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onager

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2. Thanks! But this actually happened...
Sun Jul 26, 2015, 03:56 PM
Jul 2015
Famous examples include a story about Pharoah's Chariot and the bones of horses being discovered in the Red Sea, which first appeared on a comedy news site, but was then spread as fact by Christians who hadn't checked their source.


That claim of discovering chariot parts in the Red Sea was made by Ron Wyatt - notorious Xian huckster, charlatan and general con artist.

Xians fell for Wyatt's nonsense - and funded his "archeological expeditions" - for decades. He even started his own company, WAR - Wyatt Archelogical Research.

Wyatt also claimed he had discovered Noah's Ark and many other gen-u-wine Bible artifacts.

He capped his career with an Indiana-Jones type yarn about discovering the Ark of the Covenant and the gold from Solomon's temple in a Saudi Arabian cave.

Unfortunately...the Saudis got onto his Great Discovery. They ringed the cave with armed soldiers and swiped all the Jewish gold before poor Ron Wyatt could bring back any...uh...er...proof.

I hate it when that happens.

By the end of his career, Wyatt had stolen so much money and told so many lies that even some of the most credulous Fundies turned against him.

Just do an internet search on him for hours of amusement.

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Yeah, no duh! Enjoyed the article mountain grammy Jul 2015 #1
Thanks! But this actually happened... onager Jul 2015 #2
Well, you know ... LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #3
Really? Wonder which... onager Jul 2015 #6
You mean like a God edhopper Jul 2015 #4
My thoughts exactly. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #5
Nah, religious hucksters are only a modern phenomena Major Nikon Jul 2015 #7
Do I detect sarcasm? uriel1972 Jul 2015 #8
Jesus got paid Major Nikon Jul 2015 #9
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