The ark was a mega-ship. (my comment)
Posted on 04/14/2014 8:43:16 AM PDT by fishtank
The ark was a mega-ship. (my comment)
Many years ago, a company built an Olympic Sized Pool on the 5th floor of their new building.
Alas, they forgot to calculate the weight of the water and were never able to use it.
I find it fascinating that he was also told to take 7 pairs of clean animals (food animals). This was before the “food laws”.
Amazing how true, unbiased science and math with no agenda keeps lining up with God’s Word, the Bible. Of course, that makes sense when one realizes that the Creator of the universe, earth, math, and science is also the Author of the Bible.
Anything is feasible when you have the Hand of God guiding your way!
Don't forget how much waste 70,000 animals produce & the task of keeping the animals from killing each other.
“O ye of little faith”.
God brought the animals to the ark, two by two, seven by seven (from the bible). I’m sure they were not trying to kill each other then (angels leading them in)and I wouldn’t be surprised if angles had something to do with keeping the peace on the ark. The ark and everything on it were protected supernaturally. I don’t know about the waste but maybe Noah and his family threw it overboard? Food? Maybe some kind of supernatural hibernation? Just guessing But I would guess I’m not too far off.
Some of the waste produced by some animals, think cow manure and birds for instance, could well have been used as food for others. Do not discount the hand of God in this whole undertaking, God created and could control the actions of all the animals in the ark. I agree totally with your remarks, God said my ways are not your ways and my thoughts are not your thoughts, at best our explanations are merely guesses.
Yes, but what is Mythbusters going to conclude on this one?
An entity that can do what Scotty couldn’t will change the rules of the game.
Is modern science the be-all and end-all of knowledge?
The theist has to say no.
Science has also discovered most every kind of animal is able to hibernate in times of extreme stress.
Furthermore, the ark dimensions have been calculated at approx 350 rail cars or 20 pairs per car per your extremely high estimate of 70,000 pairs.
Last, taking smaller juvenile animals rather than fully grown adults would also help alleaviate for floor space, food, water and weight requirements.
Experts built the Titanic too and we some of us know all too well what often happens with experts. Pride goes before the fall.
The Titanic hit an iceburg...it didn't fail in itself.
When Moses penned the Torah [1st 5 books of the Bible], which was inspired text directly from the Holy Spirit, most of the Old Testament was already history.
Imho it proves God intervened in some/many ways from the very beginning. For instance, Hebrew was quite likely the only known language prior to the Tower of Babel. Some experts claim the book of Job to be the oldest in the Bible even though Job also follows proscribed Jewish customs.
Chapters 39 & 40 of Job describes 2 creatures Leviathan & Behemoth. Behemoth had a tail as big as a cedar tree trunk. Sure sounds like a dinoasaur too me. Now why should God ask Job about animals that he had not seen?
I’ve read estimates that as few as 16,000 animals may have been all that were required due to natural selection.
Either way sure sounds like they had plenty of room. The average animal sizes were estimated to be about the size of an adult sheep so the larger kinds were fewer and disproportioned to those smaller than sheep.
Another poster mentioned animal waste being a problem, but I’ve read where the rainwater and/or crude water pumps could keep the place clean and tidy and possibly even used animals to power the pumps.
Regarding the Titanic didn’t the captain ignore iceberg warnings and command excessive speeds for the claimed ‘unsinkable Titanic’?
- sure sounds like pride to me. but ymmv :’)
I just hope they weren't civil engineers or architects...
What about the plants, most of which would be destroyed in a flood violent enough to create the conditions supposed by flood geology? How long would it take to repopulate the world with all the animals starting with one breeding pair?
This can safely be filed with the recent “complexity disproves evolution” and science as a heresy if it causes doubt on literal Biblical language.
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