If Noah's Ark was found would that finally end the debate if the story was true or not?

Question

Wow, I am impressed at 90% of the answers here.
Excellent responses by Christian and non-Christian alike (except for a couple)

It was found and here is a link to the video broadcasted on 20/20.
The longer video is much more informative, but the 11 min clip is very intriguing.
I'd watch the 2 hour clip for the most info.

http://www.pilgrimpromo.com/WAR/realvideo/html/index.htm

Answer 1

Never. The rich man who died and went to hell begged Abraham to let him warn his still living relatives. Abraham answered, if they did not believe the prophets, they would not believe even a person come back from the dead.

Ark, bible, whatever is in plain sight, if a person has a hardened heart and a mocking tongue about the things of God, nothing can change it.

Answer 2

It's interesting you ask this. I'm currently writing a book about Noah's Ark and the "worldwide flood." What's peculiar about this topic is that every few years somebody claims to have found the remains of the ark. This always turns out to be a hoax. Even if a ship (or ark) were found in the region of Mt. Ararat, I doubt the debate would end. There are many reasons people disbelieve the story--not just the absence of the ark's remains! If "Noah's Ark" is ever found, Christian's won't admit it. They'll realize that the ark was much smaller than described in Genesis and they'll be left to conclude that it couldn't have held two, seven, or fourteen (who knows what number based on the differing accounts in Genesis) of each kind of animal.

Answer 3

No, but you got a lot of interesting answers for your question. I agree that the diehard atheist wouldn't give in. And at least one person has how all the animals got in Noah's ark wrong including climate control (ha, funny). I think about the only way some will ever be convinced that Christ is Lord is when He comes back....but of course then it is too late.
This whole idea here is the same of course of when Noah built the Ark. Everyone laughed at him for doing so...right up until they finally realized the flood would really happen ..and of course too late....think it will happen again but with a different event?.....

Answer 4

.. and how pray tell might all and sundry comprehend that its Noah's ark ? and not purely a random boat.. timber does no longer shelter properly... and how might a international flood no longer go away any hint? and how come it rather is somewhat like the tenth time they "stumbled on NOAH'S ARK" and claimed all varieties of bullshit later having to chew their tongue reason they had to admit it became bullshit. the tale in itself is so idiotic, and has maximum of extreme flaws that there is not any genuine way that's real... perchance there could be some very uncomplicated reality that the tale is outfitted on.. yet by the years that's been over dramatized and perverted to the element that maximum fairy memories are greater in all probability to be real.

Answer 5

We know where a boat that matches the one that noah would built is and how it could only get there by a flood. We have texts, such as the "epic of gilgamesh" that mirrors noah's ark every detail except one, the perspective, it was written by a sumer king. Not from a religious perspective but rather a historical one. This seems to confirm the story of noah's ark but we will always have disbelievers. People who refuse to accept evidence. Such as some atheists.

Answer 6

For me there is no debate. The story of Noah's Ark is about as ridiculous as stories go. But should someone find a boat, entirely intact, the exact dimensions as described in the bible, which could reasonably be dated to that time period, and they found carved into the side "Noah Was Here"...you might have something

Answer 7

So they took 2 of each animal on the boat and everything else drowned. What did the carnivores eat for the next few months when their eating of anything would have caused an extinction?

How'd we get white people, black people and asians?

How did marsupials manage to get to australia and also go extinct everywhere else?

How could a polar bear live on a boat?

The volume of 2 of every animal species is greater than the volume of the ark.

How many children did God drown just to prove a point?

A huge amount of animals that are still here wouldn't fare too well in the mountains of Europe.

If you think finding a rotten pile of wood on a mountain is going to answer all of those questions, you're naive enough to believe in Noah's ark and you should probably continue to do so. Ignore this message as blasphemy.

Answer 8

I have read that Noah's ark has been found protruding from a glacier high on Mt. Ararat. The reason it is being covered up is, that Turkey is a Muslim nation, and the Koran tells of the ark landing on a different mountain in Turkey. If it were to be revealed openly, that it is really on Mt Ararat, that would prove the Bible right, and the Koran wrong.

Answer 9

Since any chunk of wood carbon-dating to about the time of the flood could be passed off as a piece of Noah's ark. It is unlikely that it would have a plaque on it that identified it as an authentic piece of Noah's Ark. As long as there is inconclusivity, there is room for additional theorizing.

BTW, every major religious faith and culture world-wide has some sort of flood myth that would date to approximately the time of Noah.

Answer 10

It's like asking if we ever found the remnants of Adam and Eve ... or if we ever found the talking animals in Orwell's 'Animal Farm'. These are SYMBOLIC stories, meant to point to some aspect of the mystery of existence and the human condition. Some, like Noah's Ark, may have some connection to a real, local catastrophic flooding event (with the flood story developing to make sense of it in the bigger picture of a culture's theology). This is NOT meant to dismiss these stories; instead, let's look at them as SYMBOLIC and ask what they're pointing to?

Answer 11

first of all there is absolutley NO WAY noahs ark can be found .. it was many many years ago .. bugs and such have eaten the wood away by now ..

and the place where the ark landed has been found i have seen it on the news and have seen many documentaries , i know three pastors that went to the site and i just believe that it happened :P although i cant tell you off the top of my head where the place was found i would have to call these people and get back to you ..

if you are intrested i can do that for you :) feel free to email me at [e-mail]