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Origyptian Wrote:
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> Warwick Wrote:
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> > rather than actually responding substantively (
> > which Martin has demonstrated in his reply) you
> > repeat your opinion that the evidence against
> the
> > AE's NOT having built the Pyramids is
> 'DAMNING'.
> >
> > you go from there to asking where the hostility
> > comes from?
>
> Calling evidence damning is not the same as
> personally insulting someone, and for you to draw
> such a false analogy only further reveals the lack
> of evidence supporting your own convictions.
> Instead of criticizing those of us who acknowledge
> all the uncertainties that clearly surround much
> of the ancient evidence, I suggest you try a
> little introspection to determine how much
> evidence you honestly believe shows anything with
> certainty regarding the provenance of those
> megalithic monuments.
>
> Those who believe that their convictions are
> sufficiently "substantiated" by virtue of their
> own subjective interpretation of the evidence are
> in no position of strength to demand certainties
> from anyone else who disagrees with those
> convictions.
>
> If you take the time to track back in this
> discussion to see what has been said before, you
> will see that I've swallowed plenty of hostility,
> including personal and professional insults,
> before I posted my comment about 'damning'
> evidence, and yet I still did not personally
> attack anyone.
>
> And so if you read the posts in temporal sequence,
> at one point I inferred from your comment that you
> believed the 3rd millenium BC Egyptians were able
> to determine the cardinal points with the accuracy
> we see in the ruins today, and so I simply asked
> how you thought the 3rd millennium BC was able to
> determine those cardinal points. Your answer?
> "It's called a right angle". OK, I thought that
> was a wise guy answer, but I let it slide.
Does anyone want to see what he actually asked me???
[grahamhancock.com]
Pay Attention!!!
Warwick
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> Warwick Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > rather than actually responding substantively (
> > which Martin has demonstrated in his reply) you
> > repeat your opinion that the evidence against
> the
> > AE's NOT having built the Pyramids is
> 'DAMNING'.
> >
> > you go from there to asking where the hostility
> > comes from?
>
> Calling evidence damning is not the same as
> personally insulting someone, and for you to draw
> such a false analogy only further reveals the lack
> of evidence supporting your own convictions.
> Instead of criticizing those of us who acknowledge
> all the uncertainties that clearly surround much
> of the ancient evidence, I suggest you try a
> little introspection to determine how much
> evidence you honestly believe shows anything with
> certainty regarding the provenance of those
> megalithic monuments.
>
> Those who believe that their convictions are
> sufficiently "substantiated" by virtue of their
> own subjective interpretation of the evidence are
> in no position of strength to demand certainties
> from anyone else who disagrees with those
> convictions.
>
> If you take the time to track back in this
> discussion to see what has been said before, you
> will see that I've swallowed plenty of hostility,
> including personal and professional insults,
> before I posted my comment about 'damning'
> evidence, and yet I still did not personally
> attack anyone.
>
> And so if you read the posts in temporal sequence,
> at one point I inferred from your comment that you
> believed the 3rd millenium BC Egyptians were able
> to determine the cardinal points with the accuracy
> we see in the ruins today, and so I simply asked
> how you thought the 3rd millennium BC was able to
> determine those cardinal points. Your answer?
> "It's called a right angle". OK, I thought that
> was a wise guy answer, but I let it slide.
Does anyone want to see what he actually asked me???
[grahamhancock.com]
Pay Attention!!!
Warwick
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