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I read a book several years ago by a modern day "Indiana Jones" who said that the mountains of Ararat are referred to in scripture as Urartu, and are said to be in modern day Iran. Mt. Ararat in Turkey was named after the fact, I think.
Except they are two different geographical areas entirely. Urartu is actually a biblical location, and "Mt. Ararat" is the traditional site, named centuries after. Just degrees though.
Oh.
If you're gonna' look for an ark, shouldn't you start in the right place? Just making the point that the traditional "Mt. Ararat" was named so after the fact, and local legends told by villagers in Iran, in the Urartu mts. tell of an ark frozen in the glaciers. Modern day Mt. Ararat is a tourist trap, with all associated economic benefits thereof.
I would say the Ark served its purpose, then went the way of the Periodic Table.
Well, I certainly can't prove it, but it seems to me that God would not allow evidence like Noah's Ark to hang around.
Except, most people who have been searching for the "ark" in earnest have been people of faith. Which, if found, would then use it to claim "the bible is true," ad nauseum.
Not to mention Jonah and the whale, Daniel in the lions' den, and Jesus' resurrection -- right?
The rule change here prohibits me from answering with what I think about that.
That's Hollywood for you --
They probably consulted an evolutionist to help with the script.
It means it fell apart with age and the individual atoms were released back into the wild.
I would say the ark went the way of the World Turtle
