is the story of noah and the ark true or a bed time story for children wretten more than 4000 years ago?

Question

the gilgamesh is a bed time .story wrote by a unknown auther more than 4,000 years ago. several copies exist. some have been written on clay a few on wood which have allowed carbon dateing .now before we fire up a crusade or jihad. should we ask if a man of 900 years of age could build a boat large enough to hold fifty-one million know species. both the bible and the koran say animals and man where created at the same time. now, most people can see that a boat large enough to contain food, water and animals would have to be the size of england. ask a chiratian and yes that is the inspired word of god ask a muslem and yes noah was a great prophet ask a unbrainwashed seven year old and he would think that you are crazy.

Answer 1

There are numerous dog breeds, with over 800 being recognized by various kennel clubs worldwide. Noah did not need all 800. He only needed....two.

Is there enough water to flood the entire earth? Absolutely! If the earth were perfectly spherical the oceans would cover all the land by more than a mile in depth. The biblical account is that it rained for 40 days and nights in which the floodgates of the heavens were opened up as well as the fountains from the earth (Gen. 7:11;8:2). There is a theory known as the canopy theory that states it had never rained on the earth up to the time of Noah and that a mist watered the plants (Gen. 2:6-6). The theory goes on to state that there may have been a heavy cloud or water vapor layer over the entire earth and that it was this canopy of water that became torrential rains during the flood period.
Did the flood cover all the earth? Yes it did. The depth of the flood waters is described in Gen. 7:19 as covering "all the high mountains under the entire heavens." Also, there are many references in the Bible to it being global: Gen. 6:1,4-5,12,13,17,19;7:4,6,10,19;8:3;9:15. There were 40 days of rain (Gen. 7:12), 110 days of flooding (Gen. 7:24) and 221 more days of draining (Gen. 8:1-5,13-14). That is a total of 371 days of flooding that covered the mountains. That could not be a local flood.


Could the ark really contain all the animals of the world? Again the answer is "Yes." But let's look at the last question in more detail. The ark took about 120 years to build. Noah was 480 years old when he began the work and he had the help of his wife, three sons, and his son's wives. He probably hired local people to help in the construction.

During this time, there was only ONE way to be saved from the coming flood....to be on the boat. They had plenty of warning but they had to be on the boat BEFORE the rain started.

Today many of us are giving YOU a warning. There is only ONE way to be saved from the coming destruction...to trust Jesus for salvation. You must accept this before it happens. Tommorow may be too late. Read the 2nd link below to make sure you get on "THIS boat!"

Answer 2

Never was a global flood. It would be easy to dismiss the story because of elements like the rainbow. Anyone with even a grade school education understands to be a natural phenomenon, sunlight on water vapor. This makes it easy to think that the story was a fable, the two of every animal, the global flood.

But I think there is far more to it. I believe It is a parable instructing us on how to prepare for difficult times by building an ark of trust in God.

Answer 3

the international replaced into unlike because it truly is ideal this second,it replaced right into a suitable international with out want of rain. No polar caps . God had the animals come to the ark. It replaced into after the transferring of the land in the course of the flood that made the earth as we see it as we talk. there have been nevertheless some dry land "paths" that you'll use to get to Australia before they eroded away.

Answer 4

Its not possible for it to be real. The sheer space needed for the animals is the size of a small continent, never mind their food. And the chances of 8 people being able to take care of that many animals for so long is impossible.

Answer 5

if he had all the animals on an ark and that ark made landfall in the Mideast, how did all the marsupials get to Australia?

why are there salt water fish and fresh water fish, in a world wide flood the salt of the oceans would have contaminated the fresh water and killed of the fresh water fish....or where they on the ark too?

Answer 6

Its a fact there was a global flood.
Obviously, since man is still here, there were survivors.
Is the bible account accurate?
Jesus quoted it as factual.
Is Jesus quoting bedtime stories to prove his point?

Answer 7

All of the stories in the Bible are fiction.

Answer 8

Yes. Jesus referred to it as fact. So it must be true. See Matt. 24:37-39

Answer 9

Consider what evidence proves that there truly was a global deluge?

