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20. Joseph was one of my favorite Bible Stories and Pyramids were never mentioned

Fri Nov 6, 2015, 06:45 AM

Nov 2015

I had a good grounding in studying the Bible when I was a child and the Pyramids were never mentioned in anyway. Also a few years back, I read a great book about finding King Tut's tomb in the 1920's. The book had a section of photographs taken right after the tomb was opened and there would be very little room to store grain in the rooms, only enough to feed a few people. And it took more than 7 years to build a Pyramid; something like 20 or 30 years. It may work for Fox News viewers, but it sure doesn't work for me. It's ridiculous!

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Just curious: did nobody else hear the "Pyramids were for storing grain" thing growing up? [View all] Recursion Nov 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Recursion Nov 2015 #2

The pyramids are not grain silos. They are tombs. NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #5

Of course they're tombs. We laughed when we heard the idea 30 years ago too Recursion Nov 2015 #6

That's from a "Chick tract". NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #12

Sorry, I overreacted there. Deleted Recursion Nov 2015 #14

I never heard of "Chick Tracts" before annabanana Nov 2015 #83

I'm sorry. NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #89

lol.. I'll take the hit in the name of annabanana Nov 2015 #93

This message was self-deleted by its author BooScout Nov 2015 #3

Well we thought it was crazy, too (tracts are always good for a laugh) Recursion Nov 2015 #4

I deleted..... BooScout Nov 2015 #8

Nope. Half-Century Man Nov 2015 #7

Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist... Recursion Nov 2015 #10

Inconceivable! NT flying rabbit Nov 2015 #67

I don't think that means what you think that means. nt Quackers Nov 2015 #74

Maybe that's why..... BooScout Nov 2015 #13

Question; part two Half-Century Man Nov 2015 #21

I did. bravenak Nov 2015 #9

Is he a Seventh day adventist for real? If yes, then i get it. bravenak Nov 2015 #11

Yeah, he's 7DA. Recursion Nov 2015 #15

Sabbath. My uncle. bravenak Nov 2015 #17

Good Morning Bravenak! BooScout Nov 2015 #16

Morning!!! bravenak Nov 2015 #18

A good sleep does wonders! BooScout Nov 2015 #19

I got the memory foam. The soft one. My God. bravenak Nov 2015 #22

I've had memory foam beds for 8 years. NutmegYankee Nov 2015 #24

Yes it is. I cannot stop laying down testing it yet. Sooo nice. Worth the extra few hundred bucks. bravenak Nov 2015 #26

I know..... BooScout Nov 2015 #28

I skipped Sunday school a lot BooScout Nov 2015 #25

It is only certain sects of various protestant religions. bravenak Nov 2015 #27

I think I found my spirituality (or lack of it) BooScout Nov 2015 #29

I used to go down the street and hide to partake. bravenak Nov 2015 #32

Neither did I BooScout Nov 2015 #33

But the Seventh Day Adventists were murielm99 Nov 2015 #34

That's because they are Independent SDA. bravenak Nov 2015 #35

Joseph was one of my favorite Bible Stories and Pyramids were never mentioned dem in texas Nov 2015 #20

No. I lived in a family that embraced science and history. Katashi_itto Nov 2015 #23

Ha! I, too, was taken to the MoNH (NYC)! WinkyDink Nov 2015 #31

:) Katashi_itto Nov 2015 #54

No. I wasn't born into a stupid family. WinkyDink Nov 2015 #30

Catholic schools never mentioned it when I was growing up eridani Nov 2015 #36

Catholicism isn't fundamentalist Nonhlanhla Nov 2015 #55

Good analysis. Evolution is always taught in Catholic biology classes eridani Nov 2015 #57

Never heard it once madokie Nov 2015 #37

Depends EdwardBernays Nov 2015 #38

That must be it. I lived next door to an SDA church in the 1980s (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #39

No, this is the first time I ever heard of it and I went to a holy roller Pentecostal church B Calm Nov 2015 #40

