Footage has come to Christ Within of presidential hopeful , Ben Carson , say he believed the Biblical fig Joseph built the pyramids to salt away grain . He also say that scientists can only explain the Pyramids of Egypt with outlandish theories of super - intelligent aliens , despite the huge amount of written evidence the Ancient Egyptians forget behind   to explainwhy they built the pyramids – they were grave .

Carson gave the delivery in 1998 as the keynote verbalizer for graduates at Andrews University , the flagship university of the Seventh - Day Adventist Church .

Carson , a former neurosurgeon , has delight a late boost in popularity during the ongoing Republican leadership military campaign . Thelatest survey , by NBC News , puts his reenforcement at 29 percent , six points up on the former front - base runner , Donald Trump .

The spoken language came to light after a recentBuzzfeed Newsarticle write a video transcription of it . Last Wednesday , CBSNews ask Carson whether his views have modify since 1998 , to which he replied : “ It ’s still my notion , yes . ”

In the delivery he said :

“ My own personal theory is that Joseph build the pyramids to stash away metric grain . Now all the archeologists recall that they were made for the Pharaoh of Egypt ’ grave . But , you know , it would have to be something awfully big if you stop and think about it . And I do n’t think it ’d just disappear over the course of meter to store that much texture .

“ And when you look at the way that the pyramids are made , with many chambers that are hermetically sealed , they ’d have to be that way for various understanding , ” Carson say . “ And various of scientist have said , ‘ Well , you know there were exotic beings that come down and they have special cognition and that ’s how ’ – you know , it does n’t require an alien being when God is with you .

“ citizenry may not even be able-bodied to explicate what it is that you ’re accomplishing , but they do n’t have to be capable to explain it when God is there . ”

In the oral communication , he also said , “ they [ scientists ] never have an answer for these form of things . That ’s the wonderful thing about get a family relationship with God . God has already told us what bump . ”

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you may watch the speech in fullhere .

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