Is it possible there could have been other arks built by people who believed Noah?

Question

And the Bible just does not mention it for whatever reason. It makes sense that some people would have believed him.

A possibilty that would explain some things differently.

Darwin Speaks - This is what I mean. There are possibilities we don't know about. I think lack of details in scripture is understandable. It would be a mile thick otherwise. Again, all we have to do is trust God anyway.

Answer 1

may be

Answer 2

No. The Bible, when applied to the story of Noah, clearly states that he was the only one, and nobody else believed him or helped him! Why would the Bible forget to mention something that important! Sounds like God would be selective if he forgot the others who built arks and followed him as well, unless he has a NASCAR mentality and only the winner matters! But, since I happen to live in the real universe along with many others, I can't buy the story of Noah. It is a fable, a made up story, period. I know that will offend a lot of people who do believe it, but c'mon. The Ark itself would probably not even float empty, and certainly would not be seaworthy. Just like most boxes aren't seaworthy! And you believe one guy got all the animals and insects of the entire planet into a small box that could never hold that many creatures let alone float even if it could hold them. How did the Ark manuever? Did it just move according to God's Will, or did it have a sail, rudder, and most of the stuff that people had on their boats back then? C'mon, please, even faith can't hold this fable up as true! My respect for hardcore believers will triple if you would just fess up and admit this one is not possible!

Answer 3

There's some Nordic legend about how these guys avoided a big flood by staying inside some chest. There is also the whole Ark of the Covenant thing. Makes more sense to me that Noah would store 2 of every soul inside a big gold box than store two of every animal on a big boat.

Answer 4

Very good question. Yes In the Vedic literature There is the same story about the 40 days and 40 nights of rain and an ark built but a different person somewhere in the east. I believe their where more than one.

Answer 5

You forget that Noah had God's hand helping him construct the Ark. also as i'm sensible someone will discuss or already did the logistics of foodstuff storage and over breeding (do not forget there have been rabbits on board.) we can purely speculate. perchance each and every of the animals went right into a hibernation or a decrease metabolic price so that they weren't hungry. We do purely not comprehend. in the adventure that they ask your self about the manure they'd a really huge ocean to promote off it into.

Answer 6

Why not? The bible says Adam and Eve were the FIRST people not the ONLY people. Maybe Noah's ark was the most interesting hence the story about HIS ark.

Answer 7

No the bible clearly said only Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japeth and wives survived the flood. No body believed Noah when he talked of a flood because the had probably never seen rain before.

Answer 8

Nope, there was never a flood.

If there was where did all the water come form and where did it all go? We've had the same amount of water on Earth for millions of years.

Answer 9

I think Noah had cornered the market on Gopher wood

Answer 10

No. Just like it was not believable when they took another popular fairy tale, Peter Pan, and tried to make us think an adult (Robin Williams) would never grow-up. You just can't stretch the truth of a good fairy tell... unless you believe in fairies of course, I guess.

Answer 11

I doubt it. The bible says 8 in all were saved.