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Has Noah's Ark really been discovered?

Dragons87

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ez3729 said:
dragon, in the film, were the structures obviously crossbeams and staircases to you or were they vague. Also do you know if they will ever show this film in the United States? Why dont the Americans know about this?

They did freeze shots with highlights on the beams and staircases. The beam I wasn't too sure because it was quite dark, but it was quite clear through the ice about the staircase.

It was shown in America, but not publicly I think. My brother saw it with his Chinese community church in L.A. It was shown basically to the Chinese Christian communities around the world. It brings me to a point...why do Americans have to know everything? *presses down further nationalist sentiments :p *

Yeah.
 
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ez3729 said:
back in school i had some friends from AACF asian american christian fellowship out in southern Cali and they might know of this. If you ever find out how to get the dvd or if its showing out here could you post it on here. oh yeah if the ark was found in oct 2004 wouldnt it have been shown in 2005?
The film was shown in Hong Kong in the Easter of 2004....
 
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Justified:

I'm not an archaeologist myself, but I'm something of a historian, and as one I know that all historical evidence is always open to interpretation and re-interpretation - even some of the basic facts people always thought were true.

Just a thought.

In Christ, Tim
 
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I'm not an archaeologist myself, but I'm something of a historian, and as one I know that all historical evidence is always open to interpretation and re-interpretation - even some of the basic facts people always thought were true.
Look, i've read the dedications of the Egyptian temples and the Pyramid texts, and I've seen the reliefs that describe their building and the books written therein so that the King's ba might find its way out. I am not trying to be dogmatic and closed-minded, but I know that what this documetnary is giving you is pure crap.
 
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justified said:
Look, i've read the dedications of the Egyptian temples and the Pyramid texts, and I've seen the reliefs that describe their building and the books written therein so that the King's ba might find its way out. I am not trying to be dogmatic and closed-minded, but I know that what this documetnary is giving you is pure crap.
Yes, my Brother. I'm not questioning your integrity or professionalism or anything. Just...a thought...:hug:
 
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blessedvalley said:
:wave: I was wondering if anyone could point to a site that shows conclusive proof of Noah's ark being located?:angel: :cool:
Hi

Just to annoying :)) ): the current trend among non-traditionalists is to consider "Ararat" a misspelling of "Urartu", an ancient kingdom whose area covered Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus mountains.

I've skimmed through this thread to check if any other posts were relating this, and it did not seem to be the case.

If you're interested, then you might want to take a look at this site:

http://www.noahsarksearch.com/ararat.htm

You might want to take a peek at this as well

Genesis 8 said:
At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.

Note that it says: "the mountains of Ararat", so even the Bible tell us that we're not dealing with a Mount Ararat. The ark came to rest on some mountain in Ararat, not on Mount Ararat. As I use to say: trust the Bible, unless you have really good reason to do otherwise :)


justified said:
We know where the Egyptians got their idea for the Pyramids: Sumeria. That's why the earliest pyramids look like ziqqurats.

Actually, it was also part of their religion, and there are arguments about who was first or whether they were independent. Regardless.

Would it be possible for you to supply some evidence for the Sumerian inspiration? Thanks in advance.

The story I know about is, that Imhotep got the funny idea of placing mastabas on top of each other - but of course, that may be a later invention to cover up for the foreign influence.


cheers

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justified said:
Umm, I'm an Egyptologist, and I can tell you plainly that we know how and when the Pyramids were built. Don't let people deceive you otherwise.
"We" (Egyptologists) know how and when the pyramids were built?

Answer me this then; Why do well known Egyptologists like Petrie and Breasted differ by more than 1000 years on the date of the pyramids, and by 700 years on the Hyksos period. Likewise, Petrie dates King Menes, the first hitorical King of Egypt, at about 5500 BC, while Breasted dates the very same Pharoh at 3400 BC.

I am not trying to be dogmatic and closed-minded, but I know that what this documetnary is giving you is pure crap.
Based on what you've told us in your above quote, this comment could be reflected right back where it came from. I realize that you're probably well-meaning, but please be careful about what you say.

Have you actually seen the documentary? From what I've read of it, it lines up pretty well with many of the earlier accounts of Ark sightings and visits.

Freezbee said:
Would it be possible for you to supply some evidence for the Sumerian inspiration? Thanks in advance.
I don't think it would be possible for him to do. Theories are quite difficult to prove without direct evidence
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Dragons87 said:

I watched that film before. I do believe the discovery but I know there are some non-believers who do not believe it. They say if the discovery is so significant, why not made it to the headlines, news, and things like that. They also doubt what is presented in the film.
 
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eh7 said:
I watched that film before. I do believe the discovery but I know there are some non-believers who do not believe it. They say if the discovery is so significant, why not made it to the headlines, news, and things like that. They also doubt what is presented in the film.

Critics have counterpoints and doubts for everything under the sun. :scratch:
 
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My view: it doesn't really matter whether they've found it, because the Flood has happened anyway. Locating the ark is secondary. Even if those are indeed the remains of the ark and is proven to the world, people still won't convert to Christianity, because, as I said, critics have counterarguments to everything under the sun.

But then, I am a little disappointed they didn't make a bigger fuss out of it, mainly for nationalistic reasons....lol *WE FOUND THE ARK AND YOU DIDN'T!* Perhaps they had budget constraints.
 
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Dragons87 said:
My view: it doesn't really matter whether they've found it, because the Flood has happened anyway. Locating the ark is secondary. Even if those are indeed the remains of the ark and is proven to the world, people still won't convert to Christianity, because, as I said, critics have counterarguments to everything under the sun.

But then, I am a little disappointed they didn't make a bigger fuss out of it, mainly for nationalistic reasons....lol *WE FOUND THE ARK AND YOU DIDN'T!* Perhaps they had budget constraints.

But if we can prove the ark, we can prove the Flood. Many people still don't believe that there is a Great Flood in the past. I thought the discovery of the ark would be a great evidence of proving the Flood to the world.
 
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Dragons87 said:
But then, I am a little disappointed they didn't make a bigger fuss out of it, mainly for nationalistic reasons....lol *WE FOUND THE ARK AND YOU DIDN'T!* Perhaps they had budget constraints.
I would LOVE to see the Chinese, or ANYONE ELSE other than the USA, be able to claim things like this. The Americans are terrible for thinking that their country is better than everyone else's.
 
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