DSmith_TheHistorian

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[This topic has been answered] Thank you for your time and consideration... Blessings, Daniel L. Smith

Darwin predicted wrong. Huxley predicted wrong (even though DNA evolution does occur naturally over time). DNA mutation is so minor that it wouldn't make a difference thousands of years later (because we true Christians know the earth is not millions of years old). If you want to get technical, historically, the New Testament is the oldest primary source in existence and the Old Testament follows right behind as a secondary source. How the heck would I know this to be true? Well, my MA degree in history helps out--and so does my faith and commitment to Christ and the Scripture. “It begins when the Flood subsides. Noah plants a vineyard, makes wine, and falls into a stupor in his tent. Ham . . . sees his father's nakedness and tells his two brothers what has happened.... When Noah wakes up and learns what has happened, he lays a curse not upon Ham but upon Ham's son: 'Accursed be Canaan. He shall be his brothers' meanest slave.' . . . Whizzing forward to the medieval versions we learn more about the nature of Ham's misdeeds. He mocked Noah's nakedness, and invited his brothers to do the same (which they refused). What is more, this is not the first of Ham's transgressions. When they had all been on the Ark together, Noah had insisted that everyone be sexually continent, but Ham, by the aid of a magic demon, slept with his wife…”[1] And the Curse of Ham was in effect. The Tower of Babel in Mesopotamia was the next “Fall of Man.” I wrote an article awhile back where I clarify the results of Babel and its destruction on humanity. The world was a wicked place in the days of Noah. Compared to most European lifestyles they were observed as disgraceful, disgusting, violent, immoral, and unethical societies and in those days, it was something horrific. Dr. David Leston wrote that “archaeologists have unearthed bodies of people who lived in Mesopotamia, they have found evidence that cannibalism was practiced. In short, this was a very brutal era, in which humanity showed little to no regard for one another.”[2] He goes on to mention that in “January 1996 National Geographic did a comparison between rodeo riders and their injuries, and skeletons uncovered from the time of Noah. They found striking similarities between the injuries of the two groups, suggesting that this was a very violent society. When people reject God and the boundaries and purposes that He has created for them, they become a law unto themselves, and society becomes weaker and more dangerous.”[3] The net results are the same as always--extreme anarchy and a violent world. So, God flooded the world and spared the only honest and Godly man alive at the time. It was Noah who God gave the task of rebuilding civilization. It was right after the Flood that people would repopulate the Fertile Crescent (the middle east). This was a very fertile and agriculturally productive area which was quick to develop and fought over heavily. One of humankind’s early technological developments was the ability to design, manipulate materials and make structures such as buildings. It was mankind’s obligation from God to subdue the earth. He ultimately gave mankind all the faculties necessary to create great constructions. However, in man’s rebellion against God, this gift was used in ways to honor men and not Him—such as The Tower of Babel. This attempt at building a ziggurat mega-structure was humankind's next attempt at playing God. Just a note here—it will blow your mind to look at the similarities in the Mesopotamian ziggurat of biblical days and a typical ziggurat from South America. In Genesis 11, the tower planners said “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” The planners of course were referring to making a name for mankind above God’s name. God saw this ability of men to centralize power effectively for the purposes of glorifying themselves. He then—in an instant—created world languages to confuse the masses and dispersed them globally. This is where Dispersion across the globe took effect. This effectively explains human migration in the ice age, world language and similarities in technology worldwide. Since we are all come from the same origins, here is a diagram to show some more evidence that the roots are foundational... Daniel L. Smith 1. Braude, Benjamin. "The Sons of Noah and the Construction of Ethnic and Geographical Identities in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods." The William and Mary Quarterly 54, no. 1 (1997), 103. doi:10.2307/2953314. 2. Dr. Leston, Stephen, and Christopher D. Hudson. "From Creation to the Tower of Babel | The Age of Noah." In The Bible in World History: How History and Scripture Intersect, 31. Uhrichsville: Barbour Pub, 2011. 3. Ibid. p. 32.

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Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. - 2 Timothy 2:22 Amen.

