Noah's Ark found (again!?)

[Gnug215]

Someone linked me to this story earlier:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/27/noahs-ark-found-turkey-arafat/


True or not, this is going to be a staple argument for YECs and others in the future.
Anything short of a massive failure of this find documented meticuously in the media will make sure of that.

 

[Giliell]

Well, now all they need is evidence for a global flood :roll:

 

[Gnug215]

Well, now all they need is evidence for a global flood :roll:

Evidence? What's that?

You really don't think they will think they need evidence, do you?
For many, just this story will be all they need - whether or not it's subsequently debunked or not.

 

[e2iPi]

Leave it to Faux News. :shock:

A wooden structure from 4600 years ago on a mountain. Clearly, it must be the mythical Ark of Noah. :roll:

 

[Giliell]

Evidence? What's that?

Y

Whatever is written in the bible

 

[Gnug215]

Evidence? What's that?

Whatever is written in the bible

Heh, indeed... I mean, it's not like they've been going by evidence up until now.

At least not in any proper way. My point is, no matter what, the cretionists and literalists are going to be touting this for ages.

 

[Master_Ghost_Knight]

Envangelical Archeologist, holy cow!

 

[Squawk]

Well clearly I was wrong, I shall renounce my atheism immediately. Fucking idiots

I can't help but feel I'm becoming somewhat cynical.

 

[e2iPi]

Well clearly I was wrong, I shall renounce my atheism immediately. Fucking idiots

I can't help but feel I'm becoming somewhat cynical.

Cynicism is underrated.

Come to the dark side, there's cake! :shock:

 

[Raistlin Majere]

Been debunked already lol.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/latest_ark_finding_is_a_fake.php

 

[Gnug215]

Been debunked already lol.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/latest_ark_finding_is_a_fake.php

Lol, that was fast. I expected some weeks, at least, until stuff got checked locally and such, but ah well...

Still, PZ mentions about the Paluxy River fraud - a long known fraud - but that one is still being used by creationists.
This one will probably hang around for ages, too...

And it's not because this is a good argument for the creationists to use against us or anything, but it's something that they will use in their own circles, to reaffirm their faith and to garner new believers.

Ah well...

Some fun quotes from the comments section on PZ's site:

Damn, I was this close to renouncing Darwin. Damn you frauds!

The 'Made in China' stamped on the relics was a bit of a give-away, as well...

Ha!
I knew it!
This is definitive proof - that carbon dating doesn't work!

But...but... they were 99.9% sure!

I guess that 0.1% can crop up more often than you'd expect - eh?

As I said, I have the photos of the inside of the so-called Ark (that show cobwebs in the corners of rafters - something just not possible in these conditions)

An astounding bit of logical thinking in the midst of a search for 4,400 year old boat that you believe exists because a book of fairy tales says so.....

All in all a good time was had.