You will never get a satisfactory answer because you are in capable off understanding it , now why don’t you go back to the Dawkins thread and answer the question I asked you
The problem is you have about as much understanding when it comes to science as a 3 week dead goldfish that took both barrels of a 12 gauge to the head
The most you have ever done is point at books riddled with flaws
I never said they where written by smart people , they where not written by smart people , smart people would not of written such flawed books some of them go as far as to offer information that would be considered outdated even for the time they where written
Scientology o look i just proved you wrong (and there are plently more)
Yes they can , many people that believe in religion are rational people in the other aspects of their life , when they get to religion they use compartmentalisation to put it in a separate box where it does not have to stand up to the same standards as every thing else hence how they can be rational people with an irrational belief in religion
Actually the story is thought to of originated from the story of a Sumerian king , there is a river about 50 miles north of today’s Baghdad that floods regularly each year some years it gets really bad , on one of these particular years the king loaded a barge with his goods and wives, children ect and rode out the flood stooping at the foot of a mountain , so after he survived he sacrificed a goat and built a temple on the mountain
Not true , we do not know the limitations of other form’s of life from a different planet , so we can say that it is plausible that other life forms from a different planet can build a space craft , we do however know the limitations of man threw out history , so we can say with certainty that the bibles account of the building of the ark is false and implausible
The big difference being the pyramids where built , Noah’s ark was not , Noah’s ark being built is implausible , the building of the pyramids was an extremely drawn out process that involved some spectacular engineering work and resourcefulness ,
Long story short there is far to little water on the planet to even come close to a flood like the one described in the bible
The Bible: Because all the works of science cannot equal the wisdom of cattle-sacrificing primitives who thought every animal species in the world lived within walking distance of Noah's house.
The theory of evolution does not state that we evolved from apes , it merely states that we shared a close common ancestor whit most of the other primates
A true Christian (or any one that has actually bothered to read the bible) would know that in the new testament Jesus endorses the old testament in it’s entirety several times
Reception While Wyatt won a devoted following from the ranks of fundamentalist Christians seeking tangible evidence of the literal truth of the Bible, his credibility was disputed, often bitterly, by professional archaeologists and biblical scholars. The Garden Tomb Association of Jerusalem state in a letter they issue to visitors on request:
The Council of the Garden Tomb Association (London) totally refute the claim of Mr Wyatt to have discovered the original Ark of the Covenant or any other biblical artifacts within the boundaries of the area known as the Garden Tomb Jerusalem. Though Mr Wyatt was allowed to dig within this privately owned garden on a number of occasions (the last occasion being the summer of 1991) staff members of the Association observed his progress and entered his excavated shaft. As far as we are aware nothing was ever discovered to support his claims nor have we seen any evidence of biblical artifacts or temple treasures.
In a similar vein, archaeologist Joe Zias of Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has stated that "Ron Wyatt is neither an archaeologist nor has he ever carried out a legally licensed excavation in Israel or Jerusalem. In order to excavate one must have at least a BA in archaeology which he does not possess despite his claims to the contrary. ... [His claims] fall into the category of trash which one finds in tabloids such as the National Enquirer, Sun etc."
Wyatt's fellow evangelicals have not been any less critical: Answers in Genesis called Wyatt's claims fraudulent, and one Seventh-day Adventist professor of archaeology sums up Wyatt's Noah's Ark and anchor stones claims in these words: "While the Durupinar site is about the right length for Noah's ark, [it is] ... too wide to be Noah's ark. Wyatt has claimed that the "boat-shapedness" of this formation can only be explained by its being Noah's ark, but both Shea and Morris have offered other plausible explanations. Likewise, Wyatt has argued that the standing stones he has found are anchors, while Terian is aware of similar stones outside the Durupinar site area that were pagan cultic stones later converted by Christians for Christian purposes."
Dismissed by the mainstream as a pseudoarchaeologist, Wyatt's official organization, Wyatt Archaeological Research (WAR), claims that the IAA have always been aware of the excavations and issued "verbal permits" for most of them and official permits to all WAR excavations since 2002.[citation needed] Nevertheless, the only evidence of WAR involvement in a legitimate excavation sanctioned by the IAA relates to WAR part-funding of a 2005 dig.
Following his death Following Wyatt's death, a split developed between the official Wyatt Archaeological Research (WAR) organization which he founded, and the independent ministries and interested individuals which had previously cooperated with WAR. WAR currently claims to be the sole owner of all Wyatt's photographs, newsletters, and other intellectual property; other individuals who had known and worked with Wyatt established independent ministries and websites with the purpose of promoting Wyatt's discoveries outside the framework set by WAR (see external links section).
I have seen the pic’s and heard the testimonies I was not impressed , let me ask you this if there was a realistic possibility that some one found Noah’s ark do you honestly think that the scientific community and religious communities would be happy to leave all the archaeological and scientific work up to a bunch of creationist nut jobs ??? You can bet your as they wouldn’t , they would be all over it like a rash trying to win a Nobel Prize (or at least a Templeton )
Death is simply when the body stops function and the brain is starved of oxygen until the tissues in it die , the fact that we are alive proves only that we are alive it does not prove the existence of a soul
what are the problems with you that make you a theist ???
I very much doubt you are capable of answering adequately , I have debated people that are much more intelligent and learned than you and they have failed miserably
crotalus_p Forum Posts (2,789)
RE: True/false
it has been answered by others and you have failed to understand it