It should have been obvious, long ago, that The Pyramids, themselves are shaped as they are to
resist, and dissipate, downward pressure from above from...wait for it...a Flood. It doesn't take a
'genius', or 'scrolls' to figure that out. Simple Observation.
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...that makes no sense. How would the Egyptians have known that there was a flood coming, and how would they have been able to build the pyramids before it hit?
Also, even the youngest of the pyramids is older than your creation hypothesis.
Why would God kill basically everyone in the Flood but leave the Pyramids standing? Doesn't make sense, wouldn't want those evil heathen Egyptians to later go on and oppress God's chosen people.
Forget the doctrine of 6 Day Creation, the doctrine of Noah's Flood having literally happened is my favourite creationist doctrine, since it so blatantly ignores recorded historic fact and not just biology or geology or astronomy and then proceeds to ignore demography, linguistics, and other soft sciences.
"It should have been obvious, long ago, that The Pyramids, themselves are shaped as they are to resist, and dissipate, downward pressure from above from...wait for it...a Flood."
Okaaay, Clueless, so what are you hypothesising is underneath the Pyramids that needs protecting?
Um, if you read Genesis 6, you'll notice that God only told Noah about the Flood. So why would the Egyptians have built anything in an arid landscape to protect from what they didn't know about? It would be nice if fundies actually read the Bible.
So the Egyptians heard about Noah building an Ark to save all the animals and decided to build the pyramids to save ... what? Maybe it was a team effort and Ben Carson was right -- they were built to store grain. But with all the people drowned in the Flood, how were the animals from the Ark supposed to get to the grain?
It should have been obvious, long ago, that The Sphinx
lost its nose from...wait for it... Obelix accidentally breaking it off with his foot attempting to climb the giant statue. It doesn't take a
'genius', or 'scrolls' to figure that out. It's right there in Asterix and Cleopatra. Simple Observation.
"The Pyramids, themselves are shaped as they are to
resist, and dissipate, downward pressure from above from...wait for it...a Flood."
Or gravity ie. the weight of the stones. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. But it might be missed by . . . wait for it . . .a moron.
Except that we HAVE the scrolls, and they document how the pyramids were built as royal tombs, and we know the evolution of the pyramid over three millenia from the mastaba to the mini-pyramids of Nubia. You are trying to solve a mystery where there is none, and arrive at a false answer.
But okay, let us ignore that. So the pyramids are designed to withstand downward pressure. They are also pointy. Their purpose is keeping Geb and Nut from having sex (and grinding everything between heaven and earth to dust by doing so). It doesn't take a 'genius', or 'scrolls' to figure that out. Simple Observation.
Or, ya know, without the technology of concrete and understanding proper foundation it was the only reliable way to stack a lot of rock that friggin' high and have it last more than a handful of years.
Simple Observation
By a very simple person.
Only Noah knew about the 'Flood'. Your 'God' didn't know about those Iron Chariots: their construction, their approach & their invulnerability to him.
Humanity - 2. God - 0.
Simple Observation.
@Malingspann
My all-time favourite of Goscinny & Uderzo's books. Your argument is valid . b^_^d
The Pyramids, themselves are shaped as they are to resist, and dissipate, downward pressure from above
Well, they may look like that now, but they were originally built with the point facing down and the wide flat part on top. Yes! Then a pole shift à la Nancy Lieder happened, the poles reversed their positions and the pyramids flipped over.
It doesn't take a 'genius', or 'scrolls' to figure that out. Simple Observation.
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