2006-09-14 02:24:19 · 37 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
a little bit
2006-09-14 02:25:38 · answer #1 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Is it insantiy to belive it when you put the fact that the word "LARGE" is too small to understand the actual size of the boat? This "boat" was 437 ft long, 72.92 feet wide, 43.75 feet tall. That total volume is 1,396,000 cubic feet of space! It could hold 125,280 sheep sized animals, and it would only need to hold land animals, and a few kinds of birds. Thats longer than a foot ball field AND not all animals are massviely huge, such as an elephant, which would take up the most space. So, when you say large, your not giving the boat its proper due.
2006-09-16 08:32:07 · answer #2 · answered by link_althor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only creatures fitting the description of what Noah was supposed to take on the are were Tetrapods which account for between 28,000 and 30,000 distinct species and about 15,000 kinds (genus). Well below the six million you state. So there is no reason anybody here should believe anybody fit six million animals on a wooden boat.
2016-03-27 01:03:10 · answer #3 · answered by Evelyn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't say every species, it says every kind. Dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals and dingoes are called different "species" due to their geographical isolation, but they are all the same animal.
Do the math. You figure out how much space the animals would take. Around 70% of animals are smaller than a hamster. He wouldn't have needed to take fish or other aquatic animals.
Skeptics who really look at the facts have been converted when they figured out that there was more than enough room on the ark.
2006-09-14 02:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was more than just a large wooden boat.
The scriptures tell us it was about 437 feet long,73 feet wide,and 44 feet high.
And while it is true that there are over a million species of animals,Noah was instructed to preserve only representatives of every "kind"of land animal and flying creature.Some investigators have said that just 43 "kinds" of mammals,74 "kinds" of birds, and 10 "kinds" of reptiles could have produced the great variety of species of these creatures that are known today.The ark had about
40,000 cu m (1,400,000 cu ft)of usable space - ample for the passenger list.
2006-09-14 02:59:41 · answer #5 · answered by lillie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's ignorance.
The Catholic Church has admitted that the Bible cannot be taken literally, as a scientific book.
It is a literary book, which tells history as it was usual to tell thousand of years ago, and adapted to the knowledge of that time.
But they also insist that the basic teachings are right, that God created everything that exists, etc. I do not necessarily agree, but...
There are many indications that some stories told there really happened, such as the Big Flood. Of course, all related to the geographical environment of those who wrote the book.
They did not know the atom, nor the existence of America, nor many other facts. They have the story in a way that can be understood.
For example, the seven days that God used to create the Universe are for me a nice way of explaining the Theory of Evolution. They are perfectly compatibles.
2006-09-14 02:36:51 · answer #6 · answered by oldmarketeer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mankind built and stuck what about 5000 people in the Titanic and that piece of crap boat sunk quickly.
Five years ago two planes hit two massive towers and those man-made object collapsed to the ground like blocks.
God called two of every kind of animal to the ark he closed it and flooded the world that boat floated for about 175 days before it struck land. What is insane about that?? For God NOTHING is impossible...
2006-09-14 02:37:09 · answer #7 · answered by Commander 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is ill informed in every area.
The ARK was not a boat(but yes it did float extremely well)
Genesis does not say it held 2 of every species in the world, but 2 of every KIND of land animal with the breath of life.
I suggest you do 2 things
1- read Genesis
2-look up this site
Hope this helps
2006-09-14 02:35:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it sounded a lot more reasonable to a bunch of Bronze Age primitives whose world was only a few hundred miles across; but with our modern knowledge of the size of the world, the problems of rebuilding a population with such a small genetic pool, etc. we recognize it as patently ridiculous. Most theists (except for the diehard lunatic fringe) have been forced to backpedal and explain it as metaphor or symbolism -- which then begs the question: How can we know which parts of the bible are supposed to be symbolic and which are supposed to be factual, and who gets to make that determination?
2006-09-14 02:33:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, the boat would have to be very, very, very, large and still he could not have gotten two or more of "EVERY" species in the world. You are talking about 1 or 2 million species. And what about the dinosars? Some of them liked small prey, right?
2006-09-14 02:29:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
I believe the measurements are given in the Bible, but I can't remember what they were. I saw it on tv once though. I mean, it would have to be a seriously big boat.
What he should have done is build a large floatilla of rafts, connected by walkways. If he had made it with enough flexibilty and it was roughly square, with a low centre of gravity and very large (as it would have to be to contain 2 of every animal), then it would have enough stability to survive even the roughest seas.
Why he was asked to take two of every animal on board is in itself a mystery. He would have killed thousands of fish, whales and cephalopods needlessly.
2006-09-14 02:31:23 · answer #11 · answered by Entwined 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