Fire pit found in Israel dating back 300,000 years

To the extent that Christians actually apply "Love thy neighbour' as a way to override all of the ugly things the bible suggests, I have to give them credit for doing well.

 

No. It's not conflicting. The bible says that homosexuality is a sin, not that god hates all homosexuals.

It then goes on to state that judging the sins of others is also a sin, just as grave as any sin they have committed.

 

you sure there are no conflicting instructions or statements?

 

I am talking about the fact that most CHristians preach people to follow the bible and then refuse to follow the same laws that they preach. The bible clearly states that judgement of sin is for God alone and no one has the right to judge sins. So, any Christian who judges another person is a sinner.

The biggest hyprocracy is when they tell you that Christians don't have to follow the old testament and only the teachings of god matters, as an excuse for not following the old testament, and then quote the old testament when they are trying to explain why homosexuality is evil and other things.

 

So, back to this pit in Israel. I take it to mean that we didn't start the fire....

 

One of my study Bibles says 1967. But then that could be the date of its printing, not the foundation of the world.

 

Depends. Does it say AD?
Otherwise, it could be the date from creation.

 

A newly discovered hearth full of ash and charred bone in a cave in modern-day Israel hints that early humans sat around fires as early as 300,000 years ago — before Homo sapiens arose in Africa.





In and around the hearth, archaeologists say they also found bits of stone tools that were likely used for butchering and cutting animals.

The finds could shed light on a turning point in the development of culture "in which humans first began to regularly use fire both for cooking meat and as a focal point — a sort of campfire — for social gatherings," said archaeologist Ruth Shahack-Gross of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. [10 Things that Make Humans Special]

"They also tell us something about the impressive levels of social and cognitive development of humans living some 300,000 years ago," Shahack-Gross added in a statement.

The centrally located fire pit is about 6.5 feet (2 meters) in diameter at its widest point, and its ash layers suggest the hearth was used repeatedly over time, according to the study, which was detailed in the Journal of Archaeological Science on Jan. 25. Shahack-Gross and colleagues think these features indicate the hearth may have been used by large groups of cave dwellers. What's more, its position implies some planning went into deciding where to put the fire pit, suggesting whoever built it must have had a certain level of intelligence.

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http://news.yahoo.com/300-000-old-caveman-39-campfire-39-found-152628371.html

Read what they were roasting..................