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In 1948, an earthquake in Turkey disgorged the remains of what
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is believed to be the original Ark of Man - Noahs' Ark.
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A military overflight taking photographs of the landscape for
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reconaissance purposes noted a strange new pattern in the form
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of a giant ship.
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David Fasold, an ex-Merchant Marine and amateur archeologist
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heard stories about the Ark and became intriqued with this
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particular one. After years of research and spending in
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excess of $150,000 of his own money, David has confirmed that
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this is the true ARK of Noah. A book is currently out, "The
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Ark of Noah", published in 1988 by Wynwood Press of New York.
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ü The ISBN number is 0-922066-10-8 and it can be ordered from
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most book suppliers such as Taylors or Waldenbooks.
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David tells us it is soon to come out in paperback.
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The hardback version sells for $18.95.
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BUY IT, you will not regret the purchase!
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Mr. Fasolds' discovery of the ARK of Noah has been verified
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by some of the top scientists in the field. Mr. Ron Wyatt
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from Madison, Tennessee one of the top scientists in the
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country on sub-surface radar research, Dr. John Baumgardner
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from Los Alamos research center, Mr. Vendyl Jones
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(A.K.A. Indiana Jones)., and many others who we will not
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list.
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David makes no claims as to actually discovering the Ark.
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He rediscovered it after many other researchers had pronounced
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the site as not the remains of a ship, but a geological
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formation.
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The true discoverer of the Ark is a Turkish farmer named
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Reshit Sarihan. An earthquake occurred in 1948 which
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shifted the ground where the Ark had rested all these
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centuries.
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At that time, not much notice was taken of the exposed
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shape until a military photo reconaissance overflight took
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pictures which showed the shape of a very large ship.
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However, David did make the contacts and do the quite
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incredible amount of research necessary to locate and
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verify his site as the TRUE ARK of NOAH.
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He has spent over $100,000 of his own money and in excess of
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6 years on the ARK project. We consider ourselves
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extremely fortunate to have been allowed to meet such a
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fascinating and capable researcher as David Fasold. His
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work is currently unappreciated and not even suspected by the
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masses.
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It seems orthodox Christianity MUST FIND THE ARK ON THE
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MOUNT OF ARARAT TO VERIFY THEIR FAITH. In truth, the
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translations in the Bible have been so in error that many
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people searching for these wonderful historical treasures have
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been led astray.
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The primary problem has been their failure to consult other
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ancient texts concurrent with the event. Corruption of
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records takes on an almost logarthmic certainty as time
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passes.
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Each ruler wants history to begin with him or to alter
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past history to his views.
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This is one of the things we most admired about David, his
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tenacity and his wide ranging research efforts. He consulted
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dozens of texts including the Torah, the Koran, the Epic
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of Gilgamesh and many others to piece together the true
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location.
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David visited with us in October of 1989 in Dallas. We were
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with him on several occasions while he lectured with Vendyl
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Jones at various engagements around the country using
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Arlington (Vendyl's home) as a base.
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David is so fascinating that we had to have a mini meeting of
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interested friends and associates to share some of his
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experiences. He brought with him maps, 2 pieces of the ARK,
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many photographs and some videotape of his discovery. The
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pieces of the ARK were most interesting as they were almost
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petrified wood with highly oxidized iron fragments. David
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said these came directly from the ARK site.
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David has been working in conjunction with the Turkish
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government to arrange summer tours for those who might wish to
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visit the Noah's Ark site.
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If you ever get a chance to hear him speak or to meet or
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speak with him, DON'T PASS IT UP! He will hypnotize and
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enthrall you with his anecdotes and the recounting of his
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discovery of the ARK.
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I - Jerry Decker, had the privilege of attending the
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1989 International Geophysical Symposium as a guest of
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Vendyl Jones and David Fasold.
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Both gave presentations which simply mesmerized these
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Engineers and Scientists from all over the world. It was
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truly amazing to see how these people very technically
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oriented clustered around both David and Vendyl to ask
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questions about their archeological researches.
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Another thing that David has noted which we all find very
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interesting is that the day of the earthquake in 1948 is the
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same date that Israel became a nation, just as in
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Biblical prophecy!
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David found an interesting Egyptian myth which tells the
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story of how the Moon was coerced into sharing some of its
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light. In fact, it had to do with a slowing down of the
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Earth's rotation which, since it is a giant armature,
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necessarily reduced the magnetic field.
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Zecharia Sitchin's excellent books also give many
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translations relating to events in pre-dawn times.
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Also why did people live such long life spans as compared
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with people of today. Is it possible that the slowing down
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of the Earth's rotation caused a change in the human body's
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electric field due to the decreased magnetism?
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Is this why the Dinosaurs died out?
