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Steviepinhead · 07-10-2007, 04:23 PM

Uh, dave, bad news, buddy--

--St. Louis, MO to Cairo, Egypt: 6395 miles.
--Mexico City to Cairo, Egypt: 7680 miles.

Dude, this trip is entirely counterproductive! Hey, wait! Maybe you can still transfer those tickets.

VoxRat · 07-10-2007, 06:15 PM

I do hope this trip to Mexico has nothing to do with furthering the cause of creationism or fundamentalism.

07-10-2007, 06:44 PM

If Dave's involved I'm sure it'll do nothing to further the cause.

RED DAVE · 07-10-2007, 06:46 PM

You all don't get it.

Pyramids in Egypt. Pyramids in Mexico. All the same.*

(*Variation of tag line of ancient joke.)

RED DAVE

SpaghettiSawUs · 07-11-2007, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by RED DAVE

You all don't get it.

Pyramids in Egypt. Pyramids in Mexico. All the same.*

(*Variation of tag line of ancient joke.)

RED DAVE

Perhaps them infamous Atlantians taught them PyramidTardology^TM along with agriculture and writing with pictures (different languages though... but I blame Towering Mabel...erm was that her name?)

:devil1:

deadman_932 · 07-11-2007, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilsboy5

....I also dont get why all this information is hidden. If indeed the Great Pyramid is some ancient repository of knowledge, why hide this knowledge in measurements? Why dont the hieroglyphs state the value of PI?

To me it's like going to my local library and there's no books, to be told every book I need is hidden by counting the tiles in the toilet or some such nonsense.

Absolutely. There is, indeed, no rationale for it whatsoever. It's the thrill of being one of the few privy to understanding the secret messages that makes 'finding' them so important.....

Exactly. Same thing with the "ancient astronauts built the Pyramids in Mexico or Egypt" crap.

It comes down to : " I am one of the elect that knows this" -- stuff that pervades conspiracy theories and other "mystified" areas of human social existence. And at the same time, the Von Danikens, Sitchens, Velikovskys and AFDaves of the world simply leave common sense behind in pursuit of puffing up their egos.

I can't count the numbers of times that I've had to point out to people/students (not that students aren't people *cough*) that shit like "ancient astronauts built Teotihuacan" are inherently degrading and borderline racist because they essentially are saying: "hah, those guys were too dumb to pile rocks on rocks, it must have been aliens"

Oddly, I don't recall people claiming that ancient European monuments MUST be the product of space aliens (although I suppose some frikkin' nut has on stonehenge, at least)

Lucretius · 07-11-2007, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by deadman_932

Exactly. Same thing with the "ancient astronauts built the Pyramids in Mexico or Egypt" crap.

It comes down to : " I am one of the elect that knows this" -- stuff that pervades conspiracy theories and other "mystified" areas of human social existence. And at the same time, the Von Danikens, Sitchens, Velikovskys and AFDaves of the world simply leave common sense behind in pursuit of puffing up their egos.

I can't count the numbers of times that I've had to point out to people/students (not that students aren't people *cough*) that shit like "ancient astronauts built Teotihuacan" are inherently degrading and borderline racist because they essentially are saying: "hah, those guys were too dumb to pile rocks on rocks, it must have been aliens"

Oddly, I don't recall people claiming that ancient European monuments MUST be the product of space aliens (although I suppose some frikkin' nut has on stonehenge, at least)

I have often had the same sort of "argument" myself with those who just can't /won't accept that all these ancient monuments were built by people like you and me.

Paul2 · 07-11-2007, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul2

Have fun in Mexico, but before you go would you mind looking into this:

Please identify a sedimentary layer found globally that matches with your flood date. k thx bye.

I've got a whole thread waiting specifically for Dave to do that here, but thus far Dave's avoided it like the plague. I wonder why? Especially as I've compiled a nice little list of geological features to help him.

Thank you! I was looking for that thread, but apparently in the wrong section.

Occam's Aftershave · 07-11-2007, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by afdave

I am now ready to look into sedimentary layers in Egypt although I leave Friday for a week in Mexico

Dave, we're STILL waiting for you to keep your word and tell us where to find that 1 mi. deep layer of Flood sediment in Egypt

Pappy Jack · 07-11-2007, 02:27 PM

Further to my references to Dr Kate Spence's astronomical dating of Khufu's Pyramid, this BBC link includes extracts of an interview she gave in 2000:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sc...pyramids.shtml

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07-10-2007, 04:23 PM	#661
Steviepinhead Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,642	Uh, dave, bad news, buddy-- --St. Louis, MO to Cairo, Egypt: 6395 miles. --Mexico City to Cairo, Egypt: 7680 miles. Dude, this trip is entirely counterproductive! Hey, wait! Maybe you can still transfer those tickets.

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VoxRat Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,768	I do hope this trip to Mexico has nothing to do with furthering the cause of creationism or fundamentalism.

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mung bean Guest Posts: n/a	If Dave's involved I'm sure it'll do nothing to further the cause.

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RED DAVE Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: NYC Posts: 10,532	You all don't get it. Pyramids in Egypt. Pyramids in Mexico. All the same.* (Variation of tag line of ancient joke.) RED DAVE*

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Pappy Jack Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: French Pyrenees Posts: 649	Further to my references to Dr Kate Spence's astronomical dating of Khufu's Pyramid, this BBC link includes extracts of an interview she gave in 2000: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sc...pyramids.shtml

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