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Posted on 01/25/2014 2:08:46 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
It was a vast boat that saved two of each animal and a handful of humans from a catastrophic flood.
But forget all those images of a long vessel with a pointy bow - the original Noah's Ark, new research suggests, was round.
A recently deciphered 4,000-year-old clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia - modern-day Iraq - reveals striking new details about the roots of the Old Testament tale of Noah....
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He'llhave to change from:
"Right ... what's a cubit?"
To:
"You're asking me if I know what Pi is, Lord? Of course I do - Pi 'R' round ..."
Who knows what the shape of the ark was. God saved only 8 people. I wonder how many people were killed off. I have heard some people estimate as many as 150 million. Who knows for sure, but I think it was a large number. No one should ever say that God does not get a little hot under the collar once in a while. He does.
Whenever I hear the phrase "What would Jesus do?" I recall a bull whip and overturned tables.
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Old bar bet:
How many animals of each kind did Noah take on the ark with him?
A) 0
B) 2
C) 7
D) 14
E) All the above
Amazing that err they don’t realize who Moses is. Moses educated in the court of Pharaoh had access to much better documents. It is possible that there were people around who knew Shum Japheth and Ham who educated Moses.
I think the Bible gives dimensions which make it a kind of rectangular box.
A British engineer used the dimensions to build the Great Eastern in the 19th century, IIRC.
But it is noteworthy that almost all cultures worldwide have a Flood story, with the same general details (suggesting a common origin).
Makes sense to me.
The Ark wasn’t built to navigate anything, just float. A round vessel would float very well. With no bow & stern, I would think the rocking motion would be minimized.
They might have used a replica of God’s haircut bowl....
The dimensions are in the bible, it wasn’t round, they can research all they like, but if they researched the source they’d quickly see how it was shaped.
It does. We have specific instructions in God's Word.
It will be 300 cubits long (137.16 m, 450 ft), 50 wide (22.86 m, 75 ft), and 30 high (13.716 m, 45 ft); it will have a roof "finished to a cubit upward", and an entrance on the side.
Considering Noah was before Abram(Abraham) and Abraham was Mesopotamian, I would say it’s a good bet Noah is a Mesopotamian story. The Gilgamesh connection is quite plausible to anyone who thinks.
A round ark? Considering how many fat, middle aged men enjoy the stability of floating in an inner tube in the pool with a drink in one hand and a cigar in the other, I would also say that’s additional evidence in support.
What does the Biblical text say?
"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, its height thirty cubits." Genesis 6:15
Length, breadth, height...those with a rudimentary understanding of geometry know what class of shapes are so defined. It is NOT circular, it is a rectangular solid.
We know this because God said so. And God incarnate (Jesus Christ) confirms in the NT the truth about Noah. The ark saved the faithful few, and when the son of man returns he will save the believing few then. (Matt 24:37ff, Luke 17:26ff)
"Back to work boys. Break time is over. Oh, and Irving Finkel has a small re-design
he wants to discuss so we may be a little late getting off work tonight."
You need to reread the Bible. That ark is completely wrong. We’ve been tricked for decades by artists who mis-imaged the ark.
Noah’s ark is all black and tight as a drum. There isn’t an upper deck at all. It’s lit by a tsohar.
Let us do it together:
"14 Make yourself an ark of gofer-wood; you are to make the ark with rooms and cover it with pitch both outside and inside. 15 Here is how you are to build it: the length of the ark is to be 450 feet, its width seventy-five feet and its height forty-five feet. 16 You are to make an opening for daylight in the ark eighteen inches below its roof. Put a door in its side; and build it with lower, second and third decks."
Genesis 6: 14-16
Thank you. Why people wish to dispute this is beyond comprehension.
Maybe next we can debate if God really meant "2" when he said two of each kind of animal should enter the ark. Maybe He really meant "5"?
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