Originally Posted by hisalone
There are a couple of reasons, I'm not just limiting my thinking to the pyramids, but there are many more monolithic structures in the world besides in Egypt. Many say it was because of their engineering and astronomical abilites that gave the Egyptians the ability to build the pyramids. Did other cultures have that same ability where we find additional unexplained monolithic structures? It just doesn't add up, how were all the records destroyed in so many places, and what happened to that knowledge? Surely if they were smart enought to build the things, they would have been smart enough to keep records of their work. Where did the statues come from on Easter Island? How did they get there and I can ask many more questions.

First, why assume they kept records? Cultural ability has nothing to do with it. Maybe they had reasons not to leave any records behind. Second, if we assume they did keep records, why the further assumption that those records would not later have been destroyed - either by some natural catastrophe or perhaps an enemy civilization or perhaps due to internal political unrest? There are any number of reason "so many" records could or would have been destroyed over the course of thousands of years. Third, we do have SOME records, for the pyramids in particular: the paintings, heiroglyphics, and even what appear to be graffiti from work crews on the walls, in addition to the various artifacts that have been found. That the pyramids were built by mere men (for whom we have already discovered bakeries & cemetaries) for various Pharaohs is fairly well-documented in the relevant scholarship. Those who question that much of the historical record are by far in a small minority, & they have nothing but pure speculation to back up their claims.

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I do not believe in aliens, but I do believe in fallen angels, and they most definitely would be able to do these things. I can't see how this is so hard to grasp, to me it makes complete sense, much more sense than Seth's line and men building these things. I can't convince anyone, but in the same way, I can't deny it, I'm convinced it is true. The people I talk to about it seem to grasp it and agree, so it isn't that far fetched. Keep in mind, this does not harm the gospel or anything, just a curious question to ponder.


It's rather a silly question, if you ask me, which relies entirely upon speculation. You have to start with the idea that mere men couldn't have built the pyramids & other similar structures. (And why not? They were definitely mere men who were building the Tower of Babel!) You then have to assume that such structures would have survived the Flood. Then you have to speculate, based on a very tenuous exegesis, that the "sons of God" were fallen angels who were regularly roaming about on the earth. Then you have to add to that that they built these structures. You're piling on speculation after speculation to arrive at your conclusion. What evidence do you have that fallen angels built any monuments in the first place? It's not a matter of me not "grasping" what you're saying. I just think you have no grounds for your position. Simply put, it is all much more easily explained by mere humans doing these things, and all of the evidence we have points in precisely that direction.

Last edited by CovenantInBlood; Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:28 AM.
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