How does an atheist explain this?

Question

http://arkdiscovery.com/
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I am not an atheist. I am not a Christian.
Every one always seems to assume I am buddhist, but I am not.
I just want to know if any one can give me any sort of scientific explaination on how those things on the stie occured with out supernatural intervention.

Answer 1

These items have been found? Really?
First, if there were hardcore evidence that these claims were real, the news would be all over any news station in European or European descended countries.
Second, I don't completely dismiss the idea that these items can be found but how can anyone believe that stories which are thousands of years old, written by more primitive people w/o any scientific knowledge be unaltered and added to. Unless there was a singular creator deity (which, BTW, is unnatural and defies what we know) who directly told the stories. If you've ever read the OT, it's obviously not devoid of flaws so an omniscient creator deity apparently did not author it.
Third, there never has been evidence of a world-wide flood.
Last, why have the Christians been unable to prove anything to anyone?

Answer 2

I once read in a magazine that a half-man, half-bat, was found in a cave. A later issue of that same magazine stated that a half-man, half-alligator was found in the Florida Everglades.

I took neither seriously. Just because you read it doesn't make it true; in fact, that's what we've been saying all this time about the Bible.

As someone above me posted, if the Ark were truly discovered (or we were still trying to authenticate the discovery), we would have heard about it from respectable sources. Joe Anybody's website isn't exactly a respectable source. But to those that will believe whatever they want to believe, I guess it's proof enough for them. Of course, skepticism and critical thinking didn't make them religious to begin with.

Answer 3

hrm, flaw on your question >>> maximum who answered, their solutions were no longer even their own options, perchance from books???? >>> convinced the concepts ARE depending upon some thing that someone has shown and they were study out of books. what's someone basically meant to take a seat and say "that's evolution" and basically desire that's the perfect answer? the point of technology is to take a position what if, try the idea, and both educate yay or nay to that theory. And convinced those concepts were recorded in books, that's referred to as heritage, and that's reliable to placed in writing... inspite of each and every thing the bible is an interpretation of a narrative that someone a lengthy time period in the past wrote down.... so that you may want to no longer purchase the very incontrovertible truth that some human beings will study a technology e book, and "get it" and "purchase" the concepts contained in the e book and so on.. yet that's the position conception platforms come from, study and concepts of different those that are both shown or higher upon. (Even your bible is depending upon that). the major component although is that scientists dont basically say "that's ideal and each and every thing else is erroneous" inspite of the indisputable fact that faith does, and pondering there are some one thousand "religions" contained in the international (one among many times referred to as scientology) they can't all be good, so how can you be confident Christianity is the right one in case you dont question it?

Answer 4

Leaving aside some so-called discoveries (as in facts they're just propaganda)...All the answers are on ancient Sumerian tablets written more than 5000 years ago. There's no need to be an Atheist to read and learn what History teaches. It just takes the heart of a seeker and the conscience of a keeper....

Answer 5

You know what it means to "trust your source" don't you? Like if a stranger who looks a little crazy runs up to you and tells you there is a herd of wild cows coming your way, you would be skeptical. However, if the source was someone trusted, like your parent, then you'd just start running.

The source on this one looks dodgy. Not only that, why isn't this stuff in ANY scientific journal? There are christian journals out there.

Answer 6

Oh, here we go again. Once again the "ark" has been discovered (for what, the 10th time?) Am I the only one that thinks this is getting to be like a broken record? It is kind of fun, though, watching the fundies so pathetically desperate and grasping for straws. Maybe some day they will "discover" Mary's mummified, unbroken hymen (http://intact hymendiscovery)

Answer 7

The website is as full of cheap pseudo science as can be, and looks like it was made by 5 year olds over 100 years ago.

Much like the creation 'museum' it is complete and utter garbage.

Answer 8

Wow my Daughter could have made that website, and would have done better Research (she's 5). Unfortunately my friend you forgot to cross check your material, None of these are true. Are you sure your not a christian? Just take 5 minutes on google and you will have your answers on these.

Answer 9

Do you know that anyone can make a web site and claim anything they like as truth? Do you know that there is nothing to stop outright nonsense from being posted as absolute truths?

That "sighting" has been proved not to be a boat at all.

Answer 10

The scientist says...here is something with which we no nothing about...and responds...maybe someday we will.
The theist responds with, "It must be god." That is a leap that no brain can make unless it has been infected with irrationality...no one can make a logical conclusion from nothing...but haven't theists always been making....essetially something out of nothing.