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Wing Nut Daily recently featured a brand new article about a very old hoax, centered on the claim that chariot wheels have been found in the Red Sea<\/a>. That anyone could see the photos of relatively new and shiny metal wheels and not be skeptical astonishes me. That anyone could simply take the word of a sensationalist news source that these objects are solid gold (and hence not covered by coral) and that no one has found and removed them suggests that some people have yet to learn the difference between faith<\/em> and gullibility<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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One looks like it might be a ferry steering wheel, which makes me think this has less to say about the historical accuracy of the Exodus account, and more to say about whether it is a good idea to take a ferry trip on the Red Sea.<\/p>\n

The hoax is at least as old as the charlatan Ron Wyatt<\/a>. There are a wide array of sites<\/a>, some explicitly<\/a> by Christians<\/a>, focused on exposing the lies and deceptions perpetrated by this individual.<\/p>\n

That others have come along to try to profit from similar claims is unsurprising. That frauds can be exposed and have no effect on people\u2019s willingness to believe is, however, disturbing.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"