some senior citizen built a big boat...loaded two of every animal...doesnt that sound as believable as santa clause? how would two of every animal fit on aboat...its not possible...
2007-06-29 18:46:03 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not a chance. I could be heavily under the influence of drugs and not believe that load of crap.
It's a nice children story though.
2007-06-29 18:50:40 · answer #1 · answered by Infamous Twit 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Before you dismiss the story as a fairy tale, an allegory or a metaphor, consider the things you and mankind do not know: The mysteries about the development of shipbuilding. The cauldron of the races- here is some tangible evidence. From your question, I suppose you haven't a clue what I am talking about. Mankind does not yet have sufficient answers. The skin of Nimrod. Another fairy tale or allegory. Consider the later life of Noah. How could some civilizations have developed the way they did without him?
I am not assigning you the task of digging information out of the pseodopigraphia. That would be too difficult. I would point out that rejecting all the information in them because they too contain miracles is circular reasoning.
2007-06-30 02:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Richard F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe in Noah's Ark, simply because there is no evidence supporting the idea of it. If this was true, you would expect to see human fossils or human tools in strata with dinosaurs or other ancient animals, and you just don't see that.
More evidence that's missing is the fact that if the flood happened, then mountains like the Sierra Navadas should have eroded just as much as Appalachians during the flood. Also, how would the polar ice caps even be possible? Such a mass of water as the Flood would have provided sufficient buoyancy to float the polar caps off their beds and break them up. They wouldn't regrow quickly. In fact, the Greenland ice cap would not regrow under the modern conditions.
In addition, the Noah's Ark tale is full of contradictions.
Gen. 6:19 says that "And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark", and yet Gen. 7:2 says "Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by twos, the male and his female." Are you supposed to bring the clean beasts by two or sevens?
Genesis 7:7 says "And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his son's wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the Flood...." Later Genesis 7:13 says "In the same day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark...." In other words, Gen. 7:13-17 recapitulates Gen 7:7-12. Apparently they entered two times for the "take-off." Why would they do that?
Also, what about species that only have females, or are asexual? Why would they need mates?
Don't forget that Yahweh never explains why he wants to kill all the animals as well as the humans. Does yahweh hate animals or something?
2007-06-30 01:47:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, "seniors" in the day were pretty healthy. People used to live to be hundreds of years old. And you don't need very many animals to have all the essentials - the way genetics works, you can get a lot of variety from just two specimens through breeding. The boat's big, yeah... but in a hundred years, you can get a lot accomplished with hand tools.
2007-06-30 01:49:40 · answer #4 · answered by Sketch 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could reject the account based on your western (I assume western because of the name) notion of "story" or you could look at it from a biblical (post-flood account). The flood is referenced in the Bible always as a means of demonstrating that God has once judged the world so it is not so far fetched an idea that He will do it again. It happened but the account in the Bible is a summary of the total event. The point is that God takes rebellion seriously, so seriously that He will punish it just as any earthly king would crush a rebellion against his sovereignty.
2007-06-30 01:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes surely I believe. You may see its fossilised form in Turkey. Read this also for knowledge:
Allah the All-Mighty mentions in Quran about Ark of Noah (pbuh) and inform that this Ark has been made a sign for the people of world. Very recently the fossilized Ark is found in Turkey near the border of Syria.
We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people and he lived among them a thousand years less fifty. Then because of their wrongdoings the flood overtook them. But We delivered him and all who were in the ark and We made that ark a sign for the peoples of the world. (Quran Al-Ankabut V-14&15)
2007-06-30 01:58:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Noahs Ark: Read and understand what message is translated to this. It was a foundation of instructions from God to his appointed man on earth due to his obedience and loyalty. This also proves beyond doubt the Faith that Noha had in God to carry out his instructions.
2007-06-30 02:04:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kalu boy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noah's ark is a water park in the Wisconsin Dells
2007-06-30 01:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uh...no. And same goes for all of the other ridiculous tales in the old books. The foundation for questioning religion is accepting that there is a credibility problem with the tales it tells. The Transformers script comes across as more reasonable and possible.
2007-06-30 01:50:06 · answer #9 · answered by Teaholic 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes it possible but in the time alloted it is improbable, he would have been gathering since conception and he would have had to have had a way to carry the fresh water creatures because the salt water would kill them. there are many things in the bible that don't make sense, virgin mary(disproved though SCIENCE), red sea, moses, adam and eve(divorced at the age of 17), talking snake, George bush(both)
2007-06-30 01:53:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