Who Honestly Believes That The Biblical Story Of Noah's Ark Is An Actual Event That Occured?

Answer 1

I do!
I believe that Noah and the Ark existed and the flood occured because it is mentioned in the Qu'raan.
I believe the events as mentioned in the Qu'raan.

Answer 2

Do i believe a crazy guy built a boat and put some animals on it? Sure why not. How does this prove god's existance? I have NOOOO clue. Its actually not even very original. There was a myth before Noah's ark about Ziusudra. Source :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziusudra

As with everythign else in the bible, no one can agree on what the real translation was supposed to be. However if it was supposed to hold all the animals of the world, which some people say it did. If religious people believe that part, they are completely unaware of how many species there are on the earth.

I'm sure some points of the bible are factually accurate. The bible no doubt makes reference to other factual things (so what), but to then draw the conclusion that god exists....ummm what?!

Answer 3

Get the duct tape ready, this answer will probably split your head open. There was an actual event in history that records a great flood. The Hebrews passed on their faith from generation to generation verbally long before it was actually recorded into scrolls around the time of king David. So in order to pass on their faith they used stories like this one based on actual events to show that God loves His children and we should stay faithful to Him. The Hebrews were exiled several times from their land and were forced to intermarry into other nationalities. As cultures mixed stories like the Ark were adopted and were retold with God and someone faithful to God as the main characters.

This doesn't mean that the story of the Ark doesn't have meaning. There is plenty we can learn from it. Think of the Ark, there was never a mention of a rutter or sails to steer. Noah put complete faith in God to guide the Ark as we are to put complete faith in God to guide our lives.

Belief in the story of the Ark does not make you more or less Christian. If you want to believe that the story of the Ark is true, fine, it is not impossible for God to do that. But don't risk the meaning of the story by taking it literally.

Answer 4

For those who say that many cultures also believe in a great flood, that is not proof that a worldwide flood happened. Besides, I thought that the purpose of the great flood was to exterminate all the wicked people. Didn't the bible say in genesis that god was going to kill everything on the planet and only those on the ark would survive.

Genesis 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 6:18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Genesis 6:19 And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

So, if you want to argue that other people around the earth also experienced the flood as proof, that would also be proof that the bible is wrong. A contradiction if you would. Yet another error in the bible. You cannot have it both ways. If other people survived around the planet then god was wrong when he said that he would destroy all flesh.

Also, another point about this. Many cultures believe in vampires. It is a worldwide phenonmen. So are werewolves (or lycanthropes of some sort). Does this mean that werewolves and vampires are real?

Added in response to Abdijah:
So the great flood happened and in about 4000 years people were able to get back to all of the points of the earth that they now occupy. Africa, Europe, Asia, South America, North America, Australia, the Pacific Islands, the Carribean Islands. Not only that, but they became different people. We have all sorts of races. They all came from the ark? How did they forget their Jewish ancestry? Why did they forget their language and come up with a new one? Why did they throw away all of their customs and start new ones? If they were so scared by this flood, then why did they forget the god who caused it? Why did they abandon their religion and come up with new ones? How did they forget that other parts of the world existed? Why did they not travel back to visit with the family or to even do trade with the people they came from? How did they get to their far off distant lands? Not many major airlines operating back in those days. They forgot so much about themselves, so much important stuff, yet they hold onto the flood story? That does not make sense.

Answer 5

one million. Who cares on the subject of the ideals approximately Noah's ark? 2. what's incorrect with question 2? in accordance to the link you presented, in basic terms 22 of 173 replied that the solar revolves around the Earth.

Answer 6

Yes I do!It is not only Christians but the native Americans have their own Ark story, as do the Buddha, and most people of every nation and tongue.I've seen this on the History Chanel.It makes sense to me because all animals are not native to the East.Where Noah lived but if God used many men from many places from all over the world and History has prof of these stories, then that makes more sense as to how all of those animals were put on the Ark.
I am giving you an educated response.

Answer 7

I certainly do! The following quote is an excerpt from the first link below:

ADDED POINTS To A.Mercer below: ==========

Consider this: All the people of the earth are dead and gone except Noah and his family. Therefore, all humans would be descendants of them; all have a common ancestry. Therefore, all familes of the earth would have had the same events passed on down to them from their their common ancestors, including the flood.

Many years after the events, many or most of the events would have been clouded and therefore changed by time, but God was there when it occurred, so he had Moses to record the events as they actually occurred. It is perfectly in harmony with the account in the Bible that the various cultures have flood legends.

END OF ADDED POINTS ============

Other evidences of the Deluge linger in mankind's traditions. Practically all ancient peoples have a legend that their ancestors survived a global flood. African Pygmies, European Celts, South American Incas—all have similar legends, as do peoples of Alaska, Australia, China, India, Lithuania, Mexico, Micronesia, New Zealand, and parts of North America, to mention only a few.

Of course, over time the legends have been embellished, but they all include several details indicating a common source narrative: God was angered by mankind's wickedness. He brought a great flood. Mankind as a whole was destroyed. A few righteous ones, however, were preserved. These built a vessel in which humans and animals were saved. In time, birds were sent out to search for dry land. Finally, the vessel came to rest on a mountain. Upon disembarking, the survivors offered a sacrifice.

What does this prove? The similarities cannot possibly be coincidental. The combined evidence of these legends corroborates the Bible's ancient testimony that all humans descend from the survivors of a flood that destroyed a world of mankind. Hence, we do not need to rely on legends or myths to know what happened. We have the carefully preserved record in the Hebrew Scriptures of the Bible.—Genesis, chapters 6-8.

-Why Was An Ancient World Destroyed?
-A Whole World Destroyed!
-Appeared in Watchtower March 1, 2002.

Answer 8

I don't, there simply is not enough water, oxygen or hydrogen present on earth to allow this to happen - not to mention that the ark inhabitants would have frozen at that altitude and that all/most plant life would have been destroyed -- plants and seeds totally crushed by the pressure.

We could also discuss the lack of geological proof of a global flood, or the amount of years to gather the animals (Noah would have had to travel the globe to every continent collecting thousands of species.) Then there's the genetic problems of trying to repopulate from just a single couple. Did we mention that the saltwater fish/sealife would have died from the massive amounts of fresh water?

Answer 9

Dear GQ,
There is quite a bit of non-mainstream evidence of a devastating flood at some point in earth history. What was written about in the bible is just a contorted version written to promote a particular religious agenda. If you're seriously researching "the flood", don't throw the baby out with the bath water. One historian you may want to check is Zacharia Sitchen.

Answer 10

I do. I also believe Johah sat in the belly of a whale. Who would have thought that a God who was only capable of creating a world with amazing people who have brilliant minds and planets that can remain in the sky without falling on us could create an ark to hold animals!