What that doesn't mean is that this confirms God, nor does it confirm that every animal on the planet was housed on an ark, nor does it prove that it actually is the Ark described in the bible, or anything else
Perhaps reading comprehension isn't your best suit. Let's try dealing with what I wrote shall we?
I said it would help to persuade me, not prove the existence of God or confirm the Bibles accuracy. Obviously the shoddy archeological work done so far does nothing to prove that it is the actual Ark. What I was RESPONDING to was the question posed by slevesque. IF this is what they SAY it is (which is the BIBLICAL ARK, not some wooden boat that survived a flood), what are the implications. Now you want to know what the implications are if it ISN'T what they say it is, only something LIKE what they say it is? I didn't know I was responding to that question as well.
A huge flood happened. It did.
Oh gee thanks, I didn't know that.
What likely could have happened is that after the flood occured (which was localized and not global) is that a bunch of people saw a large ship resting on the mountain. People in that area then wrote about it (look in Sumerian lore) and it spread the word. Through word of mouth the story then synthesized all over the Middle East, Asia Minor, and the Mediteranean. They each put their own little spin on it.
I don't believe the Ark actually existed. If you want to start a thread for the two of us to toss ideas back and forth about HOW the Ark myth was created, go ahead. I have some ideas and it might be interesting. It would have nothing to do with the OP however.
So, even if it is the ark, it doesn't mean that the stories about the The Ark are necessarily true. Think about it.
Think about what? The Ark is, as far as I have been able to find, a ship that should not nor could not ACTUALLY function. Now you are changing the scenario from THE Ark to just some boat. Here I thought the question in the OP was about the ACTUAL ARK.
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