Well, there is plenty of archaeological evidence about many other civilizations that existed before that too. I even mentioned some of them in one of my above comments. My point is that it’s stupid to scoff at people from the position of supposed intellectual superiority while displaying elementary ignorance of the topics at hand. It’s not like I’m objecting about some obscure little details—anyone with even the most rudimentary knowledge of the ancient Near Eastern chronology and the actual claims of the creationists should be immediately aware that the premise of the joke doesn’t hold water.
John, when people thought the earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the earth was spherical, they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.
Well, there is plenty of archaeological evidence about many other civilizations that existed before that too. I even mentioned some of them in one of my above comments. My point is that it’s stupid to scoff at people from the position of supposed intellectual superiority while displaying elementary ignorance of the topics at hand. It’s not like I’m objecting about some obscure little details—anyone with even the most rudimentary knowledge of the ancient Near Eastern chronology and the actual claims of the creationists should be immediately aware that the premise of the joke doesn’t hold water.
— Isaac Asimov