Gee, do you really think (some) Christians could be that gullible? Really? (/sarc)
Oh wait. I just read a LDS post that sets the matter straight. Noah's Ark traveled from Missouri to the Holy Land in forty days and nights of tempest tossed waters. Guess that settles the matter. (//sarc)
It is a hoax, with no doubt. The Turks will not allow anyone to the region normally suggested for the Ark. The locals know this...so their guided “tours”...simply run through an area which is unrestricted. So at best, you have some naive religious folks who believe what they saw, and at worse...both groups cooperated and helped each other. Go figure the locals will give specially guided tours in the future....which would go into the tens of thousands to show you what you perceive as the Ark.
Ya think?
Check this out.
anchorstone.com
Understatement of the Year.
If Noah and his family landed on Mt. Ararat, I would think that it wouldn’t take long for the area to re-freeze after the flood waters subsided.
I don’t think it’s necessarily a stretch to think that the ark would still remain on the mountain. It’s not like Noah and his family could linger long there. They had lives to rebuild. I doubt they would have bothered with the labor of carrying the timber down the mountain, as one “expert” claimed was the case.
I would think they would make their dwelling in a cave or a tent of some sort, not a timber house. God reportedly provided an olive branch. It seems that he had planned resources for their landing.
I think it’s not a stretch to imagine them ditching the boat on the mountain.