensis). H. erectus and h. heidelbergensis both made lots of stone tools, but have never before been found to have made anything symbolic. (Even among neanderthals, art was rare and many of the alleged examples that have been found are controversial; real art, at least in any appreciable quantity, begins with homo sapiens.)
To: activationproducts
Thanks for bringing science into the picture. It is always welcome in my eyes.You are most welcome! :-)
To: blam
The real question is not who carved this statue but how did they get Rosie O'Donnell to pose for it.
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posted on
05/24/2003 1:46:51 AM PDT
by
Swordmaker
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To: blam; FairOpinion; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; ...
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posted on
04/20/2006 9:12:25 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/20/2006 9:27:09 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: blam
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posted on
04/20/2006 9:33:34 AM PDT
by
Dustbunny
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist)
To: new cruelty
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posted on
04/20/2006 9:37:12 AM PDT
by
dread78645
(Evolution. A dying theory since 1859.)
To: biblewonk
When I first became a Christian I just thought God could have made the universe when and however He wanted. Then, after learning about the bible and it's divine inspiriation and trustworthness I realized, through some Christian discipleship, that the bible is very clear on the subject.The Bible is not a record of the creation of the universe. The Bible is a record of God's creation of and dealings with this world only.
The universe is so mind-bogglingly huge (to borrow a phrase), it's bizarre to think that God would create all that just for sake of our one small world. I think in the next life we will be amazed (and humbled) to find out all the things that God has on his plate.
To: dread78645
Wow, I posted that comment almost three years ago. I admire your tenacity.
To: AnAmericanMother
Recipe for strata disturbance. Put me in the *very skeptical* camp on this one, in re age-dating. Note: "The object was found 15 metres below the eroded surface of a terrace on the north bank of the river Draa..."
My introductory geology courses were quite a few years ago but I think what I learned about river flooding, course changes, etc. still applies. I'm keeping an open mind but won't believe the age until it's peer-reviewed.
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posted on
04/20/2006 10:02:46 AM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Fools and fanatics are always certain of themselves, but the wise are full of doubts.)
To: new cruelty; SunkenCiv
Wow, I posted that comment almost three years ago. I admire your tenacity. Sorry. Didn't see the date.
I'm on the SunkenCiv's GGG ping list and whenever he gets bored he'll drag up oldy moldies.
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posted on
04/20/2006 10:05:19 AM PDT
by
dread78645
(Evolution. A dying theory since 1859.)
To: biblewonk
Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
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posted on
04/20/2006 10:20:00 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: dread78645
No need to apologize. I always appreciate worthwhile comments and information, even to something I posted years ago.
To: Modernman
Many Creationist who believe in the 6,000 year old earth believe that dinosaurs existed with man, and were wiped out by the flood. This is one version I've heard.
Another interesting version by Creationist is that God created the heavens and earth separately from the creation in Genesis. If you read Genesis 1, it states that in the beginning he did this. Then it goes on to state that on the fist day he created light. The interpretation here is that God created the earth, and dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures that lived before man. These went extinct, and the earth was void. This could have taken place over millions of years. Then, 6,000 years ago he created light, dark, plants, animals, and man according to the Genesis account. I think some interpretations claim that the creation of light was actually lifting the cloud cover from the earth to reveal the stars and such. There is quite a variety of interpretation.
Personally, I think the same as you. Many scholars attribute the authorship of Genesis to Moses, some Noah. Either way, they weren't there. If the story of creation were inspired by a vision, or dream, or some other revelation, the author would have written it according to his interpretation. In Genesis, there are passages that are worded such as, "the earth sprang forth plants," and ,"the earth sprang forth life," and also, "man was formed from the dust of the earth." Cellular organisms would appear to be invisible. In a vision, or dream, creation might resemble life springing forth from the earth.
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posted on
04/20/2006 10:41:09 AM PDT
by
Conservative Texan Mom
(Some people say I'm stubborn, when it's usually just that I'm right.)
To: Modernman
This is interesting
Romans 1:20
20For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualitieshis eternal power and divine naturehave been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
This makes me consider that nature is evidence of God. It is the means by which he created and we won't find evidence of Him apart from nature. His invisible qualities are seen in the mechanisms of our natural world.
This is another good one.
Col 1:17
17He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Makes me wonder about the laws of physics.
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posted on
04/20/2006 11:24:35 AM PDT
by
Conservative Texan Mom
(Some people say I'm stubborn, when it's usually just that I'm right.)
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