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Drill, baby, drill: Noahโ€™s Ark, fundamentalism, and the search for evidence

The Durupฤฑnar site on the border between Tรผrkiye and Iran, showing the structure claimed to be Noah's Ark, in 2007. By Rod Benson According to the Book of Genesis, Noahโ€™s Ark once saved the worldโ€™s animals from extinction. Today, in the latest of many archaeological expeditions to the region, a dry sonic core drill is …

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Fundamentalism in world religions

No. 7 of 47. First published 3 Dec 2007. This morning Gregor Henderson and I walked along the ramparts of the Old City of Jerusalem to the Western Wall at the Temple Mount (pictured, photographed today by me). Gregor is the President of the Uniting Church in Australia. We reflected on the irony that the …

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