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SW: →The Tamar find and Jerome Corsi: correct reference
How the Tamar find confirms the "abiotic oil" theory or proves a giant pool of oil lurks beneath Israel remains unexplained by Corsi to this day. Others may ponder the "abiotic" question posed, but Corsi's Biblical claims are questionable. The Bible says nothing about a "massive oil reserve" in Israel, the only mention of Naptha in the Bible is flammable muddy water which appears in 2 Maccabees, and relates to a Zoroastrian-influenced legend about a flame being preserved from the First Temple into the Second Temple period. All other references to oil in the Bible relate to olive oil, which was a very important stipend in Biblical times. Of course, there could be crude oil beneath Israel somewhere, but the Bible's authors had no interest in the subject of petroleum, because there was no reason for them to have any interest.
As with Joe Farah, Corsi maintains considerable credibility with the type of investor Zion Oil hopes to attract: Corsi is a confirmed Constitution Party member, Swift Boat author, and WorldNet Daily columnist. Corsi mixed his own weird brand of fake religion, economics, and psuedo-science to concoct his book "Black Gold Stranglehold" <ref>Jerome Corsi, [http://www.amazon.com/Black-Gold-Stranglehold-Jerome-Corsi/dp/1581824890/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1253238974&sr=1-1 "Black Gold Stranglehold"], ''Black Gold Stranglehold'', October 14, 2005.</ref> which intended to swift boat fossil fuels the same way Corsi swift boated John Kerry in the 2004 general election. Corsi is among an exotic group who believe oil is manufactured by the earth and is not a fossil fuel, which fits in neatly with an apocalyptic messianic religious view that the earth is only ten to fifteen thousand years old.{{cite web | author = Dr. Andrew Snelling | url = http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2009/05/12/how-old-does-earth-look | title = How Old Does the Earth Look? | publisher = answersingenesis.org | date = May 12, 2009 }}
Among Corsi's credentials: he called for the impeachment of George W. Bush for being too liberal, and on August 15th, 2008, Corsi endorsed Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin, who campaigned to re-open the 911 investigations in support of the 911 Truth Movement.{{cite web | author = Press Release | url = http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=759 | title = NYT Best-Selling Author Endorses Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin | publisher = constitutionparty.com | date = August 14, 2008 }}{{cite web | author = Ron Goldwater | url = http://us-constitutionalist.blogspot.com/2008/08/chuck-baldwin-supports-new-911.html | title = Constitution Party Presidential Candidate Chuck Baldwin Supports New 911 Investigation | publisher = | date = August 5, 2008 }}
