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The Bible, what's literal and what's not?
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RE: The Bible, what's literal and what's not?
July 8, 2010 at 10:02 pm (This post was last modified: July 8, 2010 at 10:03 pm by tavarish.)
(July 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm)Godschild Wrote:


travis Wrote:1. Please provde citation for claims dealing with assertions of structural engineers.
2. You're absolutely fucking insane if you think that modern man doesn't have the ability to effectively put a bunch of big rocks in a pile in such a way that is consistent. The reason we don't rebuild pyramids is because there's no need for such structures. We tend to construct buildings that are efficient, both in manpower and materials, not huge stone monuments set aside for the burials of Gods among men.

Check these out for some concise rebuttals to your catasrophe of an argument:

http://www.anomalist.com/afiles/pyramids.html

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=74717

Not only could we do it, we could do a far better job than those living thousands of years ago.

I have yet to see any structure made in the Stone or Bronze Age that rivals the intricacy, precision, or attention to detail of any major structure built today.

(July 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm)Godschild Wrote: I'm not going through all my books and research to find that statement if you don't accept my word about it then, if you are interested, you'll need to do your own research.

So you make a claim and tell people to kick rocks when they call you out on it? How about this - back up your claims. It's not my problem that you're too lazy to look shit up, nor does it strengthen your argument.

(July 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm)Godschild Wrote: I did not say that we need to rebuild the pyramids all I stated is that we can not build them with the accuracy that the Eygptians obtained.

First, my name isn't travish.

Second, did you even read the articles in the links I posted? This statement is absolute nonsense.

You're saying placing rocks in a pile in such a way that they're accurate is an impossible thing to do. Have you no idea the tolerances on a modern skyscraper? How about something like the Hadron collider?

(July 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm)Godschild Wrote: I've been in the building trades for many years and I still have not seen a house built that was truely square and I've been associated with some very creditable builders.

So houses that aren't level are evidence that we can't accomplish it? Let's take this argument in another form:

I've worked on cars for many years and I still have not seen a car that runs on electricity and I've been associated with some very creditable mechanics.

Does this mean that no electric cars exist?

(July 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm)Godschild Wrote: I've yet to see stone work by modern man that's so precise that you can not slip a piece of paper between the stones even after a thousand years.

The fact you haven't seen it doesn't really mean anything when it's demonstrably false.

(July 7, 2010 at 4:05 pm)Godschild Wrote: All those beautiful buildings you posted will not be standing in 3000 years.

Evidence of this? Do you get the power to see into the future when you become Christian or something?
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