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Or could it be that one who had eaten of the "AMOMUM" root
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(the root of Youth) as mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh:
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" Its name is The Old Will Be Made Young. "
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I too will eat it, and I will return to
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What I Was In My Youth."
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( These are some of the questions into which we of
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Vangard Sciences are interested and looking into.)
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Mr. Fasolds' book can be purchased at any book store or
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you can write to him.
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ADDRESS: Mr. David Fasold
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9921 Carmel Mtn. Rd.
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San Diego, Ca. 92129
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If this article is of interest to you, we suggest you also download
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NOAHLAW and NOAHARK1 either with an extension of .ZIP for IBM's or
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.ASC (ASCII) for non-IBM computers.
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N O A H ' S A R K U P D A T E
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We have been in communication with Dave Fasold. He has sent some
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very interesting information. Following is a letter and selective
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comments. I want to thank Dave for his support and encouragement.
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12/14/89
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Dear Dave and Sandra,
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Rushing this off to you as promised, as I have a busy schedule this
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weekend. Have to go up to LA and do some voice overs for the PBS
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film which looks like MARCH airing. Also meeting with two tour
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companies for the Ark trips and both want exclusive!
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Enjoyed your latest GAP and keep it up. I'll try to write on
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something else next time. Wearing my Tennessee T-shirt proudly and
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thinking of you both. Keep researching....edit away at my article!
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Your shipmate aboard the mother-ship,
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Well it's that time of year again folks. The perennial seeding
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of Mount Ararat with sightings of the Ark left to germinate over
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the long winter months.
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For those Boob-Tube Believers who like to split their offering
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between the Fund-O-Faith Growth and Income Network and the Cathedral
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of Reciprocity looking forward to their Seeds of Faith Multiplying
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into getting that cruise and Mercedes, it may not leave much left
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over to support the Ararat Groups in their yearly mountian climbing
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v cation at Christendom's expense, but that's what they are crying
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for again.
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The latest sighting was announced in the TURKISH DAILY NEWS under
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the headline of "Turks angered by Americans' claim of discovery of
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the Ark."
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ANKARA- Agri Governor Rasim Bas and a Turkish scholar exploring for
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the legendary Noah's Ark disputed, Friday, claims by two Americans
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that they have discovered Noah's Ark on the southside of Mt. Ararat
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in eastern Turkey while flying over it in a helicopter.
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"What the two said to reporters have no connection whatsoever with
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science and have no scientific value," the angry governor said,
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adding that it was impossible to announce a discovery only by taking
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photographs and flying over a region.
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What had Church Aaron, the pilot said? Aaron said, "We are 100% sure
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this is the Ark."
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Atatuck associate professor Salih Bayraktutan, who heads a
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commission exploring Noah's Ark said the sole "scientific data" at
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hand shows that remains at the Uzengili village (my site) which
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have been place under state protection were the remains of the Ark.
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He said the physical findings and scientific report on the issue
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will be published in 1990. Bayraktutan went on to say that
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"Americans were trying to prove the variability of the Holy Bible
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against the Holy Koran by finding the Ark and displaying `how
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correct' the Bible was.
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Many Christian fundamentalists who interpret the Bible literally,
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believe the Ark must be on Mt. Ararat." He also said "Americans are
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exploiting the issue," and that "all foreigners who claim to be
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looking for the Ark have a Christian fundamentalist organization
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supporting them."
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As always with these kind of articles, reporters find someone with a
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sheepskin in earth sciences and quote him saying my site is nothing
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but a rock formation shaped by thousands of years of erosion.
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I would lay five to one odds that this geologist has never been to
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my site, would dispute there ever was a flood or even care to know
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that the object has been exposed for a MERE 41 years!
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Another Turkish newspaper picked up the flurry and said tongue-in-
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cheek that now Turkey boasts TWO ARKS, and provides a verG detailed
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list of Christendoms' false claim of discovery over the past 140
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years.
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Believe me, the issue is not whether the Ark can be in two places
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at once or the possibility of two Arks. It runs much deeper than
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that.
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Before leaving Turkey, Aaron and Garby implored the Minister of
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Antiquities to insure that the area of the find be protected from
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any disturbance whatsoever, possibly relating their fear that George
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Vandeman might attempt to dislodge pieces of gopher wood by blowing
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the sides out with dynamite (AON, p.33)
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Now how do I feel about this? For one thing, befuddled that after
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four years of on site research with geologists and geophysicists 17
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miles south, and 27 years in the maritime industries, the claim
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that I am on a shipwreck is thwarted by an astronaut who says, "I'd
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like it looked at by experts" suggesting my opinions are impetuous
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and premature, but let a pharmacist and pilot hang out of a
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helicopter and peer into an ice cave formed by a lava vent and it's
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acceptable to say "We are 100% sure" we are looking into the bowels
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of the Ark!