I know there's a difference but I can't remember Recursion Nov 2015 #41

My aunt was a 7 day adventist, all I remember is she went to church on Saturday and eating pork B Calm Nov 2015 #42

Just Pork? ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #48

I remember she couldn't eat shell fish like shrimp, crab, lobster, etc. B Calm Nov 2015 #53

sounds almost Jewish. littlewolf Nov 2015 #97

Oh I forgot she couldn't wear make up and nail polish, something about being a Jezebel. B Calm Nov 2015 #69

Never heard it either. What kind of a gran storage structure ... BlueStreak Nov 2015 #79

Nope. I wasn't plagued by religious nuts growing up. hobbit709 Nov 2015 #43

Nope, never heard that claim. It seems to me too glaringly, obviously asinine to be taken Marr Nov 2015 #44

Didja hear the one about the talking snake? jberryhill Nov 2015 #47

I've always been a fan of weird religious crap jberryhill Nov 2015 #45

I know it's in one of the Chick tracts (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #46

There was a thread on this yesterday jberryhill Nov 2015 #49

So who was buried in the pyramids? Jesus Malverde Nov 2015 #50

It's dogma of a religion. Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #51

I've never heard it Marrah_G Nov 2015 #52

I've never heard it until now. n/t Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2015 #56

No. I heard the story of Joseph storing up grain against the famine years, but nothing about storing merrily Nov 2015 #58

If Ben Carson's beliefs are based on Chick tracts, his campaign will be colorful. yardwork Nov 2015 #59

Never, and we went to church every time the church door was open. n/t patricia92243 Nov 2015 #60

I don't know what a revival is. postulater Nov 2015 #61

We had those too Recursion Nov 2015 #62

Heard this in Bible class when reading the story of Joseph and his brothers. BUT never kelliekat44 Nov 2015 #63

Color Ben gone. Newly rich but "GONE." nt kelliekat44 Nov 2015 #64

Nope, and I grew up in a conservative church denomination. tanyev Nov 2015 #65

The notion goes back hundreds of years FBaggins Nov 2015 #66

As I mentioned (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #68

Never hatrack Nov 2015 #70

I teach mythology Generic Other Nov 2015 #71

Never heard of that until Ben Carson confirmed that he believed it ck4829 Nov 2015 #72

No. I heard the story about Joseph and the Pharaoh's dream, but no pyramids were involved Orangepeel Nov 2015 #73

No. Raised fundie so knew the Joseph story riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #75

That's because the OP got the story wrong. Rex Nov 2015 #77

. Rex Nov 2015 #76

so the pyramids are not specifically mentioned as granaries - just that grain was stored DrDan Nov 2015 #78

Yes, actually I have heard it before LibertyLover Nov 2015 #80

I had never heard this before kcr Nov 2015 #81

No, and I was raised Southern Baptist and had the bible drummed into me from Tanuki Nov 2015 #82

I studied archaeology in college. This was one of the nuttier theories my professor debunked. bklyncowgirl Nov 2015 #84

Nope. Never. Not once, ever. Iggo Nov 2015 #85

Nope. I was fortunate enough not to grow up around imbeciles. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #86

so clearly there must be evidence of the grain that was stored.... dhill926 Nov 2015 #87

Not me. krispos42 Nov 2015 #88

Here's what appears to be good research on the myth BootinUp Nov 2015 #90

Nope. There were some good archaeology books in my home. struggle4progress Nov 2015 #91

Never heard it, grew up Mormon in Utah (nt) TacoD Nov 2015 #92

Freeper Carsonoids are doubling down. Now their saying Joseph built the early stepped pyramids Monk06 Nov 2015 #94

Grew up an atheist with parents who never mentioned religion. Codeine Nov 2015 #95

Not me GP6971 Nov 2015 #96

Before this broke, Fred Clark pointed out how Joseph used the famine to confiscate Egyptian land muriel_volestrangler Nov 2015 #98

Joseph/famine/yes - not anything to do with "pyramids" n/t UTUSN Nov 2015 #99

No, and I was raised in a very Baptist home. DawgHouse Nov 2015 #100