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"Krazy K" |
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28 Apr 2004 12:24:43 PM |
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Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
Thought this might cheer everyone up. Enjoy.
KK
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Part of the Old Testament Proven True
Read 2 Kings 20:20 and 2 Chronicles 32:30 in the Old Testament and
you'll find a reference to a tunnel that was built in 700 B.C. by
order of King Hezekiah to protect Jerusalem's water supply against an
Assyrian siege. Long considered an engineering feat for that day and
age, the serpentine tunnel ran 1,750 feet long and moved water from
the Gihon spring across the entire city of ancient Jerusalem to the
pool of Siloam.
Fast forward to modern-day Jerusalem. The Siloam Tunnel in that city
matches the biblical description of King Hezekiah's tunnel. But is it
really the same one? That question has stumped scholars for years,
many of whom insisted the Siloam Tunnel was built centuries later than
the Bible suggested in Kings and Chronicles. The only clue that
survived for more than 2,700 years is an inscription discovered in
1880 on a tunnel wall that supported the link to King Hezekiah,
although it did not name him specifically, reports The Associated
Press.
Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster floor,
the biblical record and the tunnel's age have been confirmed, the
researchers wrote in the journal Nature. The Siloam Tunnel is the one
built by King Hezekiah.
This is also significant because it is the first time that a
well-identified biblical structure has been subjected to extensive
radiocarbon dating.
Even with all our modern-day technology and scientific knowledge, very
little testing of biblical structures has been done to prove or
disprove their age or authenticity. Why? The experts told AP such
testing is difficult because it's often hard to identify such
structures, they may be poorly preserved, or they may be restricted
for various political or religious reasons.
The Siloam Tunnel is different. It's long been a tourist attraction.
Anyone can wander in it and see the pick marks the original builders
made in the walls to adjust their course so the tunnel would meet with
a second team of workers who were heading toward them from the
opposite end of the city. AP notes that those pick marks tell us how
difficult it was to connect the two ends of the tunnel. "The tunnel is
extraordinary, but these guys didn't know where they were going a lot
of the time," Hershel Shanks, an expert on the history of Jerusalem
who writes for the Biblical Archaeology Review, told AP. Still, he
added, "It's nice to have scientific confirmation for what the vast
majority of biblical scholars and archaeologists believe."
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| User: "Callipygian Nullifidian" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
28 Apr 2004 04:04:12 PM |
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"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
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| User: "Robert B. Winn" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
28 Apr 2004 10:00:46 PM |
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"Callipygian Nullifidian" <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:<c6p68c$95u$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>...
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
Atheists believe that Hezekiah's tunnel was a hoax perpetrated by
Jerusalem tour guides.
Robert B. Winn
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| User: "Mike Painter" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 12:26:33 AM |
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"Robert B. Winn" <rbwinn47@mybluelight.com> wrote in message
news:7943568.0404281900.3e3ad646@posting.google.com...
"Callipygian Nullifidian" <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:<c6p68c$95u$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>...
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
Atheists believe that Hezekiah's tunnel was a hoax perpetrated by
Jerusalem tour guides.
Normally I don't respond to Winn but this one is a stupider lie than usual.
Not only do we believe in the tunnel but we are fascinated by the navigation
system used to build it.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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29 Apr 2004 10:27:54 AM |
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:26:33 +0000 in episode
<cm0kc.62907$um3.1203923@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> we saw our
hero "Mike Painter" <mdotpainter@att.net>:
"Robert B. Winn" <rbwinn47@mybluelight.com> wrote in message
news:7943568.0404281900.3e3ad646@posting.google.com...
"Callipygian Nullifidian" <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:<c6p68c$95u$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>...
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
Atheists believe that Hezekiah's tunnel was a hoax perpetrated by
Jerusalem tour guides.
Normally I don't respond to Winn but this one is a stupider lie than
usual. Not only do we believe in the tunnel but we are fascinated by the
navigation system used to build it.
Boobert seems to think that finding out the babble is right about some
tunnel is going to bowl us all over and shatter atheism forever.
Of course he's an idiot. And insane. But you knew that.
I never even *heard of the damn tunnel before Boobert blathered. So how I
managed to believe anything about it is beyond me. <g>
And what Boobert really doesn't get is it doesn't *matter in the least.
Even if the babble is accurate in every *single instance of geography,
that doesn't prove a damn thing about the supernatural claims.
Thousands upon thousands of works of fiction are accurate about geography.
Big freakin' deal...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism,
because it is a merger of State and corporate power."
