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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.I would say 'yes' -- but I don't know who.
I think it's Turkey.
I'd say it's a matter of degrees, eh?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.
Which is all you can do when the facts don't support your beliefs.That redwood that doesn't occur in China was imported from China to make a functional giant wooden submarine is not "filling the gaps with reasonable assumptions". It's "making stuff up".
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.I'd say it's a matter of degrees, eh?
Oh.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.
Hmm. The kingdom of Urartu actually overlapped several modern-day countries. Including Turkey.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.
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.Hmm. The kingdom of Urartu actually overlapped several modern-day countries. Including Turkey.
Why does it matter exactly where Ararat is, anyway?
I would say the Ark served its purpose, then went the way of the Periodic Table.If you're gonna' look for an ark, shouldn't you start in the right place?
Maybe. Maybe not.I would say the Ark served its purpose, then went the way of the Periodic Table.
Noah may have even dismantled it to build his estate.
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.Maybe. Maybe not.
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.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.
Think about it.
Should someone find it, I'm sure scientists would be all over it like ants on an apple core -- and conclude that the Ark could not have done what it did in Genesis.
Then, of course, atheists would use that as "proof" that Genesis was wrong; and so on ad nauseum.
By way of example, I think the Ark contained just one feeding trough; possibly a small one.
Scientists would use that to conclude that the Ark had a much smaller animal population.
Not to mention Jonah and the whale, Daniel in the lions' den, and Jesus' resurrection -- right?I think it's amazing that all the straw grasping and science fiction writing involved in attempting to make the story feasible is seen as more likely by some people than just admitting that it's just allegory.
Right.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.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.
That's Hollywood for you --
They probably consulted an evolutionist to help with the script.
I would say the Ark served its purpose, then went the way of the Periodic Table.
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It means it fell apart with age and the individual atoms were released back into the wild.What does that mean? More silly rhetoric?
I would say the ark went the way of the World TurtleI would say the Ark served its purpose, then went the way of the Periodic Table.
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