They found it!!!

[Bill Brasky]

Apparently they were so excited they decided to only take a single picture.

ROFL. I thought of this as well.

 

[pyonir]

lol why does the link say "Arafat" and not "Ararat"? lol fox news fail.

First thing I noticed too. lmao

 

[lsv]

Get this garbage off ATOT.

 

[sdifox]

Get this garbage off ATOT.

Why? ATOT is the best place for stupidity. We crave mocking it.

 

[Jeff7]

That's weak. I have the Arc of the Covenant and use it as a foot stool.

It also doubles as a great pet carrier.

Why are they looking for Noah's ark? I thought religion was about faith, not evidence.

Hmm....that sounds like witch talk to me! Burn the witch! Burn the witch!

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The thing is, the myths often get transmitted to other cultures. The Sumerian empire, which had a boat in its myth, predates every single other culture that has a big boat in its mythology. The Jewish flood myth is almost certainly just taken from the Sumerian myth. Not a different account, but later jewish scribes just writing down the myth that first was written down by sumerian scribes.
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And sometimes, things get lost in translation.

Whisper down the alley, except over thousands of people, and thousands of years. Unless that's well-documented digital data with a hefty checksum, something's going to get screwed up.




(And don't forget the hover-over red button at the comic.)

 

[pcgeek11]

If there had been an ark, we would be able to track every species of land mammal back to one specific place. This would be incredibly easy. Unfortunately there are millions and millions of americans too stupid to understand this.

No. Not just Americans.

 

[Fritzo]

More than likely there was no single "Great Flood," that started all the different flood myths. Human settlements grew up around river basins (the Tigris, Euphrates, Nile, then Yangtze in China, and many more). These rivers often flooded, killing many people and starting a myth. This is why flood myths show up in most religions.


And just because there was a story about a boat first written down in Sumeria a couple thousand years ago doesn't mean there actually was a boat. More than likely, there was a really fucked up flood on the Tigris and the boat story was added later. That's what happens with these myths. They're mostly embellished.

Oh, and your idea about the gibralter flood is silly. That event occured 5.4 million years ago. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/gen...e_filled_Mediterranean_in_less_than_two_years
Humans didn't even exist when it happened.

It's just one of the flood theories. This one is a bit more likely:

http://www.canada.com/topics/techno...=ffaed9c2-2e55-4555-b01e-2d7b60f8371e&k=39290

The first 5 or so books of the bible are offshoots of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and are shared among many cultures. These stories are often based upon real events, and they guide archeologists and historians today...that's all I'm saying.

 

[preslove]

It's just one of the flood theories. This one is a bit more likely:

http://www.canada.com/topics/techno...=ffaed9c2-2e55-4555-b01e-2d7b60f8371e&k=39290

The first 5 or so books of the bible are offshoots of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and are shared among many cultures. These stories are often based upon real events, and they guide archeologists and historians today...that's all I'm saying.

Yeah, there's no disputing that, but stuff like the building ark are usually embellishments. There are stories handed down about a huge flood. "So how did humans survive?"

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"Some god told somebody to build a boat!"

 

[BudAshes]

So noahs family had to fuck like rabbits to repopulate the earth? Was it father daughter? Mom and son? Daughter and brother? The bible is sick.

 

[DrPizza]

OMG!

I could see tenons, proof of ancient construction predating the use of metal nails.

That means... my barn was built 4000 years ago! Most of the major beams are connected by mortis & tenon joints. Woohoo! I'm going to be rich!

 

[lxskllr]

OMG!


That means... my barn was built 4000 years ago! Most of the major beams are connected by mortis & tenon joints. Woohoo! I'm going to be rich!

You're a small thinker. I bet it never occurred to you, your barn's really an ark, did it? You're the math guy. put 2 and 2 together. You have animals; the ark had animals. The ark didn't use nails, your "barn" doesn't use nails... Pretty fuckin' obvious to me....

 

[grohl]

"It's not 100 percent that it is Noah's Ark, but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it."

lol

 

[IronWing]

There were green alligators and long necked geese
Humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorns

 

[grrl]

I thought carbon dating was flawed and inaccurate?

It's only accurate when it supports their point of view.

 

[Kadarin]

From TFA:

A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers

These people are NOT scientists. These are people who have a preexisting agenda and who are looking for something or anything (however completely fucking idiotic) to try to support that agenda.

Representatives of Noah's Ark Ministries said the structure contained several compartments, some with wooden beams, that they believe were used to house
animals.The group of evangelical archaeologists ruled out an established human settlement on the grounds none have ever been found above 11,000 feet in the vicinity, Yeung said.

It had rooms in it, so therefore it housed animals... IT MUST BE NOAH'S ARK!!!1
It can't be a settlement since none have been found above 11,000 feet. Therefore IT MUST BE NOAH'S ARK!!!1

These people are so fucking stupid that the entire world would benefit if they were just lined up and shot.

 

[daishi5]

From TFA:



These people are NOT scientists. These are people who have a preexisting agenda and who are looking for something or anything (however completely fucking idiotic) to try to support that agenda.



It had rooms in it, so therefore it housed animals... IT MUST BE NOAH'S ARK!!!1
It can't be a settlement since none have been found above 11,000 feet. Therefore IT MUST BE NOAH'S ARK!!!1

These people are so fucking stupid that the entire world would benefit if they were just lined up and shot.

Look at it from the bright side, they may have made a monumental discovery of the highest ancient settlement in the area. If the stuff is really as old as they claim, it looks well preserved by the climate so we could learn some stuff. Remember, fundie stupidity is not contagious, so we don't have to stay away from stuff that they find. However, for safety, we should probably quarantine the fundies.

 

[pyonir]

There were green alligators and long necked geese
Humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
You're never gonna see no unicorns

Holy fuck I hate that song! My dad used to listen to Bill Anderson back in the day, and that song was on the CD.

 

[broon]

People with that spiteful "IF IT'S IN THE BIBLE IT'S HOGWASH" attitudes are just as annoying as the literal translation bible thumpers.

But they're the tolerant ones.

 

[IronWing]

Holy fuck I hate that song! My dad used to listen to Bill Anderson back in the day, and that song was on the CD.

My work here is done. On to the next thread.

 

[meltdown75]

From TFA:



These people are NOT scientists. These are people who have a preexisting agenda and who are looking for something or anything (however completely fucking idiotic) to try to support that agenda.



It had rooms in it, so therefore it housed animals... IT MUST BE NOAH'S ARK!!!1
It can't be a settlement since none have been found above 11,000 feet. Therefore IT MUST BE NOAH'S ARK!!!1

These people are so fucking stupid that the entire world would benefit if they were just lined up and shot.

yes, that's the answer. people with opposing beliefs to your own should be killed. rofl. Hitler has been reincarnated, ladies and gentlemen!

 

[Anubis]

yes, that's the answer. people with opposing beliefs to your own should be killed. rofl. Hitler has been reincarnated, ladies and gentlemen!

the church supports that idea

 

[meltdown75]

the church used to support that idea

fixed. we're out of the crusades, dude.

 

[ViviTheMage]

lies.

 

[dawp]

My understanding of the flood myth is that it comes from when the Black sea was created at the end of the last ice age.

http://ocean-ridge.ldeo.columbia.edu/BlackSeaShelf/BlackSeaText.html

http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_noah.htm

 

[surfsatwerk]

fixed. the crusades never ended, dude.

fixt redux

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-04-01-kansas-abortion-killer_N.htm

God damn christians are still killing people off in the name of their gawd.