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Noah's Ark Found?

Meadmaker

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I turned on AOL, and was startled to see an article on the mains screen asking if Noah's Ark had been found. AOL isn't exactly an uncritical source, but it isn't the Weekly World News, either. Unlike most ark discovery stories, this one had pictures.

Some quick searching revealed the following information, all based on teams of Christian "archeologists". I put it in quotes because I don't know if any of the finders had archeology credentials. I do know that Josh McDowell was with them, and he isn't an archeologist I'm aware of.

The team found a large, approximately 400 feet (ark sized), pile of black rock on a high mountain in Iran. The black rock contained some sort of marine fossil. The team says the rock has been tested, and was determined to be petrified wood.

The finding has been reported by lots of news organizations.

I didn't see a thread here, so I figured it was a good reason to start one. As news trickles out, I'm sure that people here will want to post links to the skeptical stories that I'm sure will be short and found on page 17 of the newspaper.

Here's an ABC News link.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2133311&page=1
 
Interesting statement from the above linked article:

There's this idea, if we can prove that the ark existed then we can prove that the story existed, and more importantly, we can prove that God existed," said Bruce Feiler, author of "Where God Was Born."
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How would this prove god existed?
 
Thanks kitikaze. I just checked religion and this one. Didn't check the science forum before posting.
 
Interesting statement from the above linked article:


There's this idea, if we can prove that the ark existed then we can prove that the story existed, and more importantly, we can prove that God existed," said Bruce Feiler, author of "Where God Was Born."
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How would this prove god existed?
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Oh, you know... credibilty by association. Or was that 'cuz the bible said so?:boggled: ETA quote.
 
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Wouldn't it be funny if they could find out that it was just a boat on a mountain built by an ancient con-man who just wanted to bilk some believers?

Regards,

Axe
 
Meadmaker said:
Thanks kitikaze. I just checked religion and this one. Didn't check the science forum before posting.
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No sweat. :) Maybe the moderators didn't think finding an ancient boat on a mountain to qualify as pertaining to religion or the paranormal.
 
Iran, eh. Isn't that the country we've been having all this trouble with lately? Seems we may need to go liberate that there Ark.:D
 
Now if they had the Almighty super-weapon, the Ark of the Covenant, then I'd say let's worry. But wait, that's in Ethiopia, right? Graham Hancock said so. :D
 
you will find marine fossils in most mountain ranges becasue they wereonce the seabed and tectonic plate movment has forced the rocks up along with other things i ahve forgotten and when really bored will look up again one day.
 
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