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historian31
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Was flipping channels last night and came across an episode of a show called “America Unearthed” that I had never seen before. The guy hosting the show started discussing the Ark of the Covenant. He started mentioning supposed “hints” that the Ark may have made it to America, so I immediately started shaking my head and said, let’s see how crazy this show gets.
As I was listening I was totally flabbergasted.
This guy gave credence to old stories that somehow the Ark was in Ireland at one point, on the Hill of Tara, brought over by someone named Tea Tephi and the Prophet Jeremiah. It only went downhill from there. Then they started discussing the Stone of Destiny, and mythologies about the Lost Tribes of Israel.
By that time I wanted to throw something at the television. This is almost a wholesale recitation of a heresy believed by a group called The Worldwide Church of God a while back, and a nineteenth century belief called British Israelitism.
These ideas can be easily proven false, especially British Israelitism, which has been refuted by DNA. I don’t remember where I heard this but I know of studies that conclusively indicate the inhabitants of the British Isles are/were in no way related to the people of Ancient Israel.
It just amazed me that this episode was allowed to air in the form it did. This man based an entire episode of a show on legends and stories that have no material proof. And then used them to try to prove the Ark of the Covenant came to America. Of course, he did not find it.
Most realistic historical accounts suggest the Ark of the Covenant was destroyed, most likely during the Babylonian Captivity. Of course that was also not mentioned during this show.
This was taking sensationalism to a whole new level. Sorry for my strong reaction but I couldn’t believe what I was watching.
As I was listening I was totally flabbergasted.
This guy gave credence to old stories that somehow the Ark was in Ireland at one point, on the Hill of Tara, brought over by someone named Tea Tephi and the Prophet Jeremiah. It only went downhill from there. Then they started discussing the Stone of Destiny, and mythologies about the Lost Tribes of Israel. By that time I wanted to throw something at the television. This is almost a wholesale recitation of a heresy believed by a group called The Worldwide Church of God a while back, and a nineteenth century belief called British Israelitism.
These ideas can be easily proven false, especially British Israelitism, which has been refuted by DNA. I don’t remember where I heard this but I know of studies that conclusively indicate the inhabitants of the British Isles are/were in no way related to the people of Ancient Israel.
It just amazed me that this episode was allowed to air in the form it did. This man based an entire episode of a show on legends and stories that have no material proof. And then used them to try to prove the Ark of the Covenant came to America. Of course, he did not find it.
Most realistic historical accounts suggest the Ark of the Covenant was destroyed, most likely during the Babylonian Captivity. Of course that was also not mentioned during this show.
This was taking sensationalism to a whole new level. Sorry for my strong reaction but I couldn’t believe what I was watching.
-- if the Ark IS still around I’m leaning on the Ethiopian church theory as much more likely. However there ARE some things about America Unearthed that I do like- (much more so then Ancient Aliens
- I started yelling at the screen when they were going on about Akhenaten being an alien and continued right through the Catholic mystics and visionaries -though I suppose in the strict sense the Virgin Mary is extra-terrestrial- now anyways. Heaven isn’t ON material Earth.
