[From where did the different races come?]
This reminds me of the question; where did all the languages come from? Years ago, the U.S. government invested millions of dollars to discover "where all languages came from". After millions of dollars, and a ton of research, the scientific study concluded that all languages originated in Babylon.
Of course, all languages did come from Babylon. I could have saved the U.S. government millions of dollars: all the "scientists" needed to do was crack open a Bible to Genesis to know this!
Where did all races originate? From the decendants of Noah; should we pump millions of dollars into a "scientific study" to prove that all mankind originated from the mountains of Ararat?
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Where did all races originate? From the decendants of Noah; should we pump millions of dollars into a "scientific study" to prove that all mankind originated from the mountains of Ararat?"
No, we've had one already. Mankind did not originate in the mountains of Ararat. It was Africa, the cradle of mankind.
It would be more accurate to say that the Indo-European class of languages, a large group indeed, did originate in Babylon.
African languages, Asian languages (such as Chinese and separated from Indian languages), Native American languages.... nope. Not related and not originated in Babylon.
Try again... or rather, please don't.
It would be more accurate to say that the Indo-European class of languages, a large group indeed, did originate in Babylon.
It may be "more accurate," but it's probably wrong...
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<<Years ago, the U.S. government invested millions of dollars to discover "where all languages came from". After millions of dollars, and a ton of research, the scientific study concluded that all languages originated in Babylon.>>
I wonder if he just made that up himself or was told this by some nutty pastor.
A little venture into logic: different geological locations have varied climate, landmarks and wildlife that are not found in other geographical areas. Let's take Australia... many creatures reside there that can be natively found nowhere else on Earth. Thus, the first occupants of Australia had to create new words to describe these creatures. Their language adapted to their environment. Obviously someone who had never seen a wallabe would not have a word for the small hoppy marsupial. The fact is, back when languages were formed, colonies of mankind were isolated from one another, and they made their own language to describe the environment they were surrounded by.
As for this supposed study, I've never heard of it. But that's probably because the liberals keep it under wraps, I guess.
So all of noah's kids became Swahili, Korean, Aborigines, Pygmies, Vikings, and eskimos among others? So you're saying they evolved into different races? Hmmm.
And let me get this straight, all languages spontaneously erupted out of the Babylon tower workers (because god was scared that men who still believed the earth was flat were going to build a tower that reached heaven Heh-heh) and each language was maintained until everyone had migrated half way around the world so that Polynesians had a language different from Brazilians? Well isn't it a strange coincidence that similar and related languages ended up close to each other spoken by people who are of similar races?
You know you're insane, right?
Explain Finnish, Hungarian, and Basque, please.
And the irritating tendancy of words in English to sound alike but be spelled differently - i.e. their, there, and they're; it's and its, etc.
"Why does he talk differently?"
" Because people who grew up far away from here do."
That's how hard that is, and it was realized well before that stupid tower story.
> should we pump millions of dollars into a "scientific study" to prove that all mankind originated from the mountains of Ararat?
Yes. You might save some skeptics from hell if the Bible managed to predict a bunch of scientific studies.
I'm quite willing to believe that the U.S. government did indeed waste millions of taxpayer dollars on such an asinine study. They have, after all, wasted much more on far worse. What I am not willing to believe is that this study produced a conclusion so contrary to the body of the worlds knowledge.
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