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Researchers To Climb Ararat To Seek Noah's Ark
fudgefactor7 writes "CNN/AP has a story about researchers that plan on ascending Mt. Ararat in search of the Ark of Noah. My favorite quote: ''We are not excavating it. We are not taking any artifacts. We're going to photograph it and, God willing, you're all going to see it,' McGivern said.' As if pictures can't be doctored and are absolute proof...."
I'm a pastor. I'm an evangelical. I really believe all the "Jesus Stuff." Noah is a myth, it's a GREAT myth and we can learn so much from it; stuff like this just makes people look stupid...
Don't you suppose that the money spent on finding the ark might be better spent feeding someone who is starving? Hell, they are going all the way to Turkey. It's just about as far to some starving kids in Africa.
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It's a myth
Any "Scientist" that takes Evolution and the Big Bang as fact are idiots. QED.
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Sorry, I shouldn't call you blind, but your comment leaves me to wonder if you have ever actually looked at the evidence? I will not deny the fact that it does take a leap of faith to believe that the Bible is true. (Especially if someone wants to apply it to their own lives.) But the Bible contains facts that are listed before science proved them (Even when science previously denied those same facts). I could do some research and list dozens of these facts.. But why do something that has already been done? There are books out there written by people who researched these things out. Try reading one of them. Your comment makes it seem that the Bible contains only one or two facts and only a few instances of proofs for what it says. Actually there are many. Research, discover the truth for yourself. Until you do the research, why say what may or may not be true? I'll agree that there are those out there who will do exactly just as your moth frothing display did. They will take one fact out of context and not look at all the facts. I agree with another post I saw that pictures are not enough. Pictures will only show that someone built a boat and stuck it in a strange place. But if more evidence is gathered (DNA, examination of the structure, wood samples, or dating) then it may be something worth adding to all the other evidence supporting the Bible. Oh, by the way, the Bible isn't the only account of the flood. There are others. J
Since I know nothing about geology I can't really argue, but...
Just because it is widely believed to be the case does it make it true?
Going on that thinking:
The world was once flat.
The world was the center of the universe.
Radio waves couldn't make it over the Atlantic.
Breaking the sound barrier was impossible.
If nobody questions the findings of others because they think they might be wrong, then we won't figure much out.
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Fuckin' idiots didn't even click the link. Can I get a +1 Troll mod for trolling the moderators? ;)
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While I'm sure I don't represent the typical Slashdotter, I am an adult, and I believe in this "fairy story" as an actual historical account from a book that is a great historical and archaeological resource. In fact, there are a great number of adults in the world who believe. Most of us are not the uneducated, backwards, poor and dirty brainwashed souls that the "adult atheist" might make us out to be. I for one have spent a great deal of time investigating what I believe from historical, archaeological, and yes, even scientific viewpoints. It is surprising how easily science lines up with the "fairy tales" of the Bible when you don't approach it from a pre-conceived, Darwinian "this is the way it had to be" mindset.
I'm in no way qualified to debate the science of the Genesis flood with the ultra-educated population that resides on Slashdot, but I will say this - I've done the research myself, and I can say I am more than satisfied with the scientific explanations of professional geologists, biologists, archaeologists, etc. that happen to believe in a creator being (and thus are unfortunately labeled "creation scientists", as if they are any less qualified due to their faith). If you really want an answer to your question, that answer is readily available from people much more qualified than me. Why don't you ask a geologist or earth scientist who is both qualified and has no problem in correlating the scientific data with the historical account of the Genesis flood.
However, if a person is dead-set against believing in a supreme creator being (aka: God), then I suppose we could fly you to the Ark itself, let you walk through its decks, and you still would not believe....
As if pictures can't be doctored and are absolute proof....
Yes, let's go to the trouble of getting permission from a foreign government to climb a mountain, then take ten guys with heavy camera equipment up there, risking our lives. We'll then take a few background snow and rock pictures, fire up photoshop on our laptop while we're up there, and fake a picture of the Ark.
Jesus was a rebel child who traveled to India. He learned yoga and spiritual discipline. (Why do you think so many elements of Christianity mirror elements of Hinduism and Buddhism?)
He traveled back to the Middle-East and began spreading teachings about an enlightened life. The Man (government) did not want him teaching such rebellion-inspiring ideas so charges were trumped up and he was executed. But not before producing a child with Mary Magdalene.
The Council of Nicea, 321 AD, decided to raise him to the level of divinity as a tool to distract the public from his original teachings. (It's hard to focus on the message when you are in the presence of God's agent. Time to bow, scrape, and perform other devotions!
The Source of anything is a very simple Event. Man then proceeds to fuck things up because of ego, desire, and lust-for-power.
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It's not your beliefs that I have problems with. You're welcome to believe what you like. My problems start when your beliefs intersect with my lifestyle. I can't understand why your vote counts the same as mine, even though you have a demonstrated flaw in your ability to make rational decisions. And believe me- it's not just you! Anyone who will let some book, or even worse, some guy who has read some book, tell them how to think or feel shouldn't be allowed to vote.
We don't want Christians to be perfect. We want them to mind their own fucking business, stop pushing their unattainable ideologies and hypocritical morals on the rest of the world, and let us get on with our lives.
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