Genesis, Flood, Ark Mountain
by Damien F. Mackey I have previously pointed to the ironical - and I think humorous - situation whereby the likes of an anti-fundamentalist professor Plimer can sometimes be clearer about certain principles of biblical exegesis than are those who embrace sola scriptura; whilst the latter can sometimes, here and there, be more scientifically accurate than are the professional scientists. ARK MOUNTAINS Hopeful Ark-eologists have climbed the high, snow-capped Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) in Turkey in search of remnants of Noah’s Ark. These, captivated by boat-shaped natural rock formations in the area, some with iron-like weathered volcanic materials, will claim to have discovered the massive boat complete with its, so they think, iron filings or brackets. It appears that Byzantine Christian explorers, keen to locate famous biblical mountains, had locked onto the most impressive ones, such as Mount ...