Noah's Ark?

Question

Why do people believe that the story of Noah's Ark is true? What evidence is there for it?

Believing in the story of Noah's Ark is the equivalent of believing in a fairytale. I believe it starts from childhood. The only reason people believe it is because their parents TOLD them that it was true. If their parents read them a fairytale and the story of Noah's Ark side by side, the child would not be able to differentiate between the two. They would both be fairytales to them.

Answer 1

the noahs ark story makes absolutely no reasonable sense. every animal from across the globe traveled to noah in the middle east? so...christians who take the story literally are here to tell me that certain frogs in the south american rain forest traveled with pairs all the way across the cold/dry environment of north america? then traveled to alaska and asia/russia when its TOO COLD for a humidity loving frog from south america to survive?? an amphibian ESP from south america will freeze to death. or how bout the Galapagos tortoise?? that thing CANT SWIM.

Answer 2

Even as a kid I couldn't buy that story as fact.........What did the canivores eat for 40 days, the other animals? What did the herbivores eat? How was the food for every species on earth stored? Wouldn't all that animal waste be toxic? How did they all fit into such a tiny wooden box? Why are there still fresh AND salt water fish (remember the earth is only 6000 or so years old so where did the diversity come from)? What did the herbivores eat upon disembarking, 40 days worth of flood would have killed the plants (and it takes time to grow them)?



Then again I wasn't really exposed to the bible until I was 12 years old so I had an advantage.

Answer 3

You might as well ask why people believe in God. And you have answered your own question (even though Yahoo tells you you can't do that, hihi). Anyway, you are right, if you are told very young and a point is made that it is a true story and not a fairytale, you have to actively think about it when older to see behind the curtain. But honestly: how many people do?

Answer 4

At one time every piece of land was underwater. Slowly, over millions of years, the pieces of land rose up to become continents. Geologists have found shells on the tops of mountains.

This is the main argument for Noah's Ark, though it is easily explained away with science.

Answer 5

When I was a kid, I believed it was true, along with the story of Adam and Eve. My grandmother used to tell my sister and I Biblical stories like that all the time. Then when I was about eight years old, I realized that both those stories were impossible. Yet there are plenty of adults that actually believe it. Tragic.

Answer 6

CAN'T YOU GUYS GET IT? RELIGION IS A RELIGION, BELIEF IS A BELIEF. Stop talking about Noah's ark and how Adam laid Eve! It is just a religion and guideline to make us a better person...



For those with a religion, STOP believing that your religion is the only religion that can bring you to heaven!



Were you there when your god say that to your pastor? Were you there when the Bible fell down from heaven?



Wake up !!

Answer 7

For the ark to have existed, it would have needed to be the size of Manhattan island. However, wood is not strong enough to be built that large enough and still be able to resist the up and down motion of the flooding sea. Wood is just not structurally sound enough for a vessel that large.

Answer 8

Telling a Christian he can't trust the Bible is like telling a butterfly his cocoon made no difference. You can't argue with a changed life.



In life, we find what we're looking for if we look for it hard enough. You've clearly been searching for a way to disprove the Bible. So you should be delighted. And if you look some more, I'm certain you will find even more ways not to believe it. So, why aren't you happy about it? You've found what you were looking for!



As for me, I was searching for God and the truth. I found what I was looking for in the very same Bible and I am very happy about it.



So, where's the problem?

Answer 9

AMEN!!



My mom did read me bible stories along side the fairytales when I was a kid, and I couldn't tell the difference. Still can't.

Answer 10

There is no evidence. Therefore, it is made-believe.

Answer 11

There is scientific evidence on Noahs Ark. It probably is not strong enough evidence for you but it exists none the less.

Answer 12

Could Noah's Ark really hold all the animals that were supposed to be preserved from Flood?



A growing number of scientists believe that geological evidence indicates our world has undergone a catastrophic flood. This is causing them to question whether or not the biblical account of Noah's ark could be true. Many people are rereading the Biblical description of the Ark to ascertain the feasibility of such a vessel to fulfill its designated purpose in light of present day knowledge of both zoology and our present day knowledge of shipbuilding.



Size comparison between average size one-story home and Noah's Ark. Illustration from The World that Perished.How big was Noah's Ark?



"And God said unto Noah… Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt though make in the ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of… the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side therof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it." (Gen. 6:14-16)



A cubit is the distance between an adult's elbow and tip of the finger, no less than 18-inches [45.72 centimeters]. (Scene from The World that Perished.)Most Hebrew scholars believe the cubit to have been no less than 18 inches long [45.72 centimeters]. This means that the ark would have been at least 450 feet long [137.16 meters], 75 feet wide [22.86 meters] and 45 feet high [13.716000000000001 meters]. Noah's Ark was said to have been the largest sea-going vessel ever built until the late nineteenth century when giant metal ships were first constructed. Its length to width ratio of six to one provided excellent stability on the high seas. In fact, modern shipbuilders say it would have been almost impossible to turn over. In every way, it was admirably suited for riding out the tremendous storms in the year of the flood.



These dimensions are especially interesting when compared to those given in the mythical, Babylonian account of the Ark. Here the ark is described as a perfect cube, extending 120 cubits in all directions and with nine decks. Such a vessel would spin slowly round and round in the water and from the standpoint of stability, would be a disaster.



Was the ark big enough to hold the number of animals required?

The total available floor space on the ark would have been over 100,000 square feet, which would be more floor space than in 20 standard-sized basketball courts.



Assuming an 18-inch cubit [45