Why do people believe that the story of Noah's Ark is true? What evidence is there for it?
Believing in the story of Noah's Ark is the equivalent of believing in a fairytale. I believe it starts from childhood. The only reason people believe it is because their parents TOLD them that it was true. If their parents read them a fairytale and the story of Noah's Ark side by side, the child would not be able to differentiate between the two. They would both be fairytales to them.
2006-11-29 17:24:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you believe in noah's ark, please state your evidence.
2006-11-29 17:25:31 · update #1
the noahs ark story makes absolutely no reasonable sense. every animal from across the globe traveled to noah in the middle east? so...christians who take the story literally are here to tell me that certain frogs in the south american rain forest traveled with pairs all the way across the cold/dry environment of north america? then traveled to alaska and asia/russia when its TOO COLD for a humidity loving frog from south america to survive?? an amphibian ESP from south america will freeze to death. or how bout the Galapagos tortoise?? that thing CANT SWIM.
2006-11-29 17:36:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even as a kid I couldn't buy that story as fact.........What did the canivores eat for 40 days, the other animals? What did the herbivores eat? How was the food for every species on earth stored? Wouldn't all that animal waste be toxic? How did they all fit into such a tiny wooden box? Why are there still fresh AND salt water fish (remember the earth is only 6000 or so years old so where did the diversity come from)? What did the herbivores eat upon disembarking, 40 days worth of flood would have killed the plants (and it takes time to grow them)?
Then again I wasn't really exposed to the bible until I was 12 years old so I had an advantage.
2006-11-30 01:47:31 · answer #2 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You might as well ask why people believe in God. And you have answered your own question (even though Yahoo tells you you can't do that, hihi). Anyway, you are right, if you are told very young and a point is made that it is a true story and not a fairytale, you have to actively think about it when older to see behind the curtain. But honestly: how many people do?
2006-11-30 01:28:19 · answer #3 · answered by Julia S 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
At one time every piece of land was underwater. Slowly, over millions of years, the pieces of land rose up to become continents. Geologists have found shells on the tops of mountains.
This is the main argument for Noah's Ark, though it is easily explained away with science.
2006-11-30 01:28:38 · answer #4 · answered by GG Alan Alda 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
When I was a kid, I believed it was true, along with the story of Adam and Eve. My grandmother used to tell my sister and I Biblical stories like that all the time. Then when I was about eight years old, I realized that both those stories were impossible. Yet there are plenty of adults that actually believe it. Tragic.
2006-11-30 01:30:38 · answer #5 · answered by The Wired 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
CAN'T YOU GUYS GET IT? RELIGION IS A RELIGION, BELIEF IS A BELIEF. Stop talking about Noah's ark and how Adam laid Eve! It is just a religion and guideline to make us a better person...
For those with a religion, STOP believing that your religion is the only religion that can bring you to heaven!
Were you there when your god say that to your pastor? Were you there when the Bible fell down from heaven?
Wake up !!
2006-11-30 01:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by An C 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
For the ark to have existed, it would have needed to be the size of Manhattan island. However, wood is not strong enough to be built that large enough and still be able to resist the up and down motion of the flooding sea. Wood is just not structurally sound enough for a vessel that large.
2006-11-30 01:27:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Telling a Christian he can't trust the Bible is like telling a butterfly his cocoon made no difference. You can't argue with a changed life.
In life, we find what we're looking for if we look for it hard enough. You've clearly been searching for a way to disprove the Bible. So you should be delighted. And if you look some more, I'm certain you will find even more ways not to believe it. So, why aren't you happy about it? You've found what you were looking for!
As for me, I was searching for God and the truth. I found what I was looking for in the very same Bible and I am very happy about it.
So, where's the problem?
2006-11-30 01:44:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
AMEN!!
My mom did read me bible stories along side the fairytales when I was a kid, and I couldn't tell the difference. Still can't.
2006-11-30 01:47:04 · answer #9 · answered by biff 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no evidence. Therefore, it is made-believe.
2006-11-30 02:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by T Delfino 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