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> I take issue with that premise. It's not a valid
> argument to say essentially "If you think it's not
> what I say it is, then what's your evidence it's
> something else".
OP:
> The point is that if you say it's
> this or that, then you need to come up with your
> own evidence to support your own hypothesis. A
> hypothesis must be able to stand on its own merit.
The OP is agreeing with you so this does not apply. It assumes the AE did none of these things and just found it all lying around. What evidence is there to support the artifacts in question were made before 4,000BC? What is so hard about this question?
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> I take issue with that premise. It's not a valid
> argument to say essentially "If you think it's not
> what I say it is, then what's your evidence it's
> something else".
OP:
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And so that we do not get bogged down by the same tired cop-out reply "it is not the responsibility of those who hold this belief to prove it was built before this time but rather only incumbent on those to prove it was built after the 3rd millenium", let's assume the AE did not build the pyramids. Let's assume the AE just walked in off the desert, from somewhere c. 4,000BC, and found all of this stuff: all the pyramids, all the granite and megalithic temples from one end of the Nile to the other, all the fantastic stone vases and statues all just sitting there. On, and on, and on.
What is the evidence, or "several compelling reasons" as it were, that any of these objects or construction predated 4,000BC?
> The point is that if you say it's
> this or that, then you need to come up with your
> own evidence to support your own hypothesis. A
> hypothesis must be able to stand on its own merit.
The OP is agreeing with you so this does not apply. It assumes the AE did none of these things and just found it all lying around. What evidence is there to support the artifacts in question were made before 4,000BC? What is so hard about this question?
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