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11-12-2008 , 12:09 AM

Mempho

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and other mysteries of the ancient world? We have a very odd desire to build pyramids as burial grounds in far-flung places of the world that were not in communication with each other...such as the Egyptians, Mayans, and even the one that was just discovered in Europe.

Is this just an extremely remarkable coincidence?

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11-12-2008 , 12:12 AM

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Cue asian guy rubbing his face

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11-12-2008 , 12:45 AM

thylacine

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I have yet to see a legitimate question that starts, "Atheists, What Is Your Explanation for......?".

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11-12-2008 , 12:47 AM

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imagination

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11-12-2008 , 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by thylacine

I have yet to see a legitimate question that starts, "Atheists, What Is Your Explanation for......?".

Just don't respond if you don't care to answer the question.

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11-12-2008 , 12:51 AM

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Originally Posted by scorcher863

imagination

I'll put you in the "we'll build giant pyramids as tombs for our dead" is a giant coincidence crowd.

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11-12-2008 , 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Max Raker

Cue asian guy rubbing his face

So far, you have been proven correct.

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11-12-2008 , 12:55 AM

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did it ever occur to you that the humans in one place are alike the ones in the other place and have a tendancy to do the same things????

is it a coincidence that the american indians invented the bow and arrow just like the eurasian + african humans???

nothing mysterious here

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11-12-2008 , 01:02 AM

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If you were actually being serious when you made this thread, a pyramid is a very stable structure from an architectural point of view. Given the materials they had at the time, pyramid like structures are the only ones that could really survive till now as well. If they built other stuff, alot of it would have been destroyed. I think if you give kids who have never seen pyramids some blocks they could probably figure out that it is a good structure.

EDIT: Are all ancient pyramids for burial?

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11-12-2008 , 01:08 AM

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Just don't respond if you don't care to answer the question.

There's no legitimate question to answer. Why don't you ask stamp collecting plumbers why the moon is white?

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11-12-2008 , 01:15 AM

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I understand that the pyramid is not an especially complex concept to come up with and that it is very stable but there are a few things that are very strange about this:

1) Pyramids have been found in Egypt, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Mexico, Sudan, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, Korea, Tahiti, Western Somoa, and even China.
2) In most cases, these structures were the largest or amongst the largest structures in their respective civilizations
3) In all cases, these structures are widely accepted to have been of great religious significance (either as burial grounds for god-men, temples, or altars)

And, no, not all ancient pyramids can be documented as tombs.

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11-12-2008 , 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Mempho

I understand that the pyramid is not an especially complex concept to come up with and that it is very stable but there are a few things that are very strange about this:

1) Pyramids have been found in Egypt, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Mexico, Sudan, and even China.
2) In most cases, these structures were the largest or amongst the largest structures in their respective civilizations

The only way to build structures that large with the materials they had was to make pyramids.

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3) In all cases, these structures are widely accepted to have been of great religious significance (either as burial grounds for god-men, temples, or altars)

Humans are an imaginative species and are very good at making up fictional stories

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11-12-2008 , 01:32 AM

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The only way to build structures that large with the materials they had was to make pyramids.

The Jewish temples were quite large and they were not pyramids. The Egyptians made a Sphinx. The inner workings of the Egyptian and Mayan pyramids leave no doubt, for instance, that the shape and design was for religious purposes.

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11-12-2008 , 01:44 AM

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aliens obv

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11-12-2008 , 01:58 AM

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so what you're saying is, religious people build large structures? I had no idea. All you're proving is that religious people believe stories so hard that they'll build a large structure. Usually these threads try to prove religion as fact. And fail. Like this thread did.

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11-12-2008 , 02:06 AM

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I wasn't trying to prove that religion is fact...I thought some of you might have some theories to explain these coincidences.

Anyway, if we can't agree on what a remarkable coincidence is, there's no point in even talking about this.

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11-12-2008 , 02:27 AM

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Meh,

I find this coincidence to be much more remarkable.

The disc of the moon exactly covers the disc of the sun during a total solar eclipse. It wasn't that way for billions of years and won't be that way for billions of years. It is this way now and It also happens that I exist right now.

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11-12-2008 , 02:32 AM

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Obviously you haven't heard of the 12th planet Nibiru aka Planet X.

This other planet clearly explain the origin of pyramids.

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11-12-2008 , 02:34 AM

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Then again, pyramids are much easier to build than spheres or squares when you have limited tools

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11-12-2008 , 02:37 AM

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People have talked about it...and at length. I think it would be very surprising indeed if any ancient culture had built stone/earth structures that were umbrella shaped! If you want your head to explode watch "Guns, Germs, and Steel" on DVD, and check out the National Geographic Genographic Project. Then you can see how we migrated as a species from Africa. It isn't that shocking that we should have some similarities when even your superstitions claim we have a single set of ancestors. Why be shocked?

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11-12-2008 , 02:39 AM

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Meh,

I find this coincidence to be much more remarkable.

It is almost like it is the Disc-O Stu!!

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11-12-2008 , 02:49 AM

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Am I the only one who finds it much LESS plausible that pyramids are so "amazing" if cultures all over the globe seem to have created them?

I mean, seriously. Look at a mountain. Pyramid facsimile ftw.

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11-12-2008 , 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Mempho

iunno. whats your explanation. god did it?

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11-12-2008 , 03:01 AM

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Come on Dragon... be realistic--If god made it there would be a cross on them...and an American flag.

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11-12-2008 , 03:02 AM

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Pour a vessel of sand out and it gives you a stable conical shape. Copy those angles to your pyramid plans and you build a structure that is all but impossible to collapse.

In times when engineering knowledge was very limited. Pyramids were the only way to achieve any substantial height in a building.

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