[RightOnline]

Interesting article. Bump.

[gg188]

From the article:

Incredibly the Ark of the Covenant has a pretender.

With the blessings of the United Nations, a bizarre ark knock-off, carried through Vermont farm fields and sailed by sloop to UN Manhattan headquarters, has been making the rounds as a show-and-tell exercise at public schools. Called the Ark of Hope, the replica carries, among other things, the Earth Charter, a replacement for the Ten Commandments as advocated by former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev and Kofi Annan right hand man, Maurice Strong.

The Earth Charter is "an international peoples’ treaty for building a just, sustainable and peaceful global society in the 21st century". (Philologos Bible Prophecy Research).

[Seeking the truth]

Is Geraldo going to be there?

[annalex]

Incredibly the Ark of the Covenant has a pretender.

With the blessings of the United Nations, a bizarre ark knock-off, carried through Vermont farm fields and sailed by sloop to UN Manhattan headquarters, has been making the rounds as a show-and-tell exercise at public schools. Called the Ark of Hope, the replica carries, among other things, the Earth Charter, a replacement for the Ten Commandments as advocated by former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev and Kofi Annan right hand man, Maurice Strong.

Behold the Ark of Hope, and weep.

[Moral Hazard]

"No single story could ever do justice to the amazing accomplishments of Vendyl Jones, who was the true-life inspiration for Indiana Jones of Raiders of the Lost Ark blockbuster movie fame."

Are we actually supposed to believe this BS? The only source for Vendyl Jones being the "inspiration for Indiana Jones" is Vendyl Jones.

And apparently this guy has a history of being on the verge of unearthing the Ark of the Covenant...

http://blogs.salon.com/0003494/2005/05/23.html

[Pablo64]

Interesting article. Even if he doesn't find the Ark, it's likely he will find some interesting or significant artifacts (at least based on his track record).

I had not heard of the fake ark that was toured around with its "replacement" of the Ten Commandments, but it's typical of Satan to try and counterfeit things of God.

[Dog Gone]

Discovering the Ark of the Covenant would be perhaps the most exciting archaeological discovery in history. I'm skeptical that it ever actually existed, but would be thrilled to be proven wrong on that account.

[Little Pig]

Isn't the Ark supposedly in some fleaspeck church in the Sudan or some such? I remember seeing a tv special on the Ark that traced it through its journey, and eventually tracked it to this little sub-saharan church on the Nile. Supposedly it was brough there by Jews fleeing enslavement by Babylon or some such. They couldn't prove the ark was there because the priest said no one was allowed to get too close to it (natch), but they had reasonably good supporting evidence to suggest it might really be there.

[hlmencken3]

The date August 14, 2005, is not random. That is the Jewish fast day in remembrance of the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem.

Vendyl believes he received a prophecy that he would find the Ark by then, or some such story.

See also

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1406143/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1407282/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1405787/posts

[gopwinsin04]

[Praxeus]

Over here.

I think this our friend's schtick.

[popdonnelly]

Mikhail Gorbachev and Maurice Strong came up with a replacement for the Ten Commandments? Isn't that a bit pretentious?

And will they display it in a courthouse?

[don-o]

I have kept an eye on Jones for almost 20 years. He came to his old Baptist church near Elizabethton, Tenn. and I was fascinated.

Do a Googe to see how deep the rabbit hole goes.

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[SunkenCiv]

Keepers of the Lost Ark?[Ethiopia][Ark of the Covenant]
Smithsonian Magazine | December 2007 | Paul Raffaele
Posted on 11/27/2007 2:27:12 PM EST by BGHater
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1931280/posts

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