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Pilsboy5 · 07-10-2007, 07:35 AM

Originally posted by The Evil one

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I don't get it. Modern humans have a highly advanced science, and we don't go around intentionally building pi into the measurements of our monuments for the dead. Nor do we usually build in measurements of the year.

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.

Pappy Jack · 07-10-2007, 07:40 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.....

VoxRat · 07-10-2007, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Jack

• Hebrew names in Egyptian papyri? So what? Egypt was both a military and commercial empire with links throughout the Eastern Mediterranean and Near and Middle East. What other papyri and other textual sources are there that include non-Egyptian names? What does this lead us to conclude about Egyptian society?

I agree with PJ - but, just out of curiosity, what are the Hebrew names, and what papyri are they mentioned in?

Pappy Jack · 07-10-2007, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by VoxRat

I agree with PJ - but, just out of curiosity, what are the Hebrew names, and what papyri are they mentioned in?

This is the relevant part of Dave's post that I was responding to:

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A Papyrus dated to the generation just prior to the birth of Moses listing slaves with Hebrew names–Menahem, Issachar, Asher, and Shiprah (one of the names of a Hebrew midwife listed in Exodus 1:15-21) (p. 276)

To me, it seems to beg far more questions than it is offered as answering....

Paul2 · 07-10-2007, 11:20 AM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid

Despite the authoritative evidence to the contrary, pyramidologists then and now remain unwavered in their belief, a phenomenon which even in the late 1800's prompted Petrie to coin the term 'pyramidiot'[27]. Petrie summarized his contention by concluding: "It is useless to state the real truth of the matter, as it has no effect on those who are subject to this type of hallucination. They can but be left with the flat earth believers and other such people to whom a theory is dearer than a fact."[28].

Apparently everything that needed to be said about this matter was already said back in the late 1800s.

Paul2 · 07-10-2007, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by afdave

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I am now ready to look into sedimentary layers in Egypt although I leave Friday for a week in Mexico ... don't know how far I will get.
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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.

Constant Mews · 07-10-2007, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul2

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid

Despite the authoritative evidence to the contrary, pyramidologists then and now remain unwavered in their belief, a phenomenon which even in the late 1800's prompted Petrie to coin the term 'pyramidiot'[27]. Petrie summarized his contention by concluding: "It is useless to state the real truth of the matter, as it has no effect on those who are subject to this type of hallucination. They can but be left with the flat earth believers and other such people to whom a theory is dearer than a fact."[28].

Apparently everything that needed to be said about this matter was already said back in the late 1800s.

It's quite interesting how pseudo-scientific nonsense like pyramidology becomes fashionable and persists.

Calilasseia · 07-10-2007, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul2

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Originally Posted by afdave

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I am now ready to look into sedimentary layers in Egypt although I leave Friday for a week in Mexico ... don't know how far I will get.
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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.

Steviepinhead · 07-10-2007, 02:51 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 ... don't know how far I will get.

Just a head's-up to all my friends and relatives south of the border.

Please backup all your mental files right now--your brain could be subject to random denial of service episodes in the near future.

Please make sure that any Iron-E-Meter has a surge protector correctly installed between the meter and the power source. A tin foil covering for the input sensors might also save the price of a new or reconditioned meter.

:wave: Hi, Tansie y Edwina!

Steviepinhead · 07-10-2007, 02:58 PM

Since Dave has, as far as can be discerned, failed to view actual paleosols and other instructive geological features within easy driving distance of his home--

--I expect that a week-long trip to Mexico is unlikely to assist him in "look[ing] into" sedimentary layers in Egypt*.

*Indeed, even a week in Egypt would undoubtedly prove to be of little service, since it would undoubtedly be frivoled away on attempting to determine the length and breadth of the base of the Great Pyramid to the nanometer by means of foot-pacing, or shaking a water-filled glass, or sprinkling the rear exit of the tourist bus...

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Steviepinhead Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,642	Since Dave has, as far as can be discerned, failed to view actual paleosols and other instructive geological features within easy driving distance of his home-- --I expect that a week-long trip to Mexico is unlikely to assist him in "look[ing] into" sedimentary layers in Egypt. Indeed, even a week in Egypt would undoubtedly prove to be of little service, since it would undoubtedly be frivoled away on attempting to determine the length and breadth of the base of the Great Pyramid to the nanometer by means of foot-pacing, or shaking a water-filled glass, or sprinkling the rear exit of the tourist bus...

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