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FTA: “Archaeologists have in fact found grain silos in Egypt, they’re well known to us and they look nothing like pyramids,” she says. Egyptian
by aaronbrethorst 11y ago
FTA:
“Archaeologists have in fact found grain
silos in Egypt, they’re well known to us
and they look nothing like pyramids,” she
says. Egyptian officials have also chimed
in recently to refute Carson’s ideas.
- n0us 11y agoyes but that part of the comment was sarcastic. My jaw would hit the floor though if someone told me it was true.
- superuser 11y agoThey have found grain in the pyramids, but small amounts buried along with the other treasures as part of the burial ritual. Since grain was "stored" there then they were technically used to "store" grain.
- qubex 11y agoI might be wrong but I don't think any kind of treasure has ever been located within a pyramid.
- nightspirit 11y ago... in modern times :)
- thaumasiotes 11y agoThe whole Valley of the Kings system (formal pyramid without grave goods; secret tomb with grave goods) started because they were tired of public tombs getting plundered.
- lisper 11y agoThat's technically true, but irrelevant, at least in the context of what Carson said. Carson's comment was that the pyramids were built by Joseph to store grain. This is significant because Joseph prophesied seven years of famine and urged the Egyptians to store grain against it (Ge41). So anything built "by Joseph to store grain" would have to hold a lot of grain.
- nightspirit 11y agoWas he being serious or just trying to score some sympathy of Jews and Christians? Nobody has ever found any evidence of Exodus and it isn't like people aren't trying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus
- lisper 11y agoCarson is a Seventh-day Adventist, and hence a young-earth creationist. (Yes, I know. It's mind-boggling, isn't it?) And he's stood by the remark. So almost certainly he was being (and continues to be) serious.
- nightspirit 11y agoI'm not sure if this shows he is really serious or exactly the opposite. In Poland there is a guy, Janusz Palikot, who in 2005 owned a "Christian", anti-(many things including LGBT) newspaper but later sold it and founded a pro-LGBT, anti-religion political party.
- protomyth 11y agoAll Seventh-day Adventist are NOT young-earth creationists.
- lisper 11y agoThat may be, but it is official church doctrine: http://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/humanity/creation/ http://www.adventist.org/en/beliefs/humanity/creation/ "God has revealed in Scripture the authentic and historical account of His creative activity. He created the universe, and in a recent six-day creation the Lord made “the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them” and rested on the seventh day."
- protomyth 11y agoYes, they quote the bible. Yes, many Christian churches quote the same text and call it the same. No, it does not mean all Seventh Day Adventists are young earth creationists.
- andreyf 11y agoJust because they found grain silos which were not pyramids doesn't mean that they pyramids weren't also grain silos. Duuuuh.