Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: lindborg@cs.washington.edu (Jeff Lindborg) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Noahs Ark Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 01:15:58 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Washington Computer Science Lines: 28 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article @vm.cc.purdue.edu:XWUU@PURCCVM writes: >In the recent past, several expeditions have attempted to find Noah's ark >on this mountain. Some have outright failed to find it; others have been >denied access by the Turkish government (with added input from the soviets). >It is interesting to note that the Islamic world does not call this mountain >"Ararat;" the Quran manitains that the ark landed on another Mount Ararat that >is many miles away. Imagine the implications to muslims all over the world >if Noah's ark were found at the current sight! It would mean that the Quran >was in error - it is supposed to be the very book Allah has in heaven and was >given directly to the Prophet without error. I doubt the implications would be as severe as you make them out to be. After all many Christians claim that the Bible is the perfect, inspired word of God. They seem to have had little or no problems rationalizing away errors, contradictions and inconsistencies in it. I could imagine the Muslims would be just as talented at this art as the Christians are... just a thought... Jeff Lindborg "To say that you know when you know and say that you do not know when you do not know... this is knowledge." -Confucius