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Ark-eology
Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars has a post on recent claims that Noah's Ark is in Iran. The evidence is so convincing that the widow of an astronaut thinks they just might have found it. You can read Ed's commentary here, and be sure to see his subsequent uncovering of a diploma-mill degree. The original story is here. Be sure to look at the pictures that appear to show petrified wood sticking out of the ground. Perhaps the photos will convince you. But remember, some think that the ark should be in Turkey.
In fact, it was just last March that other groups got excited about a satellite image of Mt. Ararat (not to mention another group that claims to have already found the ark), as reported in this WorldNetDaily article.
Three different locations and three different "arkish" formations--how will the true one be distinguished? I guess scientists could be called in, but they are generally a skeptical bunch with a propensity to come up with unpleasant results, so presumably some other test will need to be devised.
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Some things I've often wondered about finding the remnants of Noahs ark:
Would the "Ark supporters" try Radiocarbon dating on the wood from a supposed Noah's ark? And what would happen if the date came back at about the correct age (according to Ussher's chronology)? Would they accept that Radiocarbon date as positive evidence and continue to reject other dates (i.e., those Radiocarbon dates older than 6000 years old)?
Inquiring minds want to know.
They could also make do with a much earlier date in the following way:
1. Ussher's chronology is basically correct.
2. The wood dates much older than the Ussher chronology.
3. But this is clearly the Ark.
4. Therefore radiometric dating is unreliable. Things only appear to be older than 6,000 B.C.
I guarantee the ark does not exist in the mountain tops. The world simply could not have been completely submerged in water. There is no scientific evidence for this, and there is not enough water on the planet, even if all the polar cap ice melted.
A more likely scenario is that there was a flood that covered the known civiliation at the time (there is evidence for this) and the oral story got embellished over time to state that the entire world was flooded.
There are records outside the bible that support a Noah that survived a flood, and had livestock on his raft. This I can believe. I cannot believe in the biblical account. It just doesn't make sense.
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