I am getting more and more confused.
1st I asked if How Noah collected the animals, and the most answers was that they got to the ark by themselves.
Then I asked how the smaller animals made it to the ark.
They got a lift off the bigger animal was the common answer.
OK . my next question is then....
How was there enough room for all these little insects, bearing in mind there is millions of them, and all the food for these insects as well?
2006-10-09 04:21:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Well as I suggested a little earlier, perhaps in those days there just simply weren't that many insectoid creatures.... I think a more important question would be "Why did God feel the need to save cockroaches at all..." But seriously, there are many Christians such as myself who would view many of the stories in the Old Testament as metaphorical, as one author's way of looking at and explaining some things that happened to come about such as the Israelites' new covenant with God, which is at the centre of what the Noah story is about. If you look at it that way, it doesn't matter how preposterous sounding the stories are...
On the other hand, how much room does an ant really take up, it was only a month or so, they could live off a couple of leaves for that long..... the termites and such were probably living in the wood of the ark itself too....
2006-10-09 04:26:43 · answer #1 · answered by Terri B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, given that there was two of every kind and that the ark was supposed to be 515 feet long and contained several levels. There might not have been as many animals and insects back then, as it did take place thousands of years ago, and new species are still being discovered all the time. Perhaps everyone was in a dormant stage. I don't think any sea creatures would have needed to be on the ark. The purpose of the ark was for God to rid Earth of all the fallen angels whom had mated with humans and their offspring. Noah and his family entered the ark, and non-believers of God's wrath were made to suffer death with the sinners.
Most of what I've written is what I've learned in Catholic school. I've included a link for one of the sites where Noah's Ark is said to have been found.
2006-10-09 04:47:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well his job was to get the animals in. The bible does not mention Noah collecting jars of bugs or anything like that. Many may have been in the ark but many would have died out.
The ark was a pretty big vessel but to take every animal, even in two's (male and female) would have been impossible. So only those breeds that were important for survival would have been there and the bible does mention a vast amount of the animals would be wiped off the earth during the flood. Only a small amount of animals would survive, enough to re-populate once the flood had ended.
2006-10-09 04:29:52 · answer #3 · answered by Raide UK 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can we stop now and acknowledge that the story of Noah is not one we should take too literally. There may indeed have been a man who built an ark and kept his family and some animals alive during the great flood.
The great flood may or may not correspond to anything in history, but if it does, it may well represent the time when the impact that created Hudson's Bay (or the impact that created one of the other major craters on the earth's surface) caused the earth's crust to slide over the magma, and various continents moved and shifted into their current positions.
If there was a Noah, we can scarcely credit him with having personally rounded up exactly two of every species (7 of those he was allowed to eat, presumably to have five to eat and two to reproduce), small and large. Likely the fleas survived by hitchhiking, as did plenty of others. Also likely that, however devastating the flood was, it did not cover literally the whole planet, including high Andes, Rockies and Himalayas.
2006-10-09 04:30:34 · answer #4 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think your next big question should be if all the evil animals (jackals, hyenas, etc) weren't allowed on the ark, then how did they survive?
In regards to the insects, they probably caught a ride on the smaller animals that were riding on the bigger animals...
2006-10-09 04:25:27 · answer #5 · answered by babyeddieuk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was only one of each sex of each species of animal - maybe not all animals though because that would not be feasible.
More importantly; what did the animals eat? Each other? What did Noah eat? The animals? Did he have a girlfriend on board to procreate as humans would all have drowned if the Earth flooded?
2006-10-09 04:26:45 · answer #6 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why haven't you mentioned fish, Surely a man of Noah's intelligence must have thought about them, but no one ever seems to mention them being in the Ark
2006-10-09 05:11:10 · answer #7 · answered by Useless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well there weren't millions of them, were there? There were two of each kind. 'The animals went in two by two'.
Last time I checked, there was plenty of room on a dog for two ants to hitch a ride. Hell, I bet the dog could even take the two snails as well.
2006-10-09 04:26:25 · answer #8 · answered by reddragon105 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What about the poor stick insect? They are asexual so it didn't even need to take a mate along. I bet it was really lonely !!
2006-10-09 04:37:32 · answer #9 · answered by The GingerWhinger 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The insects were tucked up the animals a.rses as usual and having a good old feed. I hope your finished now..................
2006-10-09 04:25:46 · answer #10 · answered by pat.rob00 Chef U.K. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