Are human beings stupid enough to think that finding a boat somewhere in foreign mountains is enough to PROVE their religion is the right one?
Once again, the search for Noah's Ark has made it to scientific headlines, and yet again, those fanatics intent on proving something that has ZERO bearing on their faith are spouting off about it. New pictures of the area on Mt. Ararat that supposedly contains the remenants of a large boat(supposedly far larger than the Titanic) show me only an ice-covered mountain that has some tectonic shifting going on. There is no direct evidence of a human built ship, but the ones who want to see that particular thing see it, while those with more logical minds see what is really there. I do get tired of this stuff.
Why is it that humans, who claim to have "faith" in something intangible as God, still look for physical evidence that the human species and very specifically, their own religion, is special? I mean, come on! Some folk here in San Antonio recently started calling a tree that was leaking water holy, even after it was proven that the root system had gotten into a city water line, and the water coming out of the tree was exactly what was coming out of any tap in any house on the same street. Many refused to believe it wasn't divine intervention. and actually, the water had other things in it, very dangerous substances if the labs are to be believed, and people still kept collecting it to consume. what will they blame their future illness on?
I think it comes down to responsibility for one's own actions. Yet again. This is a serious problem among religions that toot ever lasting life and absolution, and they aren't just the Christian ones. too many people look for a way to get forgiven for doing things they bloody well know are wrong, rather than doing what's right in the first place.