Do you think a boat that housed two of every land species plus food and fresh water for forty days would be?

Question

bigger or smaller than Manhattan?

Spence - I have previously asked how many animals were on the ark, but nobody can provide even a rough estimate.

Answer 1

The beetles would sure weigh a lot.

Answer 2

First off Jesus fed 5000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. If he can do this what makes you think he can't feed all of the animals on the boat.

2nd There aren't that many species on the earth. Maybe 100-200 now 200-400 animals could easily fit on a big boat.

3rd. Smaller than Manhattan

Oh and no one ever said it wasn't crowded

Answer 3

interior the Attra Hasis the unique deluge tale the flood hero is Ziusudra / Utnapishtim. Genesis isn't something better than a rewritten reinterpreted version of the Sumerian account. It became Enki a god between the gods who warned Utnapishtim of a coming deluge. It became Enlil whilst despatched a comet close to to the earth after a argument with Enki. In Genesis you will discover the place Enlil tells Utnapishtim / Noah to take 2 of each animal. Then Enki tells Noah to take 7 of each animals. Their became no Yahweh their Yahweh despatched gods to run the international. Yahweh (El Elyon) became the primordial who purely made specific appearences on specific accasions.

Answer 4

Excuse me but read the Book some time. Seven pairs of the clean animales an one pair of the others. Now he did not say species he said "kind". Species are a subgroup of kind. And the stayed on the ark for about a year. It rained 40 days. So if you read the Bible you can figure out your self how big it was. : )
I how you really want to know the answer.

Answer 5

When "Noah's Ark" is found it will be the greatest archeological and anthropological discovery of all time. Finding an ancient wooden sea vessel, large enough to hold two of every basic type of land dwelling animal, buried high on Mt, Ararat would have the following implications:

This article is one of many found within Mr. Malone's excellent book, Search for the Truth. It would confirm that the entire surface of the planet had been covered by water within the last 6000 years.
It would confirm the factual basis for the flood legend which is present in every human culture on the planet.
It would again confirm reliability of the Biblical record of the human race.
It would mean that every land animal (including humans) has descended from the inhabitants of the Ark.
It would take more faith than ever to cling to the theory that man descended from ape-like creatures.
The fossils would have to be interpreted as mainly a result of this flood, not the result of slow accumulation over time.
The alleged ark is yet to be discovered by a qualified team of scientists, but many seemingly reliable sources have claimed to have seen it. For more information on Noah's ark an excellent technical resource is : Noah's Ark: A feasibility Study by John Woodmorappe.

According to the Biblical text, Noah had over 100 years to build the ark which would have been an unmistakable witness to the impending judgment of God. Jesus not only referred to this event as a fact of history, but tied his imminent return to a time when the state of affairs on earth would be similar to those at the time of Noah (Matthew 24:37-39). If and when the ark is found, there will once again be an enormous monument pointing toward impending judgment. My hope when this happens is that those who have not placed their faith in Christ will wake up and do so because their opportunity may end soon.

The most common question asked about the validity of Noah's ark is, "How could millions of different animals fit on one small boat?"

First, there were not millions of animals. Not every "kind" of animal was needed to be on board. According to the Biblical text., neither insects nor amphibians would have been taken on board. Only those animals which could not have survived a year long flood needed to be on board. Furthermore, every minor variation of animal (species) was not present. Wolves, foxes, coyote, and dogs could have come from an original dog kind.
Making the generous assumption that the average animal size is as large as a sheep, and between 2 and 7 of each kind of animal were taken, 16,000 sheep-size animals, at the most, would have been on board. This number could have been as low as 2000 if the Biblical "kind" is equivalent to the family level of modern animal classification. These numbers include every known living and extinct type of mammal, bird, amphibian, and reptile.
This was no small boat. Noah and his family had over 100 years to construct a vessel longer that a football field and three stories high. The total space available was equivalent to 522 railroad stock cars. A stock car holds 240 sheep so the ark could have held 125,000 animals.
At most, only 40% of the total space was needed for all of the animals! The remainder would be used for food and storage.
The account of Noah's flood is similar to many other Biblical stories. They make perfect sense if you assume they mean exactly what they say and take time to study them carefully.

Answer 6

The story of the ark is a myth.

Truth can be expressed in many ways: myth, poetry, apocalyptic, historical narrative, fiction, wisdom literature, etc. Just because the collection of texts we call the Bible contains a wide variety of literary genres doesn't mean that it doesn't contain truth.

Can you really be so puerile, sophomoric, and ignorant that you think that your brilliant identification of the Flood narrative as a myth undermines Christian faith? Reality check: the Christian world is comprised mainly of non-fundamentalists. I know it's fun to bash them and all, and they *are* pretty funny, but it's a game that has nothing to do with real Christian theological concerns.

Answer 7

Bigger than the continental United States. Impossible to keep afloat. :)

Answer 8

i doubt if a boat is bigger than an entire city, though not saying it cant be made.

Answer 9

Not sure...but I bet after 40 days it would stink like you know what!!!

Answer 10

smaller