Other possible evidence of a drastic change: Remains of mammoths and rhinoceroses have been found in different parts of the earth. Some of these were found in Siberian cliffs; others were preserved in Siberian and Alaskan ice. In fact, some were found with food undigested in their stomachs or still unchewed in their teeth, indicating that they died suddenly. It is estimated, from the trade in ivory tusks, that bones of tens of thousands of such mammoths have been found. The fossil remains of many other animals, such as lions, tigers, bears, and elk, have been found in common strata, which may indicate that all of these were destroyed simultaneously. Some have pointed to such finds as definite physical proof of a rapid change in climate and sudden destruction caused by a universal flood. Others, however, favor explanations for the death of these animals that do not involve an earth-wide catastrophe. Proof that the Flood occurred is not dependent on such fossils and frozen animal remains.
These folklore accounts of the Deluge agree with some major features of the Biblical account: (1) a place of refuge for a few survivors, (2) an otherwise global destruction of life by water, and (3) a seed of mankind preserved. The Egyptians, the Greeks, the Chinese, the Druids of Britain, the Polynesians, the Eskimos and Greenlanders, the Africans, the Hindus, and the American Indians—all of these have their Flood stories. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Vol. 2, p. 319) states: “Flood stories have been discovered among nearly all nations and tribes. Though most common on the Asian mainland and the islands immediately south of it and on the North American continent, they have been found on all the continents. Totals of the number of stories known run as high as about 270 . . . The universality of the flood accounts is usually taken as evidence for the universal destruction of humanity by a flood and the spread of the human race from one locale and even from one family. Though the traditions may not all refer to the same flood, apparently the vast majority do. The assertion that many of these flood stories came from contacts with missionaries will not stand up because most of them were gathered by anthropologists not interested in vindicating the Bible, and they are filled with fanciful and pagan elements evidently the result of transmission for extended periods of time in a pagan society. Moreover, some of the ancient accounts were written by people very much in opposition to the Hebrew-Christian tradition.”—Edited by G. Bromiley, 1982.
In times past, certain primitive people (in Australia, Egypt, Fiji, Society Islands, Peru, Mexico, and other places) preserved a possible remnant of these traditions about the Flood by observing in November a ‘Feast of Ancestors’ or a ‘Festival of the Dead.’ Such customs reflected a memory of the destruction caused by the Deluge. According to the book Life and Work at the Great Pyramid, the festival in Mexico was held on the 17th of November because they “had a tradition that at that time the world had been previously destroyed; and they dreaded lest a similar catastrophe would, at the end of a cycle, annihilate the human race.” (By Professor C. Piazzi Smyth, Edinburgh, 1867, Vol. II, pp. 390, 391) Notes the book The Worship of the Dead: “This festival [of the dead] is . . . held by all on or about the very day on which, according to the Mosaic account, the Deluge took place, viz., the seventeenth day of the second month—the month nearly corresponding with our November.” (By J. Garnier, London, 1904, p. 4) Interestingly, the Bible reports that the Flood began “in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month.” (Ge 7:11) That “second month” corresponds to the latter part of October and the first part of November on our calendar.

Finally, Scriptural Confirmation: Stronger evidence of the historicalness of the Deluge than the pagan traditions of primitive people is the endorsement other Bible writers gave under inspiration. The only other place where the same Hebrew word (mab·bul′, deluge) occurs outside the Genesis account is in David’s melody where he describes Jehovah as seated “upon the deluge.” (Ps 29:10) However, other writers make reference to and confirm the Genesis account, as, for example, Isaiah. (Isa 54:9) Ezekiel also endorses the historicity of Noah. (Eze 14:14, 18, 20) Peter draws heavily upon the Deluge account in his letters. (1Pe 3:20; 2Pe 2:5; 3:5, 6) Paul testifies to the great faith Noah displayed in constructing the ark for the survival of his household. (Heb 11:7) Luke lists Noah in the lineage of Messiah’s forebears.—Lu 3:36.

Even more significant is what Jesus said about the days of the Deluge, as recorded by both Luke and Matthew. Far more than just a simple endorsement of the veracity of the Deluge account, Jesus’ words show the pictorial and prophetic significance of those ancient events. In answer to the disciples’ question, “What will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?” Jesus said, among other things: “For just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be.” (Mt 24:3, 37-39; Lu 17:26, 27) There is, therefore, abundant evidence from the inspired Holy Scriptures themselves to support the authenticity and genuineness of the Deluge account. It does not rest on mere traditions of men, on the folklore of primitive people, or on geologic and archaeological findings.

Answer 10

Muslim here.

The Qu'ran says the flood was local, not global. And it said nothing of 900 year old man.

Just to clarify.

Kay thanks bye, good luck dealing with the Christians.