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Evangelical Explorers Claim To Have Found Noah's Ark
TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 04/28/2010 | John G. Winder

Posted on 04/28/2010 2:11:07 PM PDT by Patriot1259

Yeung Wing-Cheung, from the Noah's Ark Ministries International research team that made the discovery on Mount Ararat in Eastern Turkey, said: "It's not 100 percent that it is Noah's Ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it."

According to Genesis 8:4, once the flood waters receded Noah’s Ark “came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.” That is where the team of Chinese and Turkish Evangelical Christians found what they believe to be the famed Ark.

The group says that carbon dating proves the relics found are 4,800 year old which correlates to the time-frame given in the Bible for the Ark.

(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion; Science
KEYWORDS: 300manyearsoflabor; ararat; archeology; china; explorers; hoax; mountararat; noahsarc; noahsark; ntsa; thebible; turkey
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1 posted on 04/28/2010 2:11:07 PM PDT by Patriot1259
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Take wood samples and analyse it for poop of many animals. If detected, they will have found the ark.


2 posted on 04/28/2010 2:14:22 PM PDT by 353FMG (What can Islam possibly contribute to America other than its destruction?)
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To: Patriot1259

If not a scam, this find should prove interesting, be it the ark or not.


3 posted on 04/28/2010 2:15:08 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Patriot1259

Blessed are those that have not seen yet believe


4 posted on 04/28/2010 2:15:16 PM PDT by RnMomof7
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To: pallis

absolutely right. Finding a wooden structure, which appears to be very old, very high up on Mount Ararat, well above any known settlements, is very significant.


5 posted on 04/28/2010 2:19:41 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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The Christian Science Monitor reports, “Dr. Randall Price, an evangelical Christian and former member of the Chinese-led team that announced this week’s finding, says the latest purported finding may not withstand closer scrutiny.
“’If the world wants to think this is a wonderful discovery, that’s fine. My problem is that, in the end, proper analysis may show this to be a hoax and negatively reflect how gullible Christians can be,’ he says.

“Dr. Price, who is director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the conservative Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., was the archaeologist on the Chinese-led team in 2008 when this alleged discovery was first made. He says he has ‘difficulties with a number of issues related to the evidence at hand.’

“Price declined to elaborate. However, a leaked email from Price – which he confirms that he wrote – shows that he has reason to believe that a group of local Kurdish men trucked wood up to the mountain and staged an elaborate hoax for the Chinese team.”


6 posted on 04/28/2010 2:25:04 PM PDT by KDD (When the government boot is on your neck, it matters not whether it is the right boot or the left.)
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Well....if the carbon dating shows it to be 5,000 years old, and it turns out to be brand new, well, then, win win.


7 posted on 04/28/2010 2:42:44 PM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: 353FMG

The Bible says God told Noah to build the ark from “gopher wood”. Since that isn’t native to that part of Turkey and carbon 14 dating puts it at the right time frame, I’d have to say “BINGO”


8 posted on 04/28/2010 2:55:12 PM PDT by diverteach (D.C. has become Jonestown)
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To: Patriot1259; Quix; TaraP; All
Catch up on the long discussion on this same story here at this FReeper thread ... from yesterday ...

Noah's Ark found in Turkey


9 posted on 04/28/2010 3:01:02 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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I would definitely pay attention to what Dr. Randall Price says, because he does know his archeology and he is reputable and apparently he knows something more about what is going on here....

I would be extremely cautious about this... and it doesn’t hurt anything, in the discovery itself, when one is extremely cautious and verifies all things first, before saying something is confirmed.


10 posted on 04/28/2010 3:03:45 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: diverteach
You were saying ...

The Bible says God told Noah to build the ark from “gopher wood”. Since that isn’t native to that part of Turkey and carbon 14 dating puts it at the right time frame, I’d have to say “BINGO”

Well, I wouldn't be going "BINGO" just quite yet ... LOL ...

I would wait for a rigorous study and confirmation first, before I would weigh in on the "BINGO" ... :-)

11 posted on 04/28/2010 3:05:49 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Patriot1259
... but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it.

Ummmm..., they're not very good scientists if they're saying 99.9 percent that this is it -- at this stage of the game... that alone makes me very highly suspicious of their claims...

12 posted on 04/28/2010 3:07:40 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

THX THX.


13 posted on 04/28/2010 3:14:40 PM PDT by Quix (BLOKES who got us where we R: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Patriot1259

...4800 is 8:4 turned around and without the zeros!!!


14 posted on 04/28/2010 3:15:48 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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To: 353FMG

Poop from some animals indigenous to Tasmania or Australia/Pacific Islands, would be great.


15 posted on 04/28/2010 3:17:12 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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This from WorldNetDaily with a lot more details ...

Evangelists claim Noah's Ark found


16 posted on 04/28/2010 3:19:25 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be when the Son of man returns.

What perfect timing . . .

17 posted on 04/28/2010 3:20:33 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever ( Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness)
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Also... an article about this story from a [?] New York atheist ...

Noah's Ark has been found on Mount Ararat ... again


18 posted on 04/28/2010 3:21:35 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Patriot1259
Over the years, I have heard a number of claims of discovering ancient hewn wood at high altitudes. Invariably, they turn out to have been part of some tribesmans hut or shrine built when the climate was probably warmer.

Even if a boat-like structure made from gopherwood and covered with pitch is what the searchers found, it could still have been constructed as some sort of shrine or monument rather than an ark that came to rest there.

19 posted on 04/28/2010 5:31:54 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Star Traveler
Great article. Here's the money paragraph:

While these slightly weird looking structures are undeniably big, it's utterly absurd to think they represent a size capable of somehow simultaneously containing two and seven of every species on Earth or even every "kind" of species on Earth. And what's even more absurd is that any human being intelligent enough to tie their own shoes could actually believe this silly fairytale story was an historic event that really happened. Even if we accept that every animal described could safetly fit on a giant boat and not cause it to sink, the notion that this boat had room to also fit the necessarily food supply to sustain them all, had the room for all their excrement, and that none of the animals were eaten by their natural predators is patently absurd.

20 posted on 04/28/2010 6:18:07 PM PDT by GunRunner
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