rollinTHUNDER Posted April 27, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,986 Content Per Day: 0.37 Reputation: 433 Days Won: 2 Joined: 04/23/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted April 27, 2004 Expedition to search for Noah's Ark Monday, April 26, 2004 Posted: 4:40 PM EDT (2040 GMT) Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock- The Trinity Corporation, hopes an expedition this summer will uncover Noah's Ark. WASHINGTON (AP) -- An expedition is being planned for this summer to the upper reaches of Turkey's Mount Ararat where organizers hope to prove an object nestled amid the snow and ice is Noah's Ark. A joint U.S.-Turkish team of 10 explorers plans to make the arduous trek up Turkey's tallest mountain, at 17,820 feet, from July 15 to August 15, subject to the approval of the Turkish government, said Daniel P. McGivern, president of Shamrock- The Trinity Corporation of Honolulu, Hawaii. The goal: to enter what they believe to be a mammoth structure some 45 feet high, 75 feet wide and up to 450 feet long that was exposed in part by last summer's heat wave in Europe. "We are not excavating it. We are not taking any artifacts. We're going to photograph it and, God willing, you're all going to see it," McGivern said. Explorers have long searched for an ark on the high slopes of Mount Ararat, where the biblical account of the Great Flood places it. In 1957, Turkish air force pilots spotted a boat-shaped formation in Agri province. The government did not pursue the sighting, however. The entire area, including Mount Ararat, was off limits to foreigners because of Soviet complaints that explorers were U.S. spies. That ban was lifted in 1982, and since then teams of explorers have visited the area but have been unable to substantiate any claim of an ark. McGivern and Ahmet Ali Arslan, a Turkish mountain climber who grew up in a town near Mount Ararat, say satellite photos have helped them pinpoint a more exact location. Arslan will be leading the expedition. The biblical account in the Book of Genesis says that after the great deluge, the ark came to rest on the mountain with Noah's family and a cargo of male and female pairs of every kind of animal. Geologists say even though there is evidence of a flood in Mesopotamia in Sumerian times, it is not possible for a ship to make landfall at an altitude as high as Mount Ararat. http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/26...k.ap/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveller Posted April 27, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 827 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 12,101 Content Per Day: 1.49 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted April 27, 2004 Wouldn't it be a hoot if they found it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovedya Posted April 27, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 375 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 11,400 Content Per Day: 1.43 Reputation: 125 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/30/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 08/14/1971 Share Posted April 27, 2004 I read about this yesterday on the Drudge Report. I hope they find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steward George Posted April 27, 2004 Group: Steward Followers: 110 Topic Count: 10,467 Topics Per Day: 1.25 Content Count: 27,824 Content Per Day: 3.32 Reputation: 15,600 Days Won: 131 Joined: 06/30/2001 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/21/1971 Steward Share Posted April 27, 2004 What's interesting is I met the guy that is heading this whole adventure up! He is the head of the Hawaiian Christian Coalition and while I was working as a consultant for the Christian Coalition we talked several times. We met almost 2 years ago in Washington DC. Your brother in Christ with much agape love, George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manofwork Posted April 28, 2004 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 307 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/14/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/02/1972 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I saw a show here in oz and it showed a picture of what looked like the ark in the snow from a distance but they say it is covered again how true this was i dont know but it would be great if they found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliGuy4Christ Posted April 28, 2004 Group: Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 43 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/02/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted April 28, 2004 Doesn't it make sense that after the flood happened, the 8 people that were in it would need shelter and firewood? They probably tore it down and used the wood for other stuff seeing as how the resources were probably scarce since the world had been covered by water for a long time. Thinking realistically here, I don't think they'll find it. The ark of the covenant... that would be a different matter. Anyone who touches it would die right? Unless someone purposely hid it very well, or God took it up into Heaven or something, that still has to be around somewhere, maybe God hid it until the new Earth can be made, or maybe in the end times people will find it and God will work great miracles like nobody's ever seen. Very interesting things to think about and talk to God about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LCPGUY Posted April 28, 2004 Share Posted April 28, 2004 I hope they find it. If they do, it should sure silence a lot of critics! Bro John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn777 Posted April 29, 2004 Group: Senior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 187 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 678 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/05/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 05/23/1959 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I hope they find it too. I think we are due for alittle shake-up for all those skeptics out there, it would be a great witness. In His Love Marilyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginakay Posted April 29, 2004 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 280 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/08/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted April 29, 2004 Especially if they found it up on that mountain where the 'higher critics' say it could not possibly be since the water never got that high! :x: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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