- Mussolini
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| User: "Vic Sagerquist" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 07:47:31 AM |
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One day in alt.atheism, Also Sprach Mike Painter:
"Robert B. Winn" <rbwinn47@mybluelight.com> wrote in message
news:7943568.0404281900.3e3ad646@posting.google.com...
"Callipygian Nullifidian" <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote in message
news:<c6p68c$95u$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>...
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University
: in Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using
: radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from
: the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered
: from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
Atheists believe that Hezekiah's tunnel was a hoax perpetrated by
Jerusalem tour guides.
Normally I don't respond to Winn but this one is a stupider lie than
usual. Not only do we believe in the tunnel but we are fascinated by
the navigation system used to build it.
I understand one can take a tour through it, actually walk through it.
There are places where the water is neck-deep and perhaps only a few feet
from the ceiling of the tunnel. I'm afraid my claustrophobia would get
the better of me, but it still fascinates me to imagine the stalwartness
of the engineers, who began digging the tunnel from both sides, and after
only a few failures managed to meet in the center.
--
Vic Sagerquist
aa#2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department
______________
Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day.
Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.
--Timothy Jones
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| User: "Levy Oates" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:53:17 AM |
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On 28 Apr 2004 20:00:46 -0700, (Robert B. Winn) wrote:
"Callipygian Nullifidian" <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:<c6p68c$95u$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu>...
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
Atheists believe that Hezekiah's tunnel was a hoax perpetrated by
Jerusalem tour guides.
Robert B. Winn
Ohmygawd! That mean's I haven't been a proper atheist all this time, cos' I'd
never even heard of Hezewhatsisname, never mind the fact that he built a tunnel.
---------
Archdeacom Levy Oates
On behalf of the Prophet Eric Peabody (pbuh)
Basingstoke, England
http://www.angelfire.com/alt/bumblism/
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| User: "Alex" |
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29 Apr 2004 06:50:26 AM |
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:53:17 +0100, Levy Oates
<levy_oates@hotmail.com> wrote:
On 28 Apr 2004 20:00:46 -0700, (Robert B. Winn) wrote:
Atheists believe that Hezekiah's tunnel was a hoax perpetrated by
Jerusalem tour guides.
Robert B. Winn
Ohmygawd! That mean's I haven't been a proper atheist all this time, cos' I'd
never even heard of Hezewhatsisname, never mind the fact that he built a tunnel.
Dang, my atheism has been compromised too! Maybe we should ask Robert
Winn to tell us what other things we don't believe in so that we can
be proper atheists.
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| User: "Ray Fischer" |
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29 Apr 2004 12:57:44 AM |
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Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
--
Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Robert Schneider" |
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29 Apr 2004 02:22:50 AM |
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"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@bolt.sonic.net> wrote in message
news:c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
Actually, you can use C14 to date speleothems since the carbon cycle works
similarly to terrestrial organisms.
http://www.c14dating.com/int.html
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
--
Ray Fischer
rfischer@sonic.net
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| User: "Sara Brum" |
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29 Apr 2004 02:34:30 AM |
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"Robert Schneider" <rss1174@SPAMMENOTearthlink.net> wrote in message
news:e32kc.13914$eZ5.8299@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
"Ray Fischer" <rfischer@bolt.sonic.net> wrote in message
news:c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
Actually, you can use C14 to date speleothems since the carbon cycle works
similarly to terrestrial organisms.
http://www.c14dating.com/int.html
Well, there ya go.
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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29 Apr 2004 01:06:00 AM |
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In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
--
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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| User: "Sara Brum" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:33:00 AM |
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".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to be no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error. Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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29 Apr 2004 01:43:44 AM |
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In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to be no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error. Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
A popsycle? That's why they put expiration dates on them.
--
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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| User: "Sara Brum" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:48:23 AM |
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".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University
in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using
radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling
of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the
age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to be
no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error.
Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
Go ahead, educate me.
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:50:32 AM |
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In article <c6q8g6$es654$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University
in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using
radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling
of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the
age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to be
no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error.
Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
Go ahead, educate me.
What would you like to know?
--
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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| User: "Sara Brum" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:57:11 AM |
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".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa53a453a0d23b98a84e@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q8g6$es654$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote
in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
University
in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using
radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the
ceiling
of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its
plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the
age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to
be
no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error.
Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
Go ahead, educate me.
What would you like to know?
Tell me all about radiocarbon dating. I'm dying to hear your version.
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:16:27 PM |
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In article <c6q90l$emnko$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa53a453a0d23b98a84e@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q8g6$es654$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote
in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
University
in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using
radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the
ceiling
of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its
plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the
age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to
be
no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error.
Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
Go ahead, educate me.
What would you like to know?
Tell me all about radiocarbon dating. I'm dying to hear your version.
well; first you need a radio. Then you'll need
some carbon. Carbon Monoxide works fine for this.
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Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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30 Apr 2004 07:09:35 AM |
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In article <MPG.1afaf466baa75a198a858@news.alt.net>, woogawooga99
@yahoo.com says...
In article <c6q90l$emnko$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa53a453a0d23b98a84e@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q8g6$es654$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote
in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
University
in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using
radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the
ceiling
of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its
plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the
age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to
be
no
more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of error.
Accuracy
of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
Go ahead, educate me.
What would you like to know?
Tell me all about radiocarbon dating. I'm dying to hear your version.
well; first you need a radio. Then you'll need
some carbon. Carbon Monoxide works fine for this.
And a date. Yes. You'll also need to find a date.
That's how radio, carbon, dating works. Get it?
You will some day, you poor cow.
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Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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30 Apr 2004 07:52:56 AM |
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In article <MPG.1afbefe8f66b2d8298a868@news.alt.net>, .44 Magnum Flying Vampire
Armadillo says...snip
You will some day, you poor cow.
Nice! How "christian" of you.
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo & EAC Spellcaster
#1557
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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30 Apr 2004 08:20:39 AM |
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In article <I_rkc.2412$H4.232@www.newsranger.com>,
says...
In article <MPG.1afbefe8f66b2d8298a868@news.alt.net>, .44 Magnum Flying Vampire
Armadillo says...snip
You will some day, you poor cow.
Nice! How "christian" of you.
How was that 'unchristian'?
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| User: "Big Bucket" |
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29 Apr 2004 07:39:31 AM |
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..44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net:
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote
in message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
: University in Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By
: using radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of stalactite
: samples from the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel and plant
: material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the age of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to
be no more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of
error. Accuracy of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30
years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
If "cracker jack box" is your term for "primary scientific literature."
http://www.c14dating.com/agecalc.html
"In an earlier section we mentioned that the limit of the technique is
about 55-60 000 years."
Now, about that "interpretation" part...
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
A popsycle? That's why they put expiration dates on them.
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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29 Apr 2004 01:22:50 PM |
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In article <Xns94DA4DEB478D8buckethomecom@24.93.43.121>,
says...
.44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net:
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote
in message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
: University in Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By
: using radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of stalactite
: samples from the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel and plant
: material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the age of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected to
be no more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of
error. Accuracy of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30
years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
If "cracker jack box" is your term for "primary scientific literature."
http://www.c14dating.com/agecalc.html
"In an earlier section we mentioned that the limit of the technique is
about 55-60 000 years."
Now, about that "interpretation" part...
Of course. Now this opens the possibility that humans
and dinosaurs walked together on the same lands before
Noah's great flood. Of course, he couldn't fit the
dinosaurs on the raft. You Atheists are so closed
minded and angry.
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
A popsycle? That's why they put expiration dates on them.
--
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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| User: "Eric Gill" |
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30 Apr 2004 08:00:50 AM |
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..44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afaf5e9ce4b953a98a85c@news.alt.net:
In article <Xns94DA4DEB478D8buckethomecom@24.93.43.121>,
bucket@home.com
says...
.44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net:
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com>
wrote
in message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
: University in Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery.
By
: using radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of stalactite
: samples from the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel and plant
: material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the age of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected
to
be no more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of
error. Accuracy of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30
years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
If "cracker jack box" is your term for "primary scientific
literature."
http://www.c14dating.com/agecalc.html
"In an earlier section we mentioned that the limit of the technique is
about 55-60 000 years."
Now, about that "interpretation" part...
Of course. Now this opens the possibility that humans
and dinosaurs walked together on the same lands before
Noah's great flood.
"This" referring to...what, exactly?
I hope you're not trying to imply that dinosaurs and radiocarbon dating
have anything to do with each other.
Of course, he couldn't fit the
dinosaurs on the raft. You Atheists are so closed
minded and angry.
What "atheist" are you referring to?
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
A popsycle? That's why they put expiration dates on them.
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| User: ".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" |
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30 Apr 2004 08:16:18 AM |
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In article <Xns94DB5188CF793ericvgillyahoocom@24.93.43.119>,
ericvgill@yahoo.com says...
.44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afaf5e9ce4b953a98a85c@news.alt.net:
In article <Xns94DA4DEB478D8buckethomecom@24.93.43.121>,
bucket@home.com
says...
