I think our scientists, and even our archeologists, are becoming sillier and sillier by the day.
Their latest nonsense is that they think they've found Noah's Ark somewhere in Turkey.
The story tells us that god promised to save Noah and his family from 'The deluge', as long as he built an Ark into which he would place, and save, two of every animal species from around the world.
Noah himself was, apparently, a farmer, wine grower, and drunkard. Whether or not he also had the skills to build a boat is another question. But for one man to build a HUGE boat that would take hundreds of thousands of animals, along with their food, water, bedding, etc, would have taken a gargantuan miracle; but the bible isn't short of miracles.
But now some clever boffins think they have actually found the remains of the Ark in Turkey. They have found some geological structure that vaguely looks boat-like, and they believe that this is the Ark. Well, IT ISN'T.
It's a fun story for children, but of course it's just a story. No single man could possibly have constructed such a huge boat capable of carrying hundreds of thousands of animals.
The geological structure below, is either natural, or is an ancient enclosure. I go for the former! What it ISN'T is the remains of a story-book Ark.
We're living in an age where people are desperate to believe in fairy stories. I mean; just look at that shape above. OK, it has a sharp end and a blunt end, but if that had been a boat it would have sunk before leaving the shipyard (or even Noah's farmyard).
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ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteI always wonder about these myths. Like the Greek myths, just a good story. How huge that ark must have been, plus food for them all. And who mucked them out!!
ReplyDeleteI've read so many stories over the years of someone finding the remains of the boat. It always debunked and then pops up again.
What is going to be left of a wooden structure after 2000 plus years, presuming that it did ever exist. Zero, zilch, nothing
Of course; then some silly scientist comes along and wants us to believe that he's found the remains. Do they think we're all stupid?
DeleteMakes you want to pull your hair out doesn't it! Everything has to be sensationalised these days, this one's particularly ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteAren't these people worried about being seen as stupid?
DeleteWas it published on April 1st
ReplyDeleteIf it wasn't, it should have been.
DeleteWe all know it was really the aliens from outer space who built the Ark!
ReplyDeleteOf course, helped by local fairies and goblins.
DeleteI like the cartoon of two dinosaurs stranded on an island watching the ark sail away into the distance and saying 'Oh crap! Was that today?'.
ReplyDeleteYes, just about right!
DeleteWhat else do you expect from The Daily Mail, Cro? Don’t forget the newspaper is so unreliable even Wiki won’t accept it as a source!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that it was from The Mail, it appeared on my MSN news feed.
DeleteAlways best to check the source. To be fair, I assumed it was The Mail because of all the M+ signs on the right…but no stories about Meghan, so perhaps I am wrong
DeleteI don't read The Mail, so I wouldn't know.
DeleteMSN is just a feed that picks up stories that are not behind a paywall…you are probably reading a lot more Daily Mail than you realise.
DeleteOh you cruel cynic Crozier! All my life I have believed in The Ark and how kind Noah gathered the animals from every corner of the globe - like a latter day David Attenborough. Now it is as if a part of me has been dashed on the rocks of your scepticism. What shall I believe in now?
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of things you can believe in. Fairies, Goblins, Elves, UFO's, Gods, Devils, A City under the Pyramids, The Turin Shroud; the list is endless, and all GENUINE.
DeleteI believe in love.
DeleteAndi's comment made me laugh - not a joke I've heard before!
ReplyDeleteAgree with you Cro, and they would quickly have run out of poopy bags! Back in the mists of time and throughout history (before radio, TV and the media) there have been people who are brilliant storytellers. Their stories brightend up many a dull evening around the fire in the cave and eventually passed into folklore. At least that's my take on things. You could say that they were the fore-runners of the modern media!
They were simply stories to explain the unexplainable. Half-believed, but not to be taken too seriously.
DeleteWell, if you really want to see the Ark come to Williamstown, KY where the Ark resides. Of course you have to pay and you have to believe. Check it out:
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/Ney2pyx5fAQ
That's even better than the (so-called) original. Noah didn't have gift shops, restaurant, etc. He missed a trick!
DeleteThat is quite something for a mere $110 per person you can visit the ark AND the creation museum.
DeleteIt is quite depressing that people believe this stuff.
$110 ??? That's outrageous!
DeleteFiction and fantasy are popular.
ReplyDeleteWishful thinking?
Then again, they might charge an entrance fee to view the ark. Anything is possible. You've got to laugh.
See Phillis's post above. You can already pay to see it.
DeleteHow very interesting . Only two days ago I was talking to a priest friend of mine about the ark. It has rained so much here I was joking about finding the plans for it and starting on mine.
ReplyDeleteAccording to what I looked up it was 8000 + feet long. I also remember from grade school religion he built it on dry ground and the floods floated it as it the water rose. :)
An 8,000 feet long boat would have taken several lifetimes to build. Then several decades to gather all the animals. It's looking less likely by the minute!
DeleteSounding more like a jet! ;)
DeleteI always wondered why the animals didn't eat each other or eat Noah.
ReplyDeleteYou mustn't ask such questions; it ruins the story!
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