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onager

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6. Really? Wonder which...
Sun Jul 26, 2015, 09:49 PM
Jul 2015

Documentary that was. I try to see all of those, for the lulz.

I remember the "Ark Discovery" guy, who did a Gish-gallop type documentary. He walked around that "boat-shaped stone" formation in Turkey and spewed out amazing finds at a rapid rate.

This show was on NatGeo, IIRC, so they had a whole team of real scientists investigating his claims.

My favorite was "ANCHOR STONES FROM THE ARK!1!" Samples of these were submitted to a somewhat bemused geologist at the Univ. of California.

He analyzed the rocks and they turned out to be local volcanic rock. The scientist pointed out that the rocks shouldn't be local if Noah brought them on the Ark. Which he built several thousand miles away...

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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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