In August 2006, at the suggestion of a talk radio host, I went to hear Bob Cornuke, “The Christian Indiana Jones.” The head of an organisation called “The Bible Archaeology Search & Exploration Institute” (BASE), Cornuke made a presentation to over 500 congregants at First Family Church in Overland Park, Kansas. The topic was his latest expedition to a mountain range in Iran, where he had found what were (to him) the remains of Noah's Ark. After showing slides of a large geological formation of what appeared to be petrified wood, Cornuke said, “I don't know whether this is Noah's Ark or not, but I'd like to tell you a story about my father.” Cornuke proceeded to tell how his father, a lifelong apostate, had been “born again” to evangelical Christianity after hearing his son's compelling story of the Ark. Cornuke vividly explained to his father how the desperate people who were not on the Ark felt as the waters were rising around them. His father could either be “on the Ark” or not, and conversion would help him to “come aboard.” The presentation was followed by an altar call, passing of collection plates (with offerings for Cornuke), a condemnation by Pastor Jerry Johnston of secular higher education (“They won't teach you this at the public university”), and sales of Cornuke's books and DVDs in the church lobby.