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Piecing Together the Ark
THE ARC ENCOUNTER ^ | DECEMBER 1, 2010 | ADMIN (The Arc Encounter)

Posted on 12/07/2010 7:57:43 PM PST by Walt Griffith

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To: rbg81
21Every living being on the earth died—every bird, every animal, and every person. 22Everything on earth that breathed died. 23The Lord destroyed all living beings on the earth—human beings, animals, and birds. The only ones left were Noah and those who were with him in the boat. (Genesis 7:21-23)

Seems God says it was the entire earth.

God Bless

21 posted on 12/08/2010 7:28:05 AM PST by Vegasrugrat
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To: jeffc

That ark has been found. It is in Africa. I read it on WND.


22 posted on 12/08/2010 7:32:39 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (V for Vendetta.)
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To: GraceG

Since the Ancients took Atlantis to the Pegasus Galaxy we will not be finding it anytime soon. Until a ZPM is found to give enough power to the gate to get there.


23 posted on 12/08/2010 7:34:59 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (V for Vendetta.)
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To: Vegasrugrat

well except, you know, the fish. They probably had a blast.


24 posted on 12/08/2010 7:35:22 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Hegewisch Dupa

I guess that is probably true?


25 posted on 12/08/2010 7:38:08 AM PST by Vegasrugrat
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To: FW190
It gives reasonable answers that don't defy the laws of physics while GOD still remains the creator described in GENESIS.

I am leery of attempts to reconcile the laws of science with the power of God. For one thing, while God's Word has remained constant throughout all time, science changes based on how we as humans interpret it or learn more from it.

For example, 500 years ago, our top scientists believed that the world was flat and that the sun revolved around the Earth. Even to this day, there is great disagreement in the scientific community as to how things work in our world.

Secondly, God is not bound by any laws of physics or any other restrictions. From a Christian perspective, He can simply just do it and be done with it. If we have faith in God, then we do not need to go through all the efforts to "prove" that He can do all the things that He says He can do, and did do, or "reconcile" the things that God does with the limitations imposed by science.

26 posted on 12/08/2010 7:42:07 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: pnh102
500 years ago educated people not only knew the world was round, they knew how far around it was.

The argument Columbus had with the scholars of his day was not over the shape of the Earth, but its size. The scholars of the day were using the figure of Eratosthenes, and were telling Columbus (correctly) that he would never make the distance to India.

Columbus, for reasons of making his journey to India feasible, argued that the figure of Eratosthenes was inaccurate and overly large.

Columbus was wrong, but lucky for him and his crew, there was a big land mass (and some islands) in the way.

27 posted on 12/08/2010 7:48:16 AM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: allmendream

;-) Thanks for saving me the keyboarding.


28 posted on 12/08/2010 7:52:12 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (V for Vendetta.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

[ Since the Ancients took Atlantis to the Pegasus Galaxy we will not be finding it anytime soon. Until a ZPM is found to give enough power to the gate to get there. ]

More worried about Destiny these days....


29 posted on 12/08/2010 8:24:07 AM PST by GraceG
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To: GraceG

Yea, well Destiny is moving to slow for me. I have about given up. I keep hoping the have killed LDP off but the sucker keeps coming back.


30 posted on 12/08/2010 9:39:59 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (V for Vendetta.)
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To: pnh102
I gave you a christian resource to check out....I did NOT ask for your holier than thou, I have more faith than the average christian attitude.
31 posted on 12/08/2010 10:32:08 AM PST by FW190
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To: FW190
I gave you a christian resource to check out....I did NOT ask for your holier than thou, I have more faith than the average christian attitude.

I'm exhibiting no such attitide. I was just giving my opinions on the subject.

32 posted on 12/08/2010 10:41:26 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: FW190
I am just saying that I am concerned with ideas that try to sync science with faith in God. If new believers do that, and the science on which they build their faith crumbles, then their faith in God is shattered. That is the main reason why I take the "faith alone" route with regards to whether or not God can do these things.

I am not trying to portray myself as some sort of expert in the subject... but it just seems counterproductive to me to try to sync up science and faith, and then go on to using that as a basis for accepting the Scriptures as the Truth. I would think that God would want us to accept Scripture as being His inspired Word, and then go from there.

I sincerely apologize if I came across as suggesting your faith or convictions as a Christian are somehow weakened because we do not see eye-to-eye on these types of things.

33 posted on 12/08/2010 10:51:06 AM PST by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: ANGGAPO

Sure but that’s an ‘edge’ case. There isn’t a lot of wooden anything from thousands of years ago left. Termites. I said “Noah’s Ark almost undoubtedly rotted away thousands of years ago.” I didn’t say it was impossible that it survived. I find it odd that people would waste so much time and money looking for something with a low probability of surviving.


34 posted on 12/10/2010 5:38:46 PM PST by plain talk
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Noah's Ark almost undoubtedly rotted away thousands of years ago.

Some of it probably did. However what ever that was would be unrecognizable as a part of the Ark (and probably charcoal). The Ark was most likely cannibalized immediately by Noah and Company. They didn't have anything else. The Ark was used for shelter and firewood.

35 posted on 12/10/2010 5:52:09 PM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


36 posted on 12/10/2010 5:54:42 PM PST by Captain Beyond (The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
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To: Pelham

I’m not sure the Ark was a “boat” as in that replica. A better design would be more of a half submersible designed to pitch and roll. Round out the bulkhead in that design and it’s probably closer to the original.


37 posted on 12/10/2010 5:54:48 PM PST by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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Thanks Captain Beyond.
CBS' 60 Minutes news program, in conjunction with Vanity Fair magazine, recently conducted a web survey asking which archaeological discovery people would most want to see made next. The response: Noah's Ark (43%), Atlantis (18%) Amelia Earhart's plane (16%), Nixon's lost tapes (13%), and Cleopatra's barge (5%).
I wonder what else was on the list? Frankly these top five include three duds. Naturally, I'd have Atlantis at the number one spot; at or near the number two spot would be the diplomatic archive at Troy; the Ark of the Covenant would be right up there; Noah's Ark might be in my top ten. Nixon had lost tapes? I thought it was just 18 missing minutes on an existing tape.

Ordinarily I wouldn't ping this (and might not even add this to the catalog), but this could spark some interesting "top ten" ideas. Thanks again CB.

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38 posted on 12/10/2010 6:44:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Exactly what I thought when I first read this piece.

Noah’s Ark....yes
Nixon’s tapes??? wth?

Ark of the Covenant not even mentioned?

Those 2 (Noah’ ark & ark of the covenant) plus anything from the Roman Empire or anything from ancient shipwrecks would round out my list even though I can’t cite ‘specific’ individual events/discoveries.

It’s all fascinating....(except Nixon’s tapes LOL!)


39 posted on 12/10/2010 6:54:52 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (Lock & Load-Coming to a Neighborhood near you)
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40 posted on 12/10/2010 7:20:22 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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