Consider yourself Neo from the Matrix. I was unaware of this forum being blamed for censoring, I was just speaking on behalf of my own personal Facebook issues. Some of us have to rely on it to get our messages out there. Just another wake up call to America to stop sleeping and realize that we are running out of options. You know... Feudal Europe was the same way. Institutions and those elites (and power hungry) telling the people what they can and cannot opinionate...

Great observation. Your question should be... How did we ever manage to get roped into social media as a "necessity" to thrive in our American society?

False. Not when you are clearly choosing one political idea over another. Especially since Zuckerburg created FB to be a "free speech platform." But isn't censoring one idea and not the other a violation of your constitutional right to free speech? Ponder this... If FB all of a sudden decided to stop hiring whites and hire purely by the tone of your skin (much like how liberal universities hand out their grant awards today), wouldn't that be a violation of their constitutional right to stop them from running their business in the way they seem fit? Or is it racism? OR, are social media companies just wiping their rear ends with the constitution and being sided-with by their friendly, "locker-room buddy", liberal-leaning politicians and judges (to prop them up) because they have comfortably gotten away with it for so long? Yeah right. Facebook in particular shut my business account down within hours after I posted historically factual information that proves Christianity was the makeup of the United States Founding Documents. I was shut down for two reasons: Being a Christian and for being... uh oh... a Conservative. Blessings, Daniel L. Smith

As traditional American doctrine was neglected, the competing ideology of socialism had taken off. Karl Marx’s book, which was written in 1844, never had much influence in American society. That was until we had backslid from Christian principles of economics and dabbled in greed. Thus, monopolies would form and grow. Wealth was accumulated, instead of employing the extra wealth to meet the needs of the poor and society itself. Self-culture (or individual interest) began to replace the common good of the community. Historian Marshall Foster writes that “in the loft restaurant above Peck’s restaurant at 140 Fulton Street in lower Manhattan, a group of young men met to plan the overthrow of the predominately Christian world-view that still pervaded America. At this first meeting five men were present: Upton Sinclair, 27, a writer and a socialist; Jack London, writer; Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister; J.G. Phelps Stokes, husband of a socialist leader; and Clarence Darrow, a lawyer." "Their organization was called the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. Their purpose was to ‘promote an intelligent interest in socialism among college men and women.’ These men were ready to become the exponents of an idea passed on to them by an obscure writer named Karl Marx—a man who never tried to be self-supporting but was supported by a wealthy industrialist who, inexplicably, believed in his theory of ‘the dictatorship of the proletariat.’ Although a small group in the beginning, these adherents of socialism more than succeeded in their task.” “By using the proven method of gradualism, taken from the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus, these men and others who joined with them slowly infiltrated” the public schools of our nation. By 1912 there were chapters in 44 colleges. By 1917 there were 61 chapters of student study groups of the League of Industrial Democracy. “At that time John Dewey, the godfather of progressive education, was the vice-president of the league. By 1941 Dewey had become president and Reinhold Niebuhr, the liberal socialist theologian, was the treasurer.”[1] The beginning of the end of traditional America had become entrenched. Dr. Stephen K. McDowell mentions that “the loss Christian tradition, character, and responsibility led to the failure of many banks in the early 1900’s. To remedy this situation, power was granted to a centralized Federal Reserve Board in 1913. But this unbiblical economic structure and lack of character produced many more problems. Within 20 years, the Stock Market had crashed, and America was in the midst of the Great Depression.”[2] With the propagation of socialism, people were ready for Roosevelt's “New Deal,” such as Social Security and other welfare agencies, which ultimately set up the State as provider rather than God. Blessings, Daniel L. Smith, Resources: [1] Dr. Beliles, Mark A., and Stephen K. Dr. McDowell. America's Providential History: Including Biblical Principles of Education, Government, Politics, Economics, and Family Life, 250-251. 1989. [2] Foster, Marshall, and Mary-Elaine Swanson. The American Covenant: The Untold Story, xvii. Mayflower Inst, 1983. "American Culture's Hairline Fracture." Complex America. Accessed November 8, 2020.

