The arc of the covenant on the History Channel.

[A_C_Slater]

Did anyone see this just now? This watered down real life version of Indiana Jones travels to the desert and the Middle East in search of the arc and finally ends up finding "the arc" in some Ethiopian villiage.

The villagers also claim that the ten commandments are housed within the arc.

So he gets to the building where the arc is supposed to be, but he can't go inside the fenced enclosure. There is only one keeper of the arc, some Levite priest and he is the only one "holy" enough to actually see it.


So this guy goes to all this trouble and he doesn't even seem to care that he can't go inside and see if an arc is really there. He just takes their word for it. And why wouldn't he? They have parades and torchlight ceremonies and elaborate rituals all day, everyday.

How can one deny the existence of an arc after witnessing so much pomp and pretense?


It was the most absurd thing I have ever seen.