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To: Boojum

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).


8 posted on 01/25/2014 4:10:10 AM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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To: CondorFlight
I think the Bible gives dimensions which make it a kind of rectangular box.

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.

13 posted on 01/25/2014 5:00:20 AM PST by SkyPilot
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To: CondorFlight
But it is noteworthy that almost all cultures worldwide have a Flood story, with the same general details (suggesting a common origin).

Worldwide is right, not just Eurasia. Flood story exists in ancient south american legends too. Since South America was isolated from the Eurasian landmass for all of recorded history, this is either amazing coincidence or the flood story goes back way longer than most would imagine. Or as a third alternative, it originated in Mesopotamia and people of Eurasia had means of spreading their civilization and their oral traditions to the Americas a few thousand years ago then lost it. Pick your poison: coincidence, pre-historic origin, or everything we know about the ancient world is wrong.

23 posted on 01/25/2014 7:59:49 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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