That's an interesting perspective. Have you considered how long it took the American Settler's to travel from east coast to west coast? So, with that consideration in mind, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that 60-years would be plenty of time to migrate, settle, and migrate some more? Travel by animal has been around since the beginning, and even so, travel by foot was very reasonable to make a 60-year venture regardless of the geological and geographic differences. Human beings are able to adapt to their environments and thus are able to manipulate the needs of their travel to make their journey more efficient. I think speculation is needed in certain circumstances to explain and clarify particular historical events. Blessings

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. - 2 Timothy 2:22 Amen

From Babel to North America – by Land So, how did North American Indians arrive in North America in the first place? Looking back at history, the origins of every single person on this planet begins at the Tower of Babel. Genesis 10:32 says: “These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.” Answers-in-Genesis Writer and Engineer Bodie Hodge answers this question starting with his explanation of indigenous land-migration: “From Babel, we would expect that civilizations closer to the region would be settled first and then those farther away. Initial civilizations such as Babylon, Egypt, and Greece were among the first to rise. Larry Pierce has a good article describing this—see ‘In the Days of Peleg.’ The next general areas people spread to were Europe, Asia, and Africa. Beyond this would be Australia and North and South America. Let’s take a closer look at North America and South America.” “First, most Native Americans likely came across the Bering Strait from Asia to Alaska. From there, they went south and spread throughout the continent and on down to Central and South America. The timing of this event would have be after the Tower of Babel when Noah’s descendants were scattered across the globe to repopulate the earth. Ussher places the Tower of Babel at about 2242 BC, which is about a hundred years or so after the Flood. For the land beneath the Bering Strait to be exposed, the ocean level would have to be lower. The Ice Age that followed the Flood would be the perfect mechanism to remove water from the ocean and deposit it on land, thus reducing the ocean level. The Ice Age peaked about 500 years after the Flood, or about 400 years after Babel.”[1] For the Bering Strait to have been covered by enough solid snow and ice to expose the land bridge, it would have taken most of the Ice Age. This information is taken and based upon the current depth of the Bering Strait, which is believed to have been shallower preceding the Ice Age.[2] This event would allow solid ground to show sooner than 400 years after Babel and the resulting Dispersion. This would have been the small and exact opportunity for people to cross. According to historian Mike Oard, “Sixty years is a crude back-of-the-envelope calculation to estimate the minimum time it would take to reach South America. The actual migration would likely have been more complicated and slower. Migration could have happened in spurts. Some tribes could have settled for a while in a location before moving on.”[3] The calculation concludes that the migrating people could have made it all the way to South America in at least 60 years. Of course, this is just a calculation and not the most likely of scenarios. Migration most likely happened in spurts. It would take time to travel on foot for sure. As semi-nomadic, after settling in one spot they would move on to another once resources were depleted. These groups that would spurt across the Bering Straight from the Middle East, and then take the time to spread out across the Americas. It makes complete sense that after a couple of hundred years there would be plenty of time to expand and migrate across Asia to the Bering Strait. Even many of the first explorers to the Americas most likely showed up around 200 to 500 years after the Great Flood, or about 100 to 400 years after Babel, at about 2142 BC to approximately 1842 BC (based upon Ussher’s dates). These land bridges would have exposed Australia, for example, which has an extensive, shallow continental shelf that also connects the surrounding island chains in Southeast Asia. PS - You can see more in my first resource below... Blessings, Daniel L. Smith, ComplexAmerica.org [1] Hodge, Bodie. "From Ararat to the Americas—In a Few Thousand Years?" Answers in Genesis. Last modified September 22, 2006. https://answersingenesis.org/tower-of-babel/from-ararat-to-the-americas-in-a-few-thousand-years/. [2] Oard, Michael. Frozen in Time: The Woolly Mammoth, The Ice Age, and The Bible, 130. Green Forest : New Leaf Publishing Group, 2004. [3] Ibid., 132