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While my site has been officially declared by the Turkish Government
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as the remains of the Ark, Irwin calling for an expert's opinion at
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this late date seems a little odd.
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Soon after leaving the conference, Vendyl was good enough to share
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his podium at the fifty-ninth Annual International Meeting and
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Exposition of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists at the Dallas
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Convention Center with me, where I gave a luncheon address on the
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discovery of the remains of the wreck.
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Stressing the scientific data and the instrumentation put to use, it
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was well received, and I continue receiving mail on the subject.
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I feel that if one can pass scrutiny of THESE EXPERTS as well as
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convince the Turks, I should have proved my case....astronauts
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opinions not with-standing.
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Never the less, the December issue of the Bible-Science Newsletter
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heralded the discovery complete with a photo of the `Ark' on the
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southside of Ararat.
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I was surprised to see it was the prominent outcropping of lava
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easily seen through binoculars from the roof of the Isfahan Hotel.
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Christendom's explorations are going high-tech now, with whirly-
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birds at $500.00 an hour (it costs $8,000 just to get it to Ararat
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and back) and the two are seeking funds ($30,000.00) to get an
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airborne radar, so this is a desperate appeal to prove the Bible
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true.
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There are a number of guides who have sat on this lava balcony, and
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even been inside the depression (a small cave of sorts, not the
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insides of the Ark) leaving me wonder "why the charade?"
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Within this bunch, there is a kind of pecking order, a sort of
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jockeying for position of Inspector # 12, you remember the Hanes
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underwear factory...if its not passed by #12, it ain't Hanes?
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Well, John Morris had held this position for years, chiefly due to
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his status as vice president of Creation Research and Creation Life
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Publishers.
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If you want to fill the heads of little children with Biblical
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truths such as "All of the various kinds of land dinosaurs were on
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the Ark with the rest of the animals" (Noah's Ark and the Lost World
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by John D. Morris, 1988 page 17) or publish your own pet theory as a
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tenant of Christian faith, then one should go along with Morris as
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the expert.
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He took a look at the site and said, "I don't really think it is the
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Ark." His traveling companion was Grant Richards, another geologist
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that after viewing the site from the air said, "it appears to be a
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volcanic feature," following up with it was "an unusual feature!"
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Now folks! I know it is unusual to find volcanic features on
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volcanic mountains, and I'll admit I'm mystified myself, but I am
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taking bets at five-to-one odds, that this (lava vent) isn't Noah's
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Ark, and furthermore I intend to stay in Turkey all summer of 1990
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taking tours to the REAL ARK waiting for these vicars of truth to
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prove me wrong!
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Let me repeat, that it is not a biblical truth, that the Ark is on
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Ararat. Ararat is a land and a kingdom by biblical definition, and
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a very mountainous land and kingdom, and any mountain will do.
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I challenge anyone to show me a document written prior to the 12th
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century C.E. stating the Ark is on Ararat.
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This is Armenian/Christian nonsense and for those who believe in
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such things, they should study the letter by Sbgar, king of Armenia,
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to Jesus, the benevolent Savior, and his reply, penned by the
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Apostle Thomas (Bishop Ukhtanes of Sebastia's HISTORY OF ARMENIA)
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for a better laugh!
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It is here we can see so clearly, that history is a myth agreed upon
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that for a great part is accepted without any substance or evidence.
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A hodge-podge of theol gical nonsense that has been building since
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Constantine's time and carried around as so much Byzantine baggage
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by believers without any critical examination as to the truth of it.
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The most faith shaking study of all, is the history of the church
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since those times, and with it has taught us to accept these as
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tenets of the Christian faith.
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The emphasis here for the continued search for the Ark on Ararat,
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has been correctly deduced in the Turkish Press by Bayraktutan.
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Bayraktutan sees this quest as Christian fundamentalists
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capitalizing on the search as an evangelical tool, to bring millions
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to Christ.
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It is my view that Christendom wouldn't recognize the Ark if they
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were standing on it or Christ, if they came face to face with the
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long lost Rabboni Yeshua Ben Yosef.
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Let me say in closing how much I enjoyed being the guest of the
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Emmanuel Baptist Church and David and Sandra Davis over the
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conference period.
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You all have been most warm in receiving me and my heretical notions
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and I am proud to feel that I am one among you during these trying
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times of religious fictions that understandably are driving many
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rationally-minded people out of religion altogether.
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I support the line-upon-line examinations of David Davis and Jack
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Saunders and dearly hope that Rabbi Katz will continue to guide us
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along the path of the righteous Gentile.
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