Noah’s Ark found in Turkey! A headline like that is simply bound to gain attention.
Last April a Hong Kong-based exploration team claimed to have discovered Noah’s Ark, or at least several large wooden compartments, 13,000 feet above sea level on Mount Ararat. Carbon dating of the wood was supposed to demonstrate it was 4,800 years old. The discovery was reported in the mainstream tabloid press.
Photographs from the interior of the wooden structure even showed a scattering of straw. Given our Christian concern for evidence and apologetics, should we have been first to promote this great new story? Absolutely not. In fact, there are good reasons for us to give these stories a wide berth. As far as apologetics are concerned sensational claims can quickly become an ‘own goal’.