Some call this a spectacular historical example of God’s Providence. Others challenge it as pure luck. The North American Indian is vital in the grand design for the world’s history. Their history plays an equally important role in the larger story in how history continues to be laid out for humanity. Their culture takes part in the same human history that God has had for all of humankind since the Creation and Adam and Eve. Now, Providence is not just the name of a city in Rhode Island. Providence is a word that is generally defined as God’s omnipresent and active role in the world’s history. That means at any given time He may, or may not, intervene on humanity’s behalf. Providence is also seen as historical proof through linking current events, the historical past, and Christianity. Many people do not know that one of the first times mainland America was ever entered was by way of northern Mexico and the Spanish Europeans. It wasn’t until 1598 that the Spanish would try to colonize New Mexico. An expedition of 400 soldiers headed north from Mexico City, led by devout Catholic explorer Don Juan de Oñate. This was the 2nd time that any European would touch mainland North America. It was also the 2nd time they would also have explicit experience with the Pueblo Indians, as one of the first few Indian tribes ever initially contacted. The feelings and observations of divine authorship over the initial European discovery of New Mexico could not be truly understood without offering a final example of God’s omnipresent works. Occurring shortly after this event, historian Villagra wrote of much hardship endured by Onate’s expedition into indigenous and untraveled New Mexico. “After many trials and many sufferings, [we] came in sight of a splendid pueblo. We gave it the name of’ ‘San Juan,’ adding ‘de los Caballeros’ in memory of those noble sons who first raised in these barbarous regions the bloody tree upon which Christ perished for the redemption of mankind.”[1] The task of desert exploration was no easy job. And the idea of “trials and many sufferings” shouldn’t be taken out of context either. They were literally surviving. It was mentioned: “These men are forced at times to subsist on unsavory roots and unknown seeds, and even on the flesh of dogs, horses, and other animals whose flesh is most abhorrent to all civilized people. Through the snowy passes they blaze their way as a plow cuts a furrow through the soil. Often in the mountain fastnesses they escape in snowdrifts only by clinging to the tails of their horses…” Upon making it to the Indian village, “The natives of this pueblo came forth and gladly shared their homes with us. Here the entire army made camp. One day, while the general was taking his meal, the savages began to raise such a frightful wail that we all thought the final day of judgment had arrived, when we would be called before the judgment seat of God to give our final accounting.” “Astonished and confused, we inquired the cause of such dreadful lamentations. The people answered that for a long time they had been praying to their gods for rain; that despite their prayers not a single cloud appeared to darken the heavens, and that unless the drought were broken all their hopes would be gone, for not a single plant would yield its crop.” “On hearing this, the commissary and the good Fray [Father] Cristóbal, trusting in God from whom all our needs must come, commanded the Indians to cease their wailing, for they would offer prayers to God in heaven, asking Him to look down with pity, and, though they were disobedient children, to send abundant rains that the dying plants might revive and yield plentiful crops.” “The Indians were greatly pleased, and like little children who hush when they are given the things they have cried for, ceased their lamentations. Eagerly and anxiously they scanned the heavens, awaiting the promised rain. The next day at about the same hour in which they had set up their wail, the skies suddenly became dark and the clouds of heaven opened and poured forth regular torrents of rain. The barbarians stood spellbound in awe and mute gratitude at the unbounding mercy of God…”[2] God’s omnipresence is literal. History is His story. Examples of Providence are well-documented all throughout history, including all American history. Humanity in all its ethnic make-up is part of His all perfectly written and final grand design. Daniel L. Smith, Resources: [1] Minge, Ward A., Miguel Encinias, Alfred Rodriguez, Joseph P. Sanchez, Gaspar P. De Villagra, and Larry Frank. "Historia de la Nueva Mexico, 1610: Gaspar Perez de Villagra.” The Western Historical Quarterly 25, no. 2 (1994), 237. doi:10.2307/971486. [2] Ibid.

I am one of those who were silenced before the election. It is happening and we should always expect this to happen. In particular, my business account was restricted from communicating advertisements and messages to any audience outside of my current network. I'm still restricted as of today, however, there are lawyers fighting California State right now. We have had it pretty good here in America as Christian's. And as such, the Lord has patiently given us time to allow for us to further spread His Gospel, that is, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I donate to the ACLJ (aclj.org) - they are always fighting for religious rights on behalf of Christians everywhere. They are a God-send for those out there that do not have the resources to fight on their own behalf. Blessings, Daniel L. Smith,