2007-09-17 07:09:03 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i actually saw a special where they used the dimensions given in the bible and made a model .. it seemed to be pretty good from what i saw ..
2007-09-17 07:13:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I believe there have been mock up's and experiments that show a boat such as that described in the Torah could float. It is true that any experiments cannot take into effect the animals and people on board etc, but the boat itself could well have been seaworthy. Noah's boat was no the only rectanugar boat of the age, though was unusual. The people of the Batanes in China used and I believe still use rectangular boats that look similiar to Noah's Ark.
2007-09-17 07:30:39 · answer #2 · answered by Feivel 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Noah's ark had no means of propulsion, not even sails. It didn't move through the water -- just sat there and bobbed. As a sailor of some experience, I imagine the decks literally ran with vomit, as every living thing was undoubtedly horribly seasick. Once the barfing began, the mere sight and smell of someone else puking would have eventually been enough to cause a chain reaction among those still standing. Before long, even the stoutest cannot resist the urge to purge. The smell alone would've curled your hair!!!
2007-09-17 07:28:28 · answer #3 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been scale size modes of the Ark made and put in sea tanks to be tested. This ship was so seaworthy it would not capsize even in the largest waves.
2007-09-17 07:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by 9_ladydi 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well, I know a 2x4 will float, and it's rectangular. Besides, the ark didn't have to be able to plow through the water like a boat, it just had to float. It served that purpose wonderfully!
2007-09-17 07:18:44 · answer #5 · answered by Joshua B 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Who cares if it's "seaworthy" so long as it can float for 2 or 3 years.
BTW, God was taking care of it. He could have floated them on a pine needle if He had so chosen.
2007-09-17 07:17:23 · answer #6 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gen 6: 15 Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
The boat was exactly six times longer than it was wide - the same ratio used by modern shipbuilders.
2007-09-17 07:14:49 · answer #7 · answered by Freedom 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Who said it was rectangular? All that was specified was the height, width, and depth. The contours were left up to Noah.
2007-09-17 07:12:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Ark story whether the mans' name was Noah or not has been 85% proven to be fact. I don't know if it was rectangular but as has been said all it had to do was float. I do know it was something like 90 cubits, by 40 cubits, by 80 cubits.
2007-09-17 07:14:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
and God said
Genesis 6:14-16 (New American Standard Bible)
14"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch.
15"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16"You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
2007-09-17 07:16:53 · answer #10 · answered by sego lily 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Nowhere does it say it is rectangular. The dimensions dictate the width and bredth. It says nothing about corners being at right angles.
2007-09-17 07:14:12 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