.44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net:
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com>
wrote
in message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
: University in Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery.
By
: using radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of stalactite
: samples from the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel and plant
: material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine
the age of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples expected
to
be no more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of
error. Accuracy of radiocarbon dating is generally better than ±30
years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
If "cracker jack box" is your term for "primary scientific
literature."
http://www.c14dating.com/agecalc.html
"In an earlier section we mentioned that the limit of the technique is
about 55-60 000 years."
Now, about that "interpretation" part...
Of course. Now this opens the possibility that humans
and dinosaurs walked together on the same lands before
Noah's great flood.
"This" referring to...what, exactly?
I hope you're not trying to imply that dinosaurs and radiocarbon dating
have anything to do with each other.
Sure they do.
Of course, he couldn't fit the
dinosaurs on the raft. You Atheists are so closed
minded and angry.
What "atheist" are you referring to?
That's "atheists", chief.
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
A popsycle? That's why they put expiration dates on them.
--
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...
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| User: "Big Bucket" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
30 Apr 2004 09:04:25 AM |
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..44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afbff8992c4fb3398a876@news.alt.net:
In article <Xns94DB5188CF793ericvgillyahoocom@24.93.43.119>,
ericvgill@yahoo.com says...
.44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1afaf5e9ce4b953a98a85c@news.alt.net:
In article <Xns94DA4DEB478D8buckethomecom@24.93.43.121>,
bucket@home.com
says...
.44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote
in news:MPG.1afa520a44faa75a98a84d@news.alt.net:
In article <c6q7jb$f161p$1@ID-216353.news.uni-berlin.de>,
sarabrum@medulla.com says...
".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com>
wrote
in message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
rfischer@bolt.sonic.net says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew
: University in Jerusalem think they have solved the
: mystery.
By
: using radiocarbon testing to analyze the age of
: stalactite samples from the ceiling of the Siloam Tunnel
: and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to
determine the age of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story
is a fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Considering radiocarbon dating is only useful on samples
expected
to
be no more than 40,000 years old, that's a pretty big margin of
error. Accuracy of radiocarbon dating is generally better than
±30 years.
Bull honkeydoogie! Where do you get your information, out
of a cracker jack box?
If "cracker jack box" is your term for "primary scientific
literature."
http://www.c14dating.com/agecalc.html
"In an earlier section we mentioned that the limit of the
technique is about 55-60 000 years."
Now, about that "interpretation" part...
Of course. Now this opens the possibility that humans
and dinosaurs walked together on the same lands before
Noah's great flood.
"This" referring to...what, exactly?
I hope you're not trying to imply that dinosaurs and radiocarbon
dating have anything to do with each other.
Sure they do.
What, exactly?
Of course, he couldn't fit the
dinosaurs on the raft. You Atheists are so closed
minded and angry.
What "atheist" are you referring to?
That's "atheists", chief.
Why did you mention "atheists?"
All that aside, its usefulness in dating a stalactite is nil.
A popsycle? That's why they put expiration dates on them.
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| User: "Robert Schneider" |
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29 Apr 2004 02:12:35 AM |
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".44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo" <woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote in
message news:MPG.1afa4932fc47ee5198a849@news.alt.net...
In article <c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net>,
says...
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age
of things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Nonsense.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hibiscus
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| User: "Levy Oates" |
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| Title: Re: Part of the Old Testament Proven true |
29 Apr 2004 01:54:21 AM |
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:06:00 -0600, .44 Magnum Flying Vampire Armadillo
<woogawooga99@yahoo.com> wrote:
Radiocarbon dating is subjective to interpretation
and has an accuracy margin of error of over 2 million
years. Now consider the hibiscus in the fossil record
you heathen.
Sentence coherent writing try.
---------
Archdeacom Levy Oates
On behalf of the Prophet Eric Peabody (pbuh)
Basingstoke, England
http://www.angelfire.com/alt/bumblism/
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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29 Apr 2004 10:23:18 AM |
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 05:57:44 +0000 in episode
<c6q5go$4hm$1@bolt.sonic.net> we saw our hero (Ray
Fischer):
Callipygian Nullifidian <mulberry@ameritech.net> wrote:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
: the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
It's a bizarre claim. Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age of
things that were once living.
But considering the source I'd guess that the entire story is a
fabrication.
Nah, looks like the AP story (which few seem to be questioning) got the
specifics wrong. Over here:
http://www.ourjerusalem.com/ourjerusalem/story/oj20031214.html
Things make more sense:
"Israeli scientists carrying out carbon-14 analysis on wood, coal and ash
found in the plaster walls of Jerusalem's ancient Siloam Tunnel, and
running isotopic tests on the uranium and thorium present in stalactites
on the tunnel's ceiling, have determined that the tunnel was hewn around
700 B.C.--corroborating the Bible."
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism,
because it is a merger of State and corporate power."
- Mussolini
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29 Apr 2004 10:17:15 AM |
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On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:04:12 -0500 in episode
<c6p68c$95u$1@news.ks.uiuc.edu> we saw our hero "Callipygian Nullifidian"
<mulberry@ameritech.net>:
"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
: Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
: Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
: testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of the
: Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster
floor,
Radiocarbon dating of stalactites? Really?
That must've been quite a trick...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism,
because it is a merger of State and corporate power."
- Mussolini
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28 Apr 2004 06:34:23 PM |
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"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
Thought this might cheer everyone up. Enjoy.
KK
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Part of the Old Testament Proven True
<snip boring and cheerless Mumbo Jumbo>
What, only *part, I thought it was all the Truth!
--
Goodness Godless
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| User: "Don Claytoni....Man of La Munchie" |
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28 Apr 2004 10:28:28 PM |
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"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
Thought this might cheer everyone up. Enjoy.
KK
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Part of the Old Testament Proven True
Read 2 Kings 20:20 and 2 Chronicles 32:30 in the Old Testament
Read 5 Hubble Bubble 64:43 in The Book of Clayton
"And so it became clear that a fundamentalist Christian would not know his
***** from his elbow, until he tried to lean on a fence post and discovered
that he enjoyed the sensation!"
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28 Apr 2004 12:27:57 PM |
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"Krazy K" <Groundandpound64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:5dbdf251.0404280924.5dabfde5@posting.google.com...
Thought this might cheer everyone up. Enjoy.
KK
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Part of the Old Testament Proven True
Read 2 Kings 20:20 and 2 Chronicles 32:30 in the Old Testament and
you'll find a reference to a tunnel that was built in 700 B.C. by
order of King Hezekiah to protect Jerusalem's water supply against an
Assyrian siege. Long considered an engineering feat for that day and
age, the serpentine tunnel ran 1,750 feet long and moved water from
the Gihon spring across the entire city of ancient Jerusalem to the
pool of Siloam.
Fast forward to modern-day Jerusalem. The Siloam Tunnel in that city
matches the biblical description of King Hezekiah's tunnel. But is it
really the same one? That question has stumped scholars for years,
many of whom insisted the Siloam Tunnel was built centuries later than
the Bible suggested in Kings and Chronicles. The only clue that
survived for more than 2,700 years is an inscription discovered in
1880 on a tunnel wall that supported the link to King Hezekiah,
although it did not name him specifically, reports The Associated
Press.
Now geologists from the Cave Research Center at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem think they have solved the mystery. By using radiocarbon
testing to analyze the age of stalactite samples from the ceiling of
the Siloam Tunnel and plant material recovered from its plaster floor,
the biblical record and the tunnel's age have been confirmed, the
researchers wrote in the journal Nature. The Siloam Tunnel is the one
built by King Hezekiah.
This is also significant because it is the first time that a
well-identified biblical structure has been subjected to extensive
radiocarbon dating.
Even with all our modern-day technology and scientific knowledge, very
little testing of biblical structures has been done to prove or
disprove their age or authenticity. Why? The experts told AP such
testing is difficult because it's often hard to identify such
structures, they may be poorly preserved, or they may be restricted
for various political or religious reasons.
The Siloam Tunnel is different. It's long been a tourist attraction.
Anyone can wander in it and see the pick marks the original builders
made in the walls to adjust their course so the tunnel would meet with
a second team of workers who were heading toward them from the
opposite end of the city. AP notes that those pick marks tell us how
difficult it was to connect the two ends of the tunnel. "The tunnel is
extraordinary, but these guys didn't know where they were going a lot
of the time," Hershel Shanks, an expert on the history of Jerusalem
who writes for the Biblical Archaeology Review, told AP. Still, he
added, "It's nice to have scientific confirmation for what the vast
majority of biblical scholars and archaeologists believe."
To add to this
They are working on proving yet another part of the bible. The discovery of
Noah's ark.
A team is going to be going back to the site this summer. Turkish
Government is allowing
teams to examine the site, but only allowing pictures. From what I read,
they will not allow
artifacts to be removed, they want the site preserved.
It will be interesting as this unfolds.
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