Noah's Ark Found? Company Claims Commercial Satellite Has Picture Proof

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[ Noah's Ark Found? Company Claims Commercial Satellite Has Picture Proof ]

I doubt it.. The Green Party will find OZ, first.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

Maybe we'll find out what gopherwood really is.

[Killing Time]

How come those giant blue arrows and that red circle went unnoticed for so long?

[judywillow]

What's the hangup with getting a predator drone up there for closeups?

[AgThorn]

I like the photo's on this site and the story better ... anyone refuting that the ark has been found?

http://www.arkdiscovery.com/index2.htm

[CougarGA7]

I dont know. They need to put a scale on the photo......in cubits.

[tdadams]

reveal a man-made structure at the site where the Bible states the vessel came to rest.

Did the Bible give the GPS coordinates? I must have missed that.

[zeugma]

And exactally how log a cubit is.

According to my "units" program, a "biblicalcubit" is 21.8 inches, and a "hebrewcubit" is 17.58 inches. That's a great deal of variance.

$ grep -i cubit /usr/share/units.dat
pied                    frenchfoot        #   Half of the hashimicubit,
irishcubit      18 irishinch
romancubit   18 romaninch    #   units.
egyptianroyalcubit      20.63 in    # plus or minus .2 in
egyptianpalm            1|7 egyptianroyalcubit
egyptianshortcubit      6 egyptianpalm
remendigit       1|40 doubleremen # side length of 1 royal egyptian cubit.
                                  # the royal cubit.
greekfeet               greekfoot     # Egyptian Royal cubit in [11].  It is
greekcubit              1.5 greekfoot # said to be 3|5 of a 20.75 in cubit.
homericcubit            20 greekfingers  # Elbow to end of knuckles.
shortgreekcubit         18 greekfingers  # Elbow to start of fingers.
olympiccubit            25 remendigit    # These olympic measures were not as
olympicfoot             2|3 olympiccubit # common as the other greek measures.
# "Northern" cubit and foot.  This was used by the pre-Aryan civilization in
northerncubit           26.6 in           # plus/minus .2 in
northernfoot            1|2 northerncubit
sumeriancubit           495 mm
kus                     sumeriancubit
sumerianfoot            2|3 sumeriancubit
assyriancubit           21.6 in
assyrianfoot            1|2 assyriancubit
persianroyalcubit       7 assyrianpalm
hashimicubit            25.56 in          # Standard of linear measure used
blackcubit              21.28 in
arabicfeet              1|2 blackcubit
arabicmile              4000 blackcubit
biblicalcubit           21.8 in
hebrewcubit             17.58 in

That didn't really format well, but it is interesting nonethelss.

[zeugma]

Ark found?

Didn't you hear, it was found a few years ago .............


on Mars!

I saw that in one of those scandal rags once while at the checkout counter. I almost died laughing. Looking back, I really should have bought a copy and kept the cover. It was classic.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

According to my "units" program, a "biblicalcubit" is 21.8 inches, and a "hebrewcubit" is 17.58 inches. That's a great deal of variance.

OK, so which is it?

[Cronos]

gotta love dougie adams!

[Psalm 73]

Ahhh, that's OK - "We walk by faith and not by sight...."

[Rhetorical pi2]

Re: Noah's Ark Discovered

Well, one thing's for certain:

You'll find your green alligators, and long neck geese,some humpty back camels and some chimpanzees...your cats and rats and elephants - but sure as you're born - you're never gonna find no Unicorns.

[tang-soo]

You'll find your green alligators, and long neck geese,some humpty back camels and some chimpanzees...your cats and rats and elephants - but sure as you're born - you're never gonna find no Unicorns.

Boy that brings back memories. Thanks.

[zeugma]

OK, so which is it?

I don't know. Even the "biblicalcubit" is an estimate from what I understand. I say we split the difference and call it 19.69 inches. :-)

[Jonah Hex]

I say we split the difference and call it 19.69 inches.

"19.69, or 1969? Could it be just coincidence that the biblical measure used in building the Ark is also the date Man first landed on the moon? Could it be that ancient astronauts, or even time travelers, provided Noah the blueprints and technology to build the Ark? Could Eric Van Daniken be correct?

Tune in next week as 'In Search Of... My Dignity' examines this and other fascinating questions and theories. This... is Leonard Nimoy."

[ZULU]

It looks like a large wooden turlte to me.

Obviously, there is SOMETHING up there. But to assume its a boat, and Noah's Ark, no less, is stretching it.

But, I'll keep an open mind, and wait until they can actually check it out. Who knows?

[Quilla]

Looks like the next plot for Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt.

[Geritol]

My favorite that I wish I had, just to show my personal weirdness, is:
"Woman with Four Legs Opens Dance Studio"

[smonk]

odd that on a website dedicated to conservative discussion,
that creationism and a simple story about the ark should
consistently provoke such a flood (no pun intended) of
dismissive derision.