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Shaliz said:What I find particularly interesting is that this "explorer's" team doesn't appear to have included any archaeologists...just lawyers, businessmen, and "ministry leaders".
The little evidence presented in this article isn't enough to make any kind of a conclusion one way or the other from a scientific standpoint...and that's coming from someone who has studied archaeology in the Near/Middle East for many years. That may be the fault of the article's author, but in my experience, it often has as much to do with the lack of any real evidence to begin with. If this really is Noah's Ark, there will be other supporting evidence from an archaeological standpoint.
And this why, as a Christian, I find these sort of "expeditions" embarrassing. I get blasted at Church and Bible Studies because I refuse to “science bash” – especially using “Bad Science” as a weapon. It's like attacking a tree with a wet noodle.
Whether you take the story literally, figuratively, or a mixture (as I do) – the main hope of the story is that people get “the point” the author is trying to make; and that is: we all deserve judgment in this fallen world, but God can and does impart His Grace. Jesus quotes this story not to prove it actually happened, but to point out that God is the author of Justice AND Grace. Both are essential to His character. Jesus personifies both during His lifetime. While Christ is the ultimate Judge, He is also like the Ark –a vessel sent by God to save those that reach out to Him by faith - even though they do not deserve to be saved…i.e. Grace.