First off you would need to cut down thousands of trees and cut the lumber. That would take at least 10 years. Next you need to collect every animal. Impossible but Noah was magical. Then you would have to build cages. Then you would have to build the boat withouth nails. 100 years. Then you would have to collect food for every animal on earth. 200 years. Then you would have to build cages. 100 years. Then you have to feed every animal every day. 1000 hours per feed. Must I go on. It must be generally accepted that the story of Noahs Arc is not to be taken literally. Right?
2006-10-29 16:09:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I believe the story. Because there are things that go on right here inside my own body that seem impossible! My heartbeat for one thing. Or the fact that everything I'm typing at this very moment started out as a thought inside my jelly-like brain! I believe. The very fact that my brain can make calculations so fast that I can balance a pencil on the tip of my finger amazes me. Every blade of grass in your yard is a virtual chlorophyll factory. How is that possible? How is life possible from a sperm and an egg? And you think the story of Noah is hard to believe? I like the fact that God's ways seem unbelievable to us. It just makes Him all the more bigger.
2006-10-29 16:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Noah's Ark tale was borrowed from a much older story, the legend of Kilgamesh, who I believe lived somewhere near Persia. You can find the details of the original Kilgamesh tale on the internet. The stories are exactly the same except the names and the location has been changed to fit the Hebrew telling. When this legend was discovered and dated to thousands of years earlier than the Hebrew tale, it sort of put a new light on the authenticity. What I find incredulous is that even after this was discovered there are still people looking for the remains of Noah's Ark. Neither the Jewish or the Christian theologians will acknowledge that the story was borrowed and a complete fabrication because that would be admitting that part of the holy gospel is simply not true.
2006-10-29 16:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The story of a Flood exists in many cultures. There was even a show about a real flood which came through all of the Mid West in one wave.
Noah was one way of explaining how animals and people survived.
2006-10-29 16:14:56 · answer #3 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How could you believe that there is a magical place that some people go when they die, but only if they are good. And the ones who are bad go somewhere else, where they are tortured for the rest of time, but only if they disobey one of 10 rules and don't apologize to a guy in a white collar. And babies that don't get water poured on their heads that die go to a place named after a game where people walk under a bar for the rest of time. I don't know, but people do believe this crap.
2006-10-29 16:13:56 · answer #4 · answered by HKNorla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe so... but the BEST part is what happens after the waters recede and Noah (the one God thought was righteous enough to save) gets completely drunk and passes out naked only to be discovered by one of his sons, who giggles to his brothers about dad's debauchery. The brothers cover dad up nice and proper, but when Noah wakes up, he's so upset over the son who saw him naked, that he condemns the son of that son to slavery. Yep, Noah, the person God thought was righteous enough to save, condemned his own grandkid to slavery 'cuz his dad saw him in a drunken stupor. Now THAT's righteousness.
2006-10-29 16:15:14 · answer #5 · answered by sueflower 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were taught that this story is TRUE since you were a baby, and if your eternity in heaven or hell were dependent upon a literal translation of the bible, you would just turn off all those "reasonable" bits in your head and insist that it was true.
Fear is a powerful motivator. But then, I'm not a christian...
2006-10-29 16:12:22 · answer #6 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it wasn't only Noah who built the ark...he had his three sons. And then for collecting the animals, he also had his wife and three daughter-in-laws.....and for the food, that's why he collected 7 of each animal, so the others could be for food.
2006-10-29 16:14:18 · answer #7 · answered by Suzy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's ark,and I don't believe it.It's a nice story that is told to make a point,just like the rest of them.
2006-10-29 16:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by kimberli 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you cant really, If your a christian you have to pretend you believe. Its called having the faith of a mustard seed, which doesnt make any sense.
2006-10-29 16:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its no more then a story for children
2006-10-29 16:11:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