Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Myth of the Lost Ark fuels pride of a nation on brink of war (Lost Ark in Axum?)
News Telegraph, UK ^ | 12-29-05 | David Blair

Posted on 12/29/2005 6:54:10 AM PST by emiller

If Indiana Jones had done his homework, he would have found the Ark of the Covenant by raiding a church in the barren mountains of northern Ethiopia.

Many Ethiopians believe that the Ark, containing the stone tablets inscribed with God's Ten Commandments, rests in the church of St Mary of Zion, at the town of Axum, and some western scholars have

(Excerpt) Read more at news.telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: ark; arkofthecovenant; ccc; ethiopia; godsgravesglyphs; tencommandments
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-134 next last
Who knows...
1 posted on 12/29/2005 6:54:11 AM PST by emiller
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: emiller

--The supposed presence in Axum of Christendom's holiest relic helps to explain the country's resolve.

Christendom's holiest relic?


2 posted on 12/29/2005 6:57:21 AM PST by bkepley
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: emiller

Ethiopia believes itself to be a unique nation with an ancient Christian tradition. This fervent patriotism has led Ethiopia into a perilous military confrontation with neighbouring Eritrea.

just another msn article blaming Christianity for the cause of war.........


3 posted on 12/29/2005 6:58:22 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Seeking the truth here folks.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: emiller

I doubt it still exists ... but would welcome confirmation - one way or the other.


4 posted on 12/29/2005 6:58:34 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nmh

It exists - Judge Thomas More has it!


5 posted on 12/29/2005 7:00:07 AM PST by mlc9852
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: emiller

"Myth of the Lost Ark"

Is the Telegraph suggesting that the Ark itself is the myth, or that fact that it's lost?


6 posted on 12/29/2005 7:01:19 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Hail Him who saved you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of All")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: emiller

Yes, but Dr. Jones wouldn't have stolen it from people who had an acutal claim on it and we actively protecting it.

Besides Italian soldiers (who were busy conquering Ethiopia) just don't make good villains.


7 posted on 12/29/2005 7:04:14 AM PST by Little Ray (I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mlc9852

LOL!!!


8 posted on 12/29/2005 7:04:33 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: nmh
I would like to see the Ark, if it exists. There is a church in central France that claims to have the toe of Mary Magdalene. We saw it but could not even confirm it is a real human toe. It just is a dried up ....... something..... I was disappointed, but don't know what I expected to see.
9 posted on 12/29/2005 7:07:57 AM PST by Ditter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: PeterPrinciple
just another msn article blaming Christianity for the cause of war.........

Are you saying that if you had the Ark in your country and another country was demanding the patch of land it was in, you wouldn't consider going to war to retain it?

10 posted on 12/29/2005 7:09:21 AM PST by Antonello (Oh my God, don't shoot the banana!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: emiller

"The supposed presence in Axum of Christendom's holiest relic helps to explain the country's resolve."

Ummm, this would be the Jews most sacred relic. Other reports say that it is hidden in some catacombs beneath the Temple Mount.


11 posted on 12/29/2005 7:18:07 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: emiller

I don't buy it. If it's really there, then you don't hide it from view. I can't believe something exists if only one person may see it and all others are kept away by scary stories of what will happen to them.


12 posted on 12/29/2005 7:20:34 AM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ditter

I'd love to see the Ark too!

I'd pass on the toe of Mary. I have no interest in that. Plus I don't think mutilating a body is right for those reasons. I'm not Catholic but some Catholics say that she was swept up into heaven - that I don't believe either since the Bible makes no reference to her in that way.


13 posted on 12/29/2005 7:25:21 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: emiller
St Mary of Zion Church, Axum, Ethiopia...

Building where the Ark is supposedly kept...

Source

14 posted on 12/29/2005 7:25:35 AM PST by Dark Skies ("A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants." -- Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dark Skies

I'd LOVE to know if Noah's Ark really exists. That has always intrigued me.


15 posted on 12/29/2005 7:26:54 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people believe in Intelligent Design (God))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: emiller

Might want to have the Admin moderator change the title to "war" rather than "warn"?


16 posted on 12/29/2005 7:29:31 AM PST by WIladyconservative (We exercise power without conquest, and we sacrifice for the liberty of strangers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: emiller
An international boundary commission ruled three years ago that Ethiopia must relinquish to Eritrea some isolated patches of arid land. But Ethiopia spurned the verdict. If the two countries go to war, Ethiopia's national pride will be the cause.

Uh, if there is war, how about blaming it on the arrogance of that "international boundary commission"...

17 posted on 12/29/2005 7:29:55 AM PST by LRS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: emiller
Ethiopia is tied to legends of Prester John
18 posted on 12/29/2005 7:35:30 AM PST by Alkhin (He thinks I need keeping in order - Peregrin Took, FOTR)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Antonello

I am saying the media is setting this up that Christianity and patriotism are the cause of war.


19 posted on 12/29/2005 7:36:03 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Seeking the truth here folks.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Antonello

nope. if the deacon in the article is right, they wouldn't need to go to war, the keeper could just wheel it out to the front line and anyone that came up would be zotted.


20 posted on 12/29/2005 7:38:06 AM PST by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 121-134 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson