Posted on 04/27/2010 8:28:30 AM PDT by evets
The remains of Noah's Ark have been discovered 13,000ft up a Turkish mountain, it has been claimed.
A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say they have found wooden remains on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey.
They claim carbon dating proves the relics are 4,800 years old — around the same time the ark was said to be afloat.
Yeung Wing-Cheung, from the Noah's Ark Ministries International research team, said: "It's not 100 per cent that it is Noah's Ark, but we think it is 99.9 per cent that this is it."
He said the structure contained several compartments, some with wooden beams, that they believe were used to house animals.
The group of evangelical archaeologists ruled out an established human settlement on the grounds none have ever been found above 11,000ft in the vicinity, Yeung said.
Local Turkish officials will ask the central government in Ankara to apply for UNESCO World Heritage status so the site can be protected while a major archaeological dig is conducted.
The biblical story says that God decided to flood the Earth after seeing how corrupt it was.
He then told Noah to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal species.
After the flood waters receded, the Bible says, the ark came to rest on a mountain.
Many believe that Mount Ararat, the highest point in the region, is where the ark and her inhabitants ran aground.
Mark Twain already covered this off...
"Oh, there are a lot of such things that people expect and don't get. For instance, there's a Brooklyn preacher by the name of Talmage, who is laying up a considerable disappointment for himself. He says, every now and then in his sermons, that the first thing he does when he gets to heaven, will be to fling his arms around Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and kiss them and weep on them. There's millions of people down there on earth that are promising themselves the same thing. As many as sixty thousand people arrive here every single day, that want to run straight to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and hug them and weep on them. Now mind you, sixty thousand a day is a pretty heavy contract for those old people.
If they were a mind to allow it, they wouldn't ever have anything to do, year in and year out, but stand up and be hugged and wept on thirty-two hours in the twenty-four. They would be tired out and as wet as muskrats all the time. What would heaven be, to THEM? It would be a mighty good place to get out of - you know that, yourself. Those are kind and gentle old Jews, but they ain't any fonder of kissing the emotional highlights of Brooklyn than you be.
You mark my words, Mr. T.'s endearments are going to be declined, with thanks. There are limits to the privileges of the elect, even in heaven. Why, if Adam was to show himself to every new comer that wants to call and gaze at him and strike him for his autograph, he would never have time to do anything else but just that. Talmage has said he is going to give Adam some of his attentions, as well as A., I. and J. But he will have to change his mind about that."
Interesting.
There is an equivalent Greek story about a character named Deucalion who, along with his wife, survived the Great Flood by building a boat. This story can be found in many collections of Greek mythology. Deucalion is referred to as the son of Prometheus and the grandson of Iapetos.
The Bible records that Noah had three sons, that their names were Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and that all three of them survived in the Ark with their wives. Translate the name Japheth into Greek, and the result is “Iapetos.”
I can see you have absolutely no grasp of Redemption or Eternity. Sorry for you.
I would be relieved if someone discovered the missing social security ‘lock box’. lol
The Bible is God talking. He dictated the various books to prophets who acted as scribes or secretaries and wrote it all down.
I would recommend believing God, because He has never lied.
All men lie, however. So, if you believe anybody believe God.
Perhaps there had never been rainbows before and therefore no rain or water vapor in the air until the flood. I wonder about that.
Well, the Bible does say that prior to the flood that the ground was watered by a sort of dew on the ground that formed, and that it hadn't rained. It was at the time of the world-wide flood that rain first started.
Apparently the atmosphere would have been much more dense (and that sort of thing could easily explain, too... how pterodactyls could even fly being that big, as they couldn't in today's atmosphere).
So, a much warmer climate, a very dense atmosphere, higher oxygen content, a sort-of "hyperbaric chamber effect" too, along with no rain or clouds, a high degree of shielding from cosmic rays and so on -- would make for a very lush and vibrant ecosystem and for long lives (as is apparent in the Bible).
Check out these websites for some good articles and information on the subject ... :-)
More proff of global warming! If those pesky redneck egyptans hadn't been driving around in SUV's, there wouldn't have been a flood.
prisoner6
Most people are biblically illiterate. They *think* they understand what Scripture says about the flood, but they’ve only heard second- or third-hand accounts.
Was Jesus lying when he told parables?
I agree with what you said and your tag line, too.
prisoner6
The Bible is God talking. He dictated the various books to prophets who acted as scribes or secretaries and wrote it all down.
It would pay for people to know about the Doctrine of the Inerrancy of Scripture...
See the following for simply a statement on it, and a sort of explanation as to what it means.
And to get into the subject matter itself, as a study, there are ample materials out there, and especially in Seminary Libraries, and/or on the Internet, if one wants to look into it. :-)
So Matt was the local weatherman??
Was Jesus lying when he told parables?
Take a look at the following and you'll get an understanding for that... which fits with the Inerrancy of Scripture and all modes of language used in Scripture... :-)
Oh, wow...we have that SAME print hanging in one of the halls in our church!
If I remember my college geology class, mountains made of igneous rock grow only millimeters a year (some shrink). I think Ararat is at least partially Volcanic, so that is a complicating value in the equation. But, as a volcano, I think it has been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years. Ultimately, the chances of Ararat growing in any significant way - to say nothing of thousands of feet - in just 4,800 years, are slim.
Where did the water go? The face of the earth is 80% water. And a whole lot more is found within the mantle of the earth.
National Geographic wrote ( http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0307_0307_waterworld.html ) that “more water probably exists deep within the Earth than is present on Earth’s surface — as much as five times more.” Whew!
If you read Scripture, you’ll see what happened. Before the flood, there was some water on the surface of the earth. But when the flood began, water poured out from the depths (from the mantle) and from some sort of cloud layer. As water came out from within the earth, areas over those caverns may have collapsed, leaving mountain ranges in their wake.
This really is a fascinating subject. Too often people simply dismiss thinking about it, making fun of it rather than considering that it may really be true.
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