Noah's Ark panoramic view

[nordskoven]

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Here’s a link to a photo of the Turkish site for Noah’s Ark as declared by the Turkish government. Ground penetrating radar shows “hits” on a logarithmic progression, consistent with good engineering practice. The Lord used a high concept, low tech design. Ron Wyatt and David Fasold came to the site independently: Wyatt through biblical indices; Fasold through crunching numbers he took to be directions from a Babylonian priest.

Fasold, a maritime pro, discerned that the “hits” from ground penetrating radar were a three-story log trusswork. Lithified impressions in the clay show the trusswork was atop a giant flotation raft made from bundles of now-extinct triangular reeds which themselves measured 3" on each side. The reeds were, per the Bible, tarred to prevent waterlogging as occurred with Kon Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl’s ocean-going reed ship. Fasold’s book, The Ark of Noah, is now out-of-print and is an exquisite tutorial on archaeology through literal interpretation of ancient texts, including the Bible.

The best feature was a slot in the flotation raft that allowed a rectangle of water to support and slow the ship and make the ride smooth. The design, flotation not displacement, made the Ark very stable and unsinkable. Steering was attained through sea anchors, giant stones hanging from the stem and stern posts that could be arrayed to provide drag. These anchor stones were cut loose on landing, and now litter the floor of the valley of the “mountains of Ararat” per the literal translation.

Those that argue Noah’s Ark was a myth are correct. Like Homer’s Troy, the Ark was recounted in myth, only more widespread as related by virtually every culture. Common elements include the anger of the Creator because of man’s disobedience; animals; and a mountain landing. Let the rainbow remind us of the Lord’s eternal covenant to never again destroy the world by flood.

 

[srferdave]

panoramio.com/photo/5890744

Here’s a link to a photo of the Turkish site for Noah’s Ark as declared by the Turkish government. Ground penetrating radar shows “hits” on a logarithmic progression, consistent with good engineering practice. The Lord used a high concept, low tech design. Ron Wyatt and David Fasold came to the site independently: Wyatt through biblical indices; Fasold through crunching numbers he took to be directions from a Babylonian priest.

Fasold, a maritime pro, discerned that the “hits” from ground penetrating radar were a three-story log trusswork. Lithified impressions in the clay show the trusswork was atop a giant flotation raft made from bundles of now-extinct triangular reeds which themselves measured 3" on each side. The reeds were, per the Bible, tarred to prevent waterlogging as occurred with Kon Tiki, Thor Heyerdahl’s ocean-going reed ship. Fasold’s book, The Ark of Noah, is now out-of-print and is an exquisite tutorial on archaeology through literal interpretation of ancient texts, including the Bible.

The best feature was a slot in the flotation raft that allowed a rectangle of water to support and slow the ship and make the ride smooth. The design, flotation not displacement, made the Ark very stable and unsinkable. Steering was attained through sea anchors, giant stones hanging from the stem and stern posts that could be arrayed to provide drag. These anchor stones were cut loose on landing, and now litter the floor of the valley of the “mountains of Ararat” per the literal translation.

Those that argue Noah’s Ark was a myth are correct. Like Homer’s Troy, the Ark was recounted in myth, only more widespread as related by virtually every culture. Common elements include the anger of the Creator because of man’s disobedience; animals; and a mountain landing. Let the rainbow remind us of the Lord’s eternal covenant to never again destroy the world by flood.

I don’t understand why you think its a myth. The story of Noah’s Ark was NOT a myth.

 

[tabsie3210]

I think “myth” in this case doesn’t mean it was non-existant, but rather that the story was told and re-told, sometimes with changes due to culture.

Like Troy, which was beleived to be a made-up city for the sake of story-telling, the Ark has been dismissed by people as being a “myth.”

However, like Troy, evidence for the reality showed up. We have archeology that gives us a really good idea of how the Ark was built.

Originally nobody thought that Troy would be found, and yet we have a good collection of their stuff in… England? I believe some of it was on display at Cambridge for a while at least. So, calling the Ark a “myth” isn’t meant to dismiss it, it’s meant to show that every “myth” has a seed of truth in it, and that we have dilligently worked to find the truth. And the Truth.