>>I just love the Internet.
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>>In thread 1083362, Howard Bennett points to http://www.answersingenesis.org/ for info regarding creationism. Hey, I'm game, so I checked it out. On the home page is a link to a rather poorly written article regarding the extinction of woolly mammoths, and how the extinction can't be explained by uniformitarianism (that was a new word on me). The author didn't postulate a different theory, so I decided to do a little more research.
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>>That led to a site called Terracycles, which includes a page on the extinction of mammoths (along with many other species about the same time). The premise of this site is that the Earth has periodically suffered from superstorms that dump supercooled air onto the planet, triggering ice ages. Hey, I'm no meteorologist, sounds plausible to me.
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>>Until I read the main page, where (deep down) the author claims "an entire city was destroyed by a nuclear weapon in India between 8000 and 12,000 years ago, demonstrating that civilizations were advanced. Other evidence of nuclear destruction in that time period is found in North America."
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>>Whoa.
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>>Some of you more scientific types might get a kick out of this site. Follow the links there and see what you think. Meanwhile, can I have the blue pill, please?
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>It does look a bit weird. However, the fact alone that mankind was supposed to have had nuclear energy at some moment in the remote past doesn't by itself discredit the entire site. After all, our ancestors did impressive feats in other areas. For instance, the explanations of how the gigantic pyramids were built with only slave labor are, IMHO, not very credible.

Why do you feel the slave labour theory is not very credible. Take a look at this page, and then down near the bottom click the link titled The Labours of Pyramid Building and see if you still feel the same way after reading these pages.

Which reminds me of this joke:

A guy is on one of those quiz shows where you double your money each time you answer correctly. Every week he answers all the questions correctly so that after a number of weeks he gets to the point where he can bankrupt the station if he's correct again. So the network execs huddle together with the quiz show producers to try to figure out a way to stop the guy. After a lot of hand-wringing, recriminations, and sweat, the show producer finally makes an announcement. He tells the rest of them that he has come up with the 'perfect question'. This guy will never be able to answer it. He explains what he has planned, and they all leave the meeting feeling on top of the world.

The following week, the contestant shows up and announces he intends to go on rather than take what he's earned and quit. They put him in a sound proof booth and turn on the internal speaker. The host says to him, "Ok, for your final question, and it's a toughie, Name the slaves who built the great pyramid of Cheops!" The studio darkens, the booth's speaker shuts off, its interior lights come on, and the annoying music marking the time starts up. Finally, time's up and the host says, "Ok, are you ready to answer?" The guy replies, "Well, I'm not sure. Did you want the day shift or the night shift?"

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>On the other hand, it might be difficult to prove that an atomic explosion did occur in the remote past; and the site presents it as a fact. I deem it a waste of time to follow the link and look at the "proofs".