a question for Bible literalists...?

Question

The Bible says that Noah's ark was approximately half the size of the Titanic (it measures it in cubits, so it's difficult to say exactly). It landed, according to Genesis, at the top of mount Ararat in Turkey. An incredibly huge wooden boat landed at the top of a mountain only a few thousand years ago. Where is the physical evidence? Surely, something must remain.

This also implies that all land-dwelling life migrated from Turkey several thousand years ago. I somehow don't see llamas migrating across the Caucasus Mountains, into Russia, swimming across the ~60 miles of water in between Russia and Alaska, then migrating tens of thousands of miles south, back to their home in the Andes.

Also, how did Noah find two Llamas in the first place, if he was in the Middle East at the time?

How can Bible literalists possibly explain this?

"God did it" ain't gonna cut it, sorry. God just teleported all the animals back to their homes? That means that he's trying to trick us, and that he's not the nice guy he says he is in his book.

"Mountains OF Ararat" still means that Llamas had to migrate from Turkey.

t-i-oneg-er

The Bible gives a measurement of the Ark. We know the size of the Titanic. Ergo, we can compare the two.

Answer 1

The sheeple don't care. They're content with just saying god did it. And if it wasn't for modern science they'd be content with saying earthquakes,diseases, tidal waves, and solar eclipses were caused by the magical skydaddy.

Btw, did you know if the whole planet was flooded there would be so much water vapor in the atmosphere that you would drown by just breathing. Of course if you're a fundie, the skydaddy gave noah and all of the animals scuba gear because god can do anything.

Answer 2

Huge stone anchors have been found around Mt Ararat besides huge planks of wood that are not of the area. The 1st century historian Josephus wrote that the Ark was visible in his day. There are various satellite pictures that show a large wooden structure in those mountains under snow and ice. The most famous recording of the ark is when a Russian army expedition photographed it and took movie reel footage of it but that footage has not been seen since the Russian govt. changed about or after WW ll. There are some photos of that expedition around but not of the ark.

We cannot say which animals came off the ark and how they got spread around the planet but the following would apply: 1) the climate was not the same today as it was in the pre-flood world where many deserts and snow covered regions were not around since there are palm trees under the Alaska tundra and ancient records mention forests in areas of the Middle East where there are sand dunes now and the remains of ancient river beds still exist. 2) several generations after the flood there was a seperation of the main landmass (the continents were mostly one big one) which the Bible records as the earth being "divided in the days of Peleg". Thus both man and animals would have been seperated from others without having to travel by ship. This also explains why there are more older civilizations in various regions of the world than was first believed and why the same pyramid structures appear worldwide- being on one main land mass allowed access to the main planet without crossing seas. 3) Animals have been transported by man on ships througout history as when the Spanish which brought horses to South and Central America.

Answer 3

Yes, Noah did gather all of those animals like it says in the bible. But you should also know in Genesis, it says there came a earthquake which split the the World into 7 continents. This would explain the diversity of animals getting to all parts of the world. It has been proven the world was all one continent at one time. Archaeologist have already proven this. Also, it is known that a ice bridge existed thousands of years ago between Russia and Alaska, by which some animals migrated across until it melted away.

Answer 4

Ararat means highest mountain. Most assume the one in Turkey because of the name. Some other quotes in the bible would make more sense if the mountain were further east (Himalayas).
Maybe nine thousand years ago. Wood lasts that long? Extraordinary.
Did Noah have the help of Adam's loin cloth? Did he get it from Nimrod?
Did Llamas evolve after the flood?
I hope you would investigate all the information.

Answer 5

The bible says that the highest mountain tops were covered in water. Everest is 29,000 feet height. And if there was a flood, then it would have been much higher than that due to erosion. That also means that there would have been an additional 5 miles high of water above the Earth. That would be an enormous increase of mass to the Earth, which would degrade its orbit. Being under 5 miles of water would have eroded the entire Earth. Thus the grand canyon would not exist.

Answer 6

The bible says the ark was made out of wood. My shovel handles fall apart if I leave them out in the weather, so I imagine a wooden boat over thousands and thousands of years could have become completely dissolved. You ever see a fallen tree in the woods? After a couple of years it is sawdust in a straight line. There have been reports, however, that something resembling an ark has been spotted belowe the ice sheets during light winters.

As for particular animals being stranded on islands or continents, imagine that as the water receded and shifted, and animals migrated, only to have their land bridges covered behind them, or to have the shifting of plates pushing land masses as only pairs and sevens of animals had to begin populating all over again.

The Bible also said that God caused the animals to come to Noah. It doesn't say that Noah had to travel looking for them. Besides that, he didn't need variations of horses or dogs, only representatives of the species. All the variations start again with population explosion.

This is all very reasonable, and the Bible does not tell us the story of Noah is mythology. In fact, Noah and his line are in the family tree of Christ. Read Luke chapter 3. Of course, Noah is in the family tree of us all.

Answer 7

Don’t take mythology too seriously. The story is a good one (though borrowed from an older religion), and it literally means be good or else. That’s all there is to it.

And also, to those cavemen “mountain tops” actually means that a tsunami covered a few hills (they did like to exaggerate you see), and I think this did happen because Genesis is not the only book to record such an event.

Answer 8

God created evry thing in the garden of eden and also the ark did not land on top of mount ararat read it carfully it says that it landed in the mountains OF ararat

Answer 9

There are whole cities buried through out the middle east. thousand of years can bury alot. not so hard to figure it's battered and buried somewhere. As for the animals God sent them to Noah. Have now doubt that He could have gotten even the Polar bears to Noah if He wanted to He is God after all all things possible and all that.

Answer 10

who says the llamas were down there in the first place? They could easily spread after the flood. The bible says nothing about where the ark landed. There easily could be some mild evolution between some species, like horses and zebras, etc. If you want truth, that is a good question. If you want to mock, don't make up ridiculousness and pretend it is has a good base.