Dr. Ben Carson on Wednesday night confirmed his belief that the pyramids in Egypt were built for grain storage by Joseph, the Biblical figure who helped the Egyptians survive famine, even though archaeologists have concluded that the pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs.
“My own personal theory is that Joseph built the pyramids to store grain,” Carson said in a 1998 speech surfaced by Buzzfeed News on Wednesday. “Now all the archeologists think that they were made for the pharaohs’ graves. But, you know, it would have to be something awfully big if you stop and think about it. And I don’t think it’d just disappear over the course of time to store that much grain.”
In his 1998 speech, Carson also dismissed the theory that aliens helped construct the pyramids because “it doesn’t require an alien being when God is with you.”
When asked if he stands by his 1998 comments by CBS News on Wednesday night, Carson said, “It’s still my belief, yes.”
November 5, 2015 at 4:25 pm
Methinks a tad of identity confusion
Maybe he thinks he is The Doctor and the pyramids a Tardis
November 5, 2015 at 4:43 pm
What a set of candidates…. unbeFreakinLievable. Who left the asylum doors unlocked?
November 5, 2015 at 5:17 pm
I actually thought that his grade school anecdote about being dumb was genuinely amusing, and if he had only told that, and the part about needing to improve on the U.S.’s poor record in science education, then it would have been a good speech.
But he really went off the rails questioning evolution, the pyramids, and repeating the ridiculous creationist talking point of the second law of thermodynamics. Why would anyone with any kind of science literacy take this man as a serious candidate for president? It is beyond alarming.
November 5, 2015 at 6:05 pm
“Why would anyone with any kind of science literacy take this man as a serious candidate for president?”
problem being, US science literacy is below low.
November 5, 2015 at 6:35 pm
And ironically, he claims that that was the problem that he too suffered from as a young person, but now (1998 actually) apparently he thinks science illiteracy is a “significant problem”, but he forgot to cc himself on his own views apparently.
November 5, 2015 at 6:08 pm
I’m becoming increasingly concerned for anyone whose brain was operated on by this man.
November 5, 2015 at 9:17 pm
I’m sorry you feel that way.
November 6, 2015 at 7:01 am
I am always surprised by the contortions made by fundamentalist christians when they rewrite history in order to support a literal translation of the bible. Reminds me of Ken’s Ham’s Creation Museum where you can see humans interacting with dinosaurs.
November 6, 2015 at 1:13 pm
Breaking news! The Carson campaign has just admitted that Ben told a real whopper. He now admits that he was NOT offered a scholarship to West Point, as he claimed in his autobiography.
How many lies and delusions do we have to hear from this man before he is sent packing? Oh, I forget, he seems “nice” and he’s an outsider, so the Retardlicans like him! They’re as crazy and deluded as he is.
November 12, 2015 at 4:43 pm
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