I was merely speculating what many others believe...And the name of the thread is
"Your Thoughts on Oak Island"...Those were/are my thoughts...
oak island may contain solomon's temple artifacts - Bing
I had heard too, at one time, it was believed the Templars or someone, took the ark of the covenant there, because of the power it contained was too deadly for man. Kinda like that Indian Padmanabhaswamy Temple with the snake doors that they believe one of the ancient weapons, may be hid behind.
(A bomb - Vedic connections)
Leslie Drake & Berlitz quoted from the Mahabharata (Karna Parva) in their books. The quote explained a catastrophe…
"Gurkha flying in his swift and powerful Vimana hurled against the cities of the Vrishnis and Andhakas a single projectile charged with all the power of the Universe. An incandescent column of smoke and fire, as brilliant as ten thousands suns, rose in all its splendour. It was the unknown weapon, the Iron Thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and Andhakas It was an unknown weapon, an iron thunderbolt, a gigantic messenger of death, which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas…the corpses were so burned as to be unrecognizable. The hair and nails fell out; pottery broke without apparent cause and the birds turned white. After a few hours all foodstuffs were infected…… to escape from this fire the soldiers threw themselves in streams to wash themselves and their equipment.
Dense arrows of flame, like a great shower, issued forth upon creation, encompassing the enemy... A thick gloom swiftly settled upon the Pandava hosts. All points of the compass were lost in darkness. Fierce wind began to blow upward, showering dust and gravel. Birds croaked madly... the very elements seemed disturbed. The earth shook, scorched by the terrible violent heat of this weapon. Elephants burst into flame and ran to and fro in a frenzy... over a vast area, other animals crumpled to the ground and died. From all points of the compass the arrows of flame rained continuously and fiercely. "
Imho, it's not interjecting religion, it is more like, known or accepted historical beliefs, that we interject. It's like speaking of, Joseph of Arimathea to be known as a tin tradesman, supposedly owning mines in France (?was it?), is not interjecting religion (even though he was a pivotal figure in a religion). Should we discount a clue, because of who it came from?
Knowing folks like the Vikings, Nordics, Phoenicians, even Chinese were great sea travelers, it is not a far stretch to think/speculate, that they(templars or whoever) could have hidden something like that(a weapon or ark) there. ANd, that would fit in with the "why not better, to put your treasure, where you can get to it" thought. It could be(could have been), they didn't want anyone to find it.
That Shakespeare theory, that foreign fella came over with, that seems intriguing.......