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My Hunt for Solomon’s Temple (Ruins of the First Temple are in the South Pacific)
The Tablet ^
| March 19, 2013
Posted on 03/19/2013 1:41:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The Internet says the ruins of the First Temple are in the South Pacific. Matthew Fishbane went to find them.
A little over a year ago, Tablet Magazine’s Matthew Fishbane was emailed a grainy video of Papua New Guinea’s Gogodala people—in grass skirts, their bodies decorated with body paint and feathers—singing the Shema, the holiest of Hebrew prayers. A few Google searches later, he’d uncovered claims that the Lost Temple of Israel is hidden someplace in the South Pacific. And so he went to investigate…
TOPICS: History; Hobbies; Religion
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; gogodala; matthewfishbane; papuanewguinea; shema; southpacific; tinfoil; wackadoo
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To: nickcarraway
Maybe my history’s a litte shoddy but both temples were destroyed by conquerers, the Babylonians and the Romans, they weren’t lost.
And how remains of a temple on top of a mountain in Israel would get to a south pacific island is beyond me.
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/19/2013 1:48:58 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
To: nickcarraway
Sort of interesting, it might make a good story for a comic book but totally unbelievable.
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posted on
03/19/2013 1:49:45 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Truth, Justice, and what was once the American Way.)
To: cotton1706
I was thinking the same thing. Even if you think earlier books of the OT that survived ages of oral tradition are literally fallible, the temple eras are undisputed history.
To: nickcarraway
Yeah, sure! Just picked it up and moved it there on a catamaran.
Also, I think the author, Matthew Fishbane, sounds like a mean fish-killer. Peta needs to pursue this.
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posted on
03/19/2013 1:50:23 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: cotton1706
There was a plot from the old TV show Tales From the Gold Monkey that described this exact idea. Nice try, I don’t think I’ll be buying the book!
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posted on
03/19/2013 1:52:29 PM PDT
by
mistfree
(Their & There, they're not the same)
To: Cicero
Sure, everyone’s heard of Jew canoes.
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posted on
03/19/2013 1:54:27 PM PDT
by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: cotton1706
Link thru to Fishbane’s epic trip shows a security certificate failure, approach with caution
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/19/2013 2:09:03 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Cicero
Other than every single fact we know, is there a shred of evidence this isn’t true?
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/19/2013 2:30:01 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: nickcarraway
Turns out it was just this place...
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posted on
03/19/2013 2:32:57 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: nickcarraway
A little over a year ago, Tablet Magazine’s Matthew Fishbane was emailed a grainy video of Papua New Guinea’s Gogodala people—in grass skirts, their bodies decorated with body paint and feathers—singing the Shema, the holiest of Hebrew prayers. A few Google searches later, he’d uncovered claims that the Lost Temple of Israel is hidden someplace in the South Pacific. And so he went to investigate… The Mormons are gonna be all over this like green jell-o.
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posted on
03/19/2013 2:33:36 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
To: mistfree
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posted on
03/19/2013 2:35:33 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
To: nickcarraway
...claims that the Lost Temple of Israel is hidden someplace in the South Pacific... Well, no wonder!! If I'd misplaced something from the Middle East in the South Pacific, I'd consider it "lost", too!
Kinda' big to lose it way out there, though.....
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posted on
03/19/2013 3:02:55 PM PDT
by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: cotton1706
Aliens...Say it....A lee ens. They also take my socks from the laundry. Aliens.
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posted on
03/19/2013 3:22:59 PM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
To: nickcarraway
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Thanks nickcarraway. I think he's been looking in the Tinfoil Islands.
Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:06:28 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
To: nickcarraway
Long lost temple in the south pacific?
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn...
Freegards
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posted on
03/19/2013 6:11:13 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
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