Noah's Ark" has been found in Turkey

Has Noah's Ark been found? Some are skeptical, of course, but it seems that Noah's ark may have been found on Mt. Ararat in Turkey.  I guess I'd ask: if it's not Noah's Ark, then what is it, and how could such a vessel or structure end up 13,000 feet up in the mountains? I guess time will tell.

Quote from the Bible: "And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."(Genesis 8:4)

Article from TheSun (UK):

THE remains of Noah's Ark have been discovered 13,000ft up a Turkish mountain, it has been claimed.

A group of Chinese and Turkish evangelical explorers say they have found wooden remains on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey. 

They claim carbon dating proves the relics are 4,800 years old — around the same time the ark was said to be afloat.

Yeung Wing-Cheung, from the Noah's Ark Ministries International research team, said: "It's not 100 per cent that it is Noah's Ark, but we think it is 99.9 per cent that this is it."

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He said the structure contained several compartments, some with wooden beams, that they believe were used to house animals. 

The group of evangelical archaeologists ruled out an established human settlement on the grounds none have ever been found above 11,000ft in the vicinity, Yeung said. 

Local Turkish officials will ask the central government in Ankara to apply for UNESCO World Heritage status so the site can be protected while a major archaeological dig is conducted.

Full article here.

See also: Evangelists claim Noah's Ark found (from worldnetdaily.com).

Jennifer Knapp, Christian music star announces she is gay

Wow. Another one bites the dust. Surely the devil is busy.

Almost two ago, Christian music artist Ray Boltz came out of the closet, revealing that he is a homosexual. Gospel singer Tonex did the same thing last year. Now Jennifer Knapp has joined the parade. How sad. The unfortunate thing is, there are many more in Christian/Gospel music who are gay but are hiding it. It makes one wonder: "How much of the Christian music I listen to is actually made by truly devoted Christians? ... and how much is made by a) backslidden and unrepentant believers who want to cling to their sin while still "praising the Lord" or b) pretenders who are passing as Christians while they make a career in the gospel music industry?"

in an interview with Christianity Today magazine, Ms. Knapp says

The Bible has literally saved my life. I find myself between a rock and a hard place -- between the conservative evangelical who uses what most people refer to as the 'clobber verses' to refer to this loving relationship as an abomination, while they're eating shellfish and wearing clothes of five different fabrics, and various other Scriptures we could argue about.

I'm not capable of getting into the theological argument as to whether or not we should or shouldn't allow homosexuals within our church. There's a spirit that overrides that for me, and (that is) what I've been gravitating to in Christ and why I became a Christian in the first place.

This is where Jennifer Knapp is wrong. There is NOTHING to "argue about" when it comes to this. Scripturally, they don't have a leg to stand on... and the "shellfish" and "different fabrics" pro-Gay arguments dont stand up under close examination.

Time and space dont allow me to get into it here in-depth, but Joe Dallas has written an excellent article that deals with the major pro-Gay Theology arguments: Responding to Pro-Gay Theology. 

See also "Pro-Homosexual Arguments Examined" for more on this.

God's word is crystal clear.  God made man and woman. Any sexual activity outside of the  bonds of male-female marriage is sexual immorality.

I guess we can fully expect to see more "Christian music" artists come out and try to make it seem as if their homosexual perversion is compatible with Biblical Christianity. Unfortunately, actions have consequences. One must wonder: how many women and girls have been corrupted in the past by Jennifer Knapp? And how many more will be corrupted now and in the future, since she's decided to try to put the stamp of acceptability on her sexually immoral lifestyle?. The simple fact is, whether or not it's politically correct to say it, homosexuality is not at all compatible with Christianity -- and frankly, any Christian who isn't scripturally convinced of that fact may well be in spiritual danger himself, whether he knows it or not.

Pentecostals find fertile ground in Latin America

Great article from BBC News. In Guatemala and other parts of Latin America, people are ridding themselves of the Mary-worshipping false religion known as Roman Catholicism, and embracing Pentecostal Christianity. Definitely a good sign, to say the least.

