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The folklore of many cultures tells of it; historians
refer to
it)·
and Jesus spoke of it. But is there hard
evidence that aman named Noah actual/y built a great
A rk to escape a worldwide .flood? A nd could that A rk
sti/1 be preserved to be found in the 20th century ?
by Terry Wood
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ot fa r from the Aegea n sea. whe re Allantis is supposedly subme rged,
~ its
maj estic Mt. Ararat in eas tern Turkey. a 16.946-foot mo und of
vo lcanic rub ble which , some scientis ts and theologians be lieve,
se rves as the fo rtified pedes ta l for the remains o f Noah's Ark.
Genesis 8 :4 acts as the ir bíbli ca! ve rifi cati on : "And th e a rk res ted in the
seventh month, in Lhe seve nt eenth d ay of the mo nth , upo n the mounta ins
of Ara rat. " Sorne five mill ennia aft e rwa rd a d edicat ed co te rie remains
co nv inced tba t the Ark rests somewhe re o n that mo untain. a nd with ir li es
a concl usive rebutta l to a the ism. agnosti cism , evolution. a nd any o th er
disd a imer to the Bible's va lidity .
F o r Eryl C ummin gs, a New Mexico rea ltor a nd perha ps th e mos t
respected o f all Ark hunte rs, the poss.ibility that the Ark s till ex is ts is
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The
PLAIN
TRUTH
October 1976