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> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:08:47 +0000 (UTC), in free.christians
> broomhed@world.std.com (Ann Broomhead) wrote in
> <7418dcc4.0401300808.32f06081@posting.google.com>:
> >"Piorokrat" <piorokrat@autograf.pl> wrote in message
news:<bvd0pc$jcp$3@news.onet.pl>...
> >
> >> Nice try, Jack, but I'm afraid unless you can show me what the common
> >> ancestor between Finno-Ugric and INdo-European, then evolution doesn't
apply
> >> to the origins of these language families. And if evolution can't
account
> >> for the rise of labguage families, then what does? How did those
language
> >> families come into being? What theory of them would be consistent with
what
> >> evolution claims about man's origins?
> >>
> >> This is an important question. It was also what this argument was about
when
> >> I brought it up. The architectural aside is the distractor, thrown in
by
> >> someone who couldn't answer the question, so she decided to change the
> >> question. Don't criticise my debating techniques, it was Anne Broomhead
who
> >> swept in with that one.
> >>
> >> Uncle Davey
> >
> >According to your claims about the Bible, all languages split when the
> >Tower of Babel was being built. This was, as I pointed out, no
> >earlier than the reign of Ur-Nammu (2112 - 2095 bce). Demonstrate to
> >us that Finno-Ugric and Indo-European date from this time (and no
> >earlier) as separate, and distinct languages.
> >
> >The Tower of Babel incident is your claim; you get to support it with
> >data.
> >
> >And how tall was the Tower of Babel supposed to be, anyhow?
>
> Tall enough to reach heaven, everyone knows that.
>
What is your evidence that this was 2112-2095 BC?
I think it was earlier than that.
What you refer to could have been an attempt to rebuild it.
Uncle Davey
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