Click here (NatGeo) for an article and pictures about a fascinating archaeological site in Turkey which is revolutionizing traditional theories about the origins of religion...
Is religion a cause or a consequence of civilization??
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Hi, this is Cynthia Williams, I totally enjoyed this find in Turkey. It gives us hope and confidence in God. It is evidence supporting worship, like cain and abel of the bible, conducted. Maybe the seemingly decline in creativity and technology was due to the god they were worshiping?
Sadly after this article was published much of the dating for this sight in Turkey has been found to be faulty by up to 1000 years. While I enjoy Nat Geo, they need to institute a peer review policy. djw
I was not aware of the disputed chronology for this site (then again, I'm not surprised, given the challenges in establishing firm timelines for such materials). Evidently, the archaeologists are relying upon 'pedogenic carbonate coatings' upon the ancient stones, which contain (decaying, and hence, datable) carbon-14 isotopes. Time will tell... hopefully!
3 comments:
Hi, this is Cynthia Williams, I totally enjoyed this find in Turkey. It gives us hope and confidence in God. It is evidence supporting worship, like cain and abel of the bible, conducted. Maybe the seemingly decline in creativity and technology was due to the god they were worshiping?
Sadly after this article was published much of the dating for this sight in Turkey has been found to be faulty by up to 1000 years.
While I enjoy Nat Geo, they need to institute a peer review policy.
djw
I was not aware of the disputed chronology for this site (then again, I'm not surprised, given the challenges in establishing firm timelines for such materials). Evidently, the archaeologists are relying upon 'pedogenic carbonate coatings' upon the ancient stones, which contain (decaying, and hence, datable) carbon-14 isotopes. Time will tell... hopefully!
pdk
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