Article excerpt:  
Pentecostals find fertile ground in Latin America

By Steve O'Hagan BBC Radio 4 Crossing Continents

In a suburb of Guatemala City, a 90-day non-stop televised fundraiser for a Pentecostal church is in full swing. At one end of a courtyard is a make-shift TV studio, where a steady stream of believers are queuing to present gifts to a pastor live on air.

A man and his son have brought two floppy-eared puppies. A boy of seven has brought a cute white kitten. A woman and her daughter are clutching a plump brown hen. Noise fills the air, but the animals are quiet.

Perhaps they know they are about to be donated?

The man and the boy with the puppies are next up. They are ushered in front of the cameras, where the pastor waits to bless and thank them. With tears in their eyes the pair hand over the dogs to church workers, who whisk them away.

But these tears are not for the puppies, they are tears of joy at having helped the church.
"We are not sad to give these dogs," explains the man to me afterwards. "We are doing something that will help spread the word throughout Guatemala."

The dogs do not have far to go. Next door to the studio is an ad-hoc market. Here, everything that is donated to the church is put on sale to other worshippers. The money raised this way joins the donations pouring in from callers to the phone lines. The goal is to raise enough to build a new television studio, a high-tech purpose-built media hub to carry the Pentecostal message across all of Guatemala.

"They bring wonderful gifts - animals, televisions, even cars," the church's smiling PR woman tells me. "And it's all for one reason, and that is to spread the word of God."

The Pentecostal word has spread explosively here in the past 40 years. Estimates suggest that over four in 10 now follow the faith in Guatemala. And the same thing is happening across Central America - traditionally a bastion of Catholicism.


Here at the tele-marathon, it is clear from their dark skin and flashes of traditional textiles that many of the followers are of indigenous Mayan descent.

These people are generally poor, and discrimination against them by the elites of European descent is a part of life here.


Full article here:
Related article (from bbc.co.uk): Pentecostal Church 'sees growth'

The Religion Blog That Hates Religion

NewsBusters.org has an excellent article shining the light on the Huffington Post Religion Blog, which ends up pretty much being a left-wing view of religion, displaying a scornful attitude traditional Christian religion and it's values. Then again, knowing the Huffington Post (founded by former right-winger turned left winger Arianna Huffington), and knowing the American left wing, this shouldnt be a surprise. 

If you ever wanted a clear view of how the God-hating religious left thinks, then HuffPost Religion definitely provides that for all to see. This, of course, is a view that we can expect to see more of as our culture begins to shift more and more to the left, and becomes increasingly godless.   
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Excerpt:

The Religion Blog That Hates Religion
By Carolyn Plocher (Bio | Archive)Wed, 03/31/2010 - 08:57 ET

No, hell hasn't frozen over but, yes, the Huffington Post now has a religion blog. The Huffington Post, a Web site devoted to rankling conservatives and pushing a liberal agenda, announced on Feb. 24 that it was launching HuffPost Religion.

Huffington Post's co-founder, Arianna Huffington, claimed it would simply be "a section featuring a wide-ranging discussion about religion [and] spirituality," but the numbers prove that it is more of an attack on traditional Christianity than a discussion.

The site didn't waste any time throwing punches. In its first two weeks, it churned out articles by a liberal nun calling Catholicism sexist; a Rabbi claiming that Judaism will "stagnate and cease to be meaningful" unless it participates in the "green movement;" an avowed atheist comparing those who believe in God to a 7-year-old still believing in the tooth fairy; a science writer warning being religious could lead to "dangerous side-effects" such as "the crusader jihadist mentality;" and a neuroscientist calling those who believe in "obsolete religious ideas" a "lunatic fringe."

HuffPost Religion is the religion blog that hates religion, but the faith it abuses the most is Christianity.

Full article: here.

Related article, from CultureAndMediaInstitute.org: HuffPo + Religion Still Equals a Liberal Blogspot