If you dont believe in evolution then the number of species is countless! (Not to mention the problem of plant life, and dinosaurs, lol...)
Also, that would mean that I am related to everyone reading this, because we all descended from Noah's family. Ewwww, I just shagged my sister....yuck.
The whole Noah story is just outrageous...and Iiteralists really make me laugh with their explanations. So go ahead, make me laugh - it will make for a nice Sunday afternoon read.
2007-06-10
08:08:35
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**Thanks guys! I'm laughing already...keep it up!**
2007-06-10
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update #1
How many animals did Noah's Ark carry?
Many writers on the subject of Noah's ark have different estimates for the amount of animals that the ark would have to carry. Doctors Morris and Whitcomb in their book, The Genesis Flood, estimate that approximately 35,000 animals were placed on board the ark. In another book written on the subject, Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study, John Woodmorappe states that only about 2,000 animals would have to be on the ark. Being rather conservative he continues his study with the assumption that 16,000 animals could easily be cared for on the ark.
Let's be conservative and use the figure of 40,000 animals. This allows for extra animals to represent those that have gone extinct and those animals that have not been properly cataloged. This figure of 40,000 animals is 5,000 more than largest previously mentioned numbers. Based on our present understanding of the number of animals this figure should satisfy even the most skeptical.
Animal Space Calculations
Most animals are not very large. The average size of all animals, is the size of a sheep, some say a small rodent. One railroad stock car can carry about 240 sheep. This would mean that all 40,000 animals could fit in 167 railroad cars. The arks total capacity was 569 stock cars. The 40,000 animals would require less than 30% of the ark's space. In other words all the animals could fit on one of the ark's three decks. This would leave the other 70% of the ark's space for Noah's family, food, supplies, and baggage.
2007-06-10 08:17:53
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answered by Anonymous
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The primitive people who wrote this story didn't know that there are 1.8 million different species of living things on this planet. Noah would have needed an Arc a few miles long. Bible based religions know that its not the word of God but they insist that the followers believe that it is while they pass around a collection basket.
2007-06-10 08:15:46
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answered by liberty11235 6
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Miracles will never cease, just like you skeptics.
Maybe ALL the animals were little (young ones).
Instead of dogs, maybe puppies.
Maybe the reptiles were still within their eggs.
Tiger cubs instead of full grown carnivores.
The possibilities are endless.
Shagging your sister, eh?
Guess that shows how perverted you skeptics really are. But really, at best, she's only a distant counsin.
2007-06-10 08:22:43
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answered by Bobby Jim 7
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It was 3 football fields long.Don't need every type of animal,just every kind of animal[interbreeding accounts for the rest].Didn't have to be adults.Birds could fly and rest on top.Makes more sense than primordial soup..which creates more laughs than the Biblical account.
2007-06-10 08:45:22
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answered by kitz 5
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The Noah's Ark story is impossible. We have no scientific evidence of the Earth ever flooding entirely, and the ship built by Noah would have to be of unearthly proportions.
2007-06-10 08:12:49
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answered by Gordon Freeman 4
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I believe this. God made all the animals so I believe animals listen better than humans.
So God told them all to get in the ark and they did. He picked the best ones and they obeyed.
2007-06-11 01:08:00
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answered by Chhaya05 4
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The Flood story is a myth, probably based on the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. Any sensible person knows the story knows this.
When literalists say they really do believe that, they just say it, because they know their faith would be exposed for the nonsense that it is if they were to examine it honestly.
2007-06-10 08:13:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Adam and eve's pet dinosaur helped them all on board. Its true! We once found an elephant track in a dinosaur track.
2007-06-10 08:10:47
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answered by DEPRESSED™ 5
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I think he used the Holy Cattle Prod.
2007-06-10 08:18:41
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answered by Anonymous
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Because he can. I don't know. Nor do I really care. It never happened, it's impossible. I'm with you on the laughing about the "good" answers though.
2007-06-10 08:14:47
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answered by Anonymous
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