We can expect to find Noah's Ark on Mt. Ararat (Talk.Origins)

Claim CH501:


 * We can expect to find Noah's ark on Mount Ararat.

Source: LaHaye, Tim and John Morris, 1976. The Ark on Ararat, Nashville: Thomas Nelson Inc. and Creation Life Publishers

CreationWiki response:

A better way of stating this claim would be "If Noah's Ark is to be found it would most likely be on Mt. Ararat." This is because, of all the prominent sites, Mt. Ararat is the only one with an environment that would protect it from decay and relic hunters.

Most creationists recognize all of this. That is why not finding the Ark would not be a problem, but finding it would be the greatest creationist find possible.

No one said that if the Ark is on Mt. Ararat that it would be completely intact. It would probably have been damaged and the reports support this. Some even imply that it has broken in two. The door of the Ark was probably left open, allowing it to be filled with snow as the glacier formed, preventing collapse&mdash;and the ice could have lifted it off the ground sufficiently to prevent serious erosion. It is true that only on Mt. Ararat would the Ark have likely remained sufficiently intact for 4,500+ years to be found.