How did Noah do it?

Question

Let's take out insects to make it a little easier. Even then, if he could get 50 species (100 animals) per minute onto the ark and in there proper spot, it would take over a month to get the land animals onto the ark. This is working 24 hours/day at that. Also, think about the amount of food needed for these animals, and the fact that many of them are only in specific parts of the world. Not to mention they all made it back to their specific homes. Now doesn't that seem a little irrational? The bible is a farce.

There's that faith word again. It is the only thing that keeps religion from falling to pieces under scrutiny. I don't have faith, but I do have a brain.

Iwannaknow: If he brought cheetahs, but no lions, why are there lions now? Evolution cannot work that fast.

Erudite: Are you saying that because Europeans had not discovered these areas, there was no animals there. C'mon, I mean...c'mon!

Answer 1

- How could the ark cope with all the specialised requirements of food/environment for millions of creatures?

- How could the ark cope with disposing of the waste products of those creatures?

- How did Noah (500 years old at the time) and a few helpers build such a large ship?

- How did Noah stop water from getting into the ship without modern equipment and materials?

- How was wood rot prevented? With fungus, termites, wind, and rain, wouldn't the wood completely rot before the ship was even done being built?

- Where did all the water from this massive flood go?

- How come none of the animals died from disease?

- How did the koalas and kangaroos get back to Australia?
- How did the polar bears and penguins get back the north/south poles?
- How did the giant tortoises get back to the Galapagos islands?
- How did the flightless dodos get back to Mauritius?
- How did the army ants get back to the Amazon rain-forests?

- How did millions of animals get back to their homes without being eaten by each other?

The questions go on and on with no answers except "you gotta have faith!" and "God did it" and "It was a miracle".

The only logical explanation I can think of is the same conclusion that you already came to, the Bible is a fictitious story.

Edit: I just read nazgulslayer78's answer asking about the blue whales, lol, that's hilarious!

Answer 2

Well, whether or not the bible is a farce, keep in mind these are just stories. Besides fundamentalists, a lot of Christians take it with a grain of salt. They're just stories to illustrate lessons. Sure a lot of Christians take it as the truth, but who cares? Their beliefs aren't hurting you, but your insistence on denying the plausibility of these stories might bother them when they aren't ready to let go of religion. By the way, in case you haven't noticed, every other religion out there has what others consider ridiculous mythology attached to them as well, why don't you go pick on some Hindus while you're at it?
I have an atheist friend who likes to waste her time picking apart the bible as well. She hasn't convinced anybody to give up their beliefs either. It's a losing battle my friend, and only the faithless will listen to you.

Also, why the hell would he even put blue whales on a boat?
They LIVE in water. That's obvious even to me.

Answer 3

Yeah and some of animals including Noah and his family probably ate meat. Some of the animals might have had eat each other. So either some species might have ended being extinct or he had to bring more than 2 or each animal. If they didn't eat each other on the arc what about when they left the arc, how did they survive? Were some species of animal wiped out coz they were eaten? Maybe they ate all the unicorns and Yetty's or something. Also what did Noah do about all the pooh?

Answer 4

You've got to admit it's a charming story, and that's why it has lasted so long. Almost the exact same story is in the ancient Mesopotamian 'Gilgamesh Epic', that probably pre-dates the written old testament by a few thousand years. It's a fairy tale is what it is.
I can appreciate Cinderella as an enjoyable story, but I don't believe that a pumpkin can turn into a carriage, and of course I would strongly resist attempts of butt-headed fundamentalists to teach it in the classroom as science.
But this is off-topic. You asked how he did it? Superman helped him compactify the animals with his super-push-power!
I thought everyone knew that.

Answer 5

You are so wrong. But you are entitled to your opinion about the Bible. Remember that there was not the variety of species then, and there was only a tiny portion of the world that was developed. There was no Europe, Asia, Russia, Germany, British Isles or North or South America, just to name a few. This would not be feasible in today's world.

Answer 6

How about the amount of water it would take to flood the whole planet in 40 days? Where did it come from? Where did it go?

Or how every person since is a descendant of Noah or his three sons and their wives? Black, White, Latino, Asian, Middle Eastern, American Indian, Eskimo...

A wooden ship that big would split under its own weight.

Besides, who would be dumb enough to put beavers on a wooden ship?

Answer 7

I love it when creationists suddenly claim that Evolution happened after the limited number of species made it off the ark. That is hypocrisy at its finest!

Answer 8

Gee!! I'm so glad somebody had the insight to question such an obvious error in the holiest of books. What would the rest of do without such people as yourself to ask the most difficult.

Answer 9

better question: how did he get two blue whales onto the ark? the ark would have been sixty feet long, i think (forty cubits) and unless he grabbed two babies, they would have been too long, and would have probably weighed too much, seeing as how they can weigh 100 TONS (99,800 kg for our metric friends) the ark would have sunk faster than a rock.

Answer 10

Noah didnt have to do every single speice.. but every kind. for example, he can just bring a couple of chatah, but not panther or tiger,. or lion. he can just bring two birds. Later on, those living things will multply and change faces...