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It is thought that a feature, known as the Ararat anomaly, could be the wreck of the Ark. A expedition to this anomaly was denied permission by the Turkish authorities in 2004. | It is thought that a feature, known as the Ararat anomaly, could be the wreck of the Ark. A expedition to this anomaly was denied permission by the Turkish authorities in 2004. | ||
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==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
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According to the book of Genesis, The Ark or Noah's Ark was built by Noah on the directions of God so that His creation may be preserved following the Great Flood.
The Ark was constructed with pitched gopher wood and had three stories divided into multiple rooms, a window, and a door.[1] The dimensions were three hundred cubits long by fifty cubits wide by thirty cubits high.[2]
Noah was instructed by God to take aboard the Ark his wife, his three sons and their wives, male and female pairs of all the "unclean" kinds of creatures, seven each of the "clean" kinds, and enough food and supplies for everyone.[3] [4], God shut them all inside the Ark and started the Flood.
Many scholars believe that the Great Flood, which occured serveral thousand years ago, created natural wonders of the world such as the Grand Canyon. Other scientists believe that the Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years but that theory is unable to take into account the events of the Great Flood.
After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.[5]The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat.[6] This is believed to be in modern Turkey.
It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.[7]
It is thought that a feature, known as the Ararat anomaly, could be the wreck of the Ark. A expedition to this anomaly was denied permission by the Turkish authorities in 2004.
In 1977, celebrated Christian archaelogist Ron Wyatt thoroughly examined a site on Mount Ararat which he later came to believe was the remnants of Noah's Ark [8]. However, his findings have since come under criticsm from other archaeologists.[9]
Controversy
Atheist organizations do not believe that Noah's Ark existed and claim to have found problems in the Bible[10]. However, these objections have been thoroughly rebutted several times, most notably by John Woodmorappe's "Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study" [11]. Furthermore, even the critics of Noah's Ark admit that their objections do not come from the Bible.
References
- ↑ Genesis 6:14, 6:16
- ↑ Genesis 6:15
- ↑ Genesis 6:18-7:3
- ↑ Genesis 7:6, 7:11
- ↑ Genesis 7:24-8:1
- ↑ Genesis 8:4
- ↑ Genesis 8:14-16
- ↑ http://www.wyattmuseum.com/noahs-ark-04.htm
- ↑ http://www2.andrews.edu/~merling/
- ↑ http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html
- ↑ http://www.rae.org/noah.html