[meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-19 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Darren - You are quite right to question Old Testament materials, and any interpretation done of them. Given the relationship between the Old Testament and Israeli nationalism, a lot of the recent work in the area on the middle bronze age has been pretty bad. Most of the archaeologists

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-19 Thread Chris Merry
- From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 7:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:51:25 -0700, you wrote: Well said, Chris. It's amazing how

[meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi - All of the deaths from impact which I have been able to document in the Americas have come from COMET fragment impacts, not asteroid impacts. For asteroids in the Americas, Barringer was too early for man, Campo hit in an area already depopulated by the Rio Cuarto impacts, and the Brenham

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:13:22 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: The seven plagues were likely caused by a release of caustic water from a source lake for the Nile River. Oh, and this. The sevep plagues are likely a fairy tale made up to make a good story to tell of the escape from Egypt (which itself

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:13:22 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: All of the deaths from impact which I have been able to document in the Americas have come from COMET Strange, how the peer-reviewed journals aren't fighting over each other to publish your documentation.

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Michael L Blood
Dear Darren, While I am no authority on biblical history, I do know something about language, being a college instructor in Anthropology, with Linguistics being a major factor in Cultural Anthropology. There is an aspect to historical linguistics called Glottochronology which focuses on

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Mark
PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 1:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:13:22 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: The seven plagues were likely caused by a release of caustic water from a source lake

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:21:47 -0700, you wrote: language change could very reliably be measured at a change rate of 7% of the core vocabulary (words that refer to universal 7% per what? You left out the rate. I'm guessing century. And for what area of the world, in what time period? For

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:21:47 -0700, you wrote: Anthropology. There is an aspect to historical linguistics called Glottochronology which focuses on the specifics of language change. Interesting (and not highly favorable) summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottochronology

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:27:36 -0400, you wrote: It seems to me the History Channel or TLC, maybe even Discovery Channel, one of them, cover all the plagues and they were/are natural yearly events that the ancient peoples of Egypt lived with. Why turn them into fables and myths? But that's all

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Sterling K. Webb
, June 17, 2007 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:27:36 -0400, you wrote: It seems to me the History Channel or TLC, maybe even Discovery Channel, one of them, cover all the plagues and they were/are natural yearly events

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Chris Merry
Message - From: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteoritelist Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites ya know, some people refuse to accept what is known as fact and try to dismiss it off

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread David Weir
Hello Mark, I saw that TV show twice, and I found their hypotheses completely credible. It was based on a large volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini, which happened at about the same time as the exodus. Each plague was shown to be the result of a natural occurrence as reflected

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Mark
: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:27:36 -0400, you wrote: It seems to me the History Channel or TLC, maybe even Discovery Channel, one of them, cover all the plagues and they were/are natural yearly events that the ancient peoples of Egypt lived

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:33:29 -0400, you wrote: ya know, some people refuse to accept what is known as fact and try to dismiss it off as something that might could happen. And some people think that a whole lot more is known as fact than really is. Writings by individuals or groups with vested

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:56:07 -0400, you wrote: Hello Mark, I saw that TV show twice, and I found their hypotheses completely credible. It was based on a large volcanic eruption on the Greek island http://www.bib-arch.org/bswbOOexodusbeware.html __

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:33:29 -0400, you wrote: That isn't why we are here. We are here for meteorites, not mightbe's and myths or annual events that did plague the Nile until recent history. If you I agree. But the reson I brought it up was the constant assertions that EP guy knows about all

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread GREG LINDH
- Original Message - From: Chris Merry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED]; meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites Mark, Well put...I was always under

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread David Weir
You just have to know how to follow the threads. After discussing global warming for a week or so, someone brought up human hammers, and then Mr. Blood brought up the biblical plague of burning ice, to which one of our resident scientists jokingly suggested it could have been a methane

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:51:25 -0700, you wrote: Well said, Chris. It's amazing how the Meteorite List is *only for discussing meteorites*.except when the urge to bash other people's religious beliefs becomes too overwhelming. Then it is *perfectly acceptable* to depart from the topic of

Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread GREG LINDH
Nice *shouting*! - Original Message - From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 4:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:51:25 -0700, you wrote

[meteorite-list] Seven plagues and killer meteorites

2007-06-17 Thread E.P. Grondine
is certain: If you do not hunt, you will find nothing. good hunting, E.P. Grondine Man and Impact in the Americas From: Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Seven Plagues and Killer Meteorites To: meteoritelist Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED