Text 28564, 78 rader
Skriven 2007-05-04 06:31:34 av John Hull (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 28557 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Muslems
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Ed Hulett -> THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote:
 EH> THURSTON ACKERMAN -> ED HULETT wrote:
 EH>>> THURSTON ACKERMAN -> VERN HUMPHREY wrote:
 TA>>>>>>>> And todays DNA proves we are all descendants of an Africian
 TA>>>> Eve.

 TA>>>>>>>> The question resolves into who will populate the rocket
 EH> ship to

 TA>>>>>>>> our next planet adventure?

 VH>>>>>>> I doubt there will ever be such a rocket ship.

 TA>>>>>> You should have more faith in our African ancestral beginnings
 TA>>>>>> and todays Black men and women.

 VH>>>>> Translate that into English, would you?

 TA>>>> The majority of our academics agree that we modern human animals
 TA>>>> are descendants of an "African Eve". Some postulate she was a
 TA>>>> mutation of some other primate (most likely akin to today's chimps
 TA>>>> who have a most similar DNA to ours) while others of us would
 EH> rather
 TA>>>> consider her ancestors may have survived a solar trip from other
 TA>>>> planet.

 EH>>> You are mistaken here. Some do think as you say, but it isn't "a
 EH> majority" a
 EH>>> you claim.

 TA>> I am referring to the majority of the scientific investorgators
 EH> in this
 TA>> field of human studies. I don't know which majority you cite.

 EH> I would hope that most are still investigating and haven't settled on
 EH> anything.

 EH>>> The silliness of extraterrestrial ancestors is only advocated by
 EH> the
 TA>> lunatic

 TA>>>> Todays bibical lesson of Ruth and Boaz had interesting
 EH> observations
 TA>>>> and phophecy that shed some light on same the interesting
 EH> routes of
 TA>>>> our human journay; but I think our Bibical forebears had too small
 TA>>>> an appreciation of from whence Father Abraham ancestors settled in
 TA>>>> old UR (todays Badhdad) to guide today's weary travelers trip
 TA>> to,,,,,

 EH>>> Ur was a _sea port_ and was not where Baghdad is now.

 TA>> I have stood on the high and dry ancient docks that where used by
 EH> the
 TA>> Romans a couple thousands years ago that are now more then 12 miles
 TA>> from the Sea now. Ur has three rivers about it that could easily
 EH> carry
 TA>> suffient debris in its more anciant history to also remove it
 EH> from now
 TA>> being a sea port today.

 EH> I said *was* a seaport. Back during Abraham's lifetime.

 EH> Baghdad is another 300 or 400 miles north of where Ur was. Babylon was
 EH> even south of where Baghdad is today.

 EH> Ed

Thurston has a great fondness for "gilding the lily" just like Victorian
scientists used to do.

-- 
John
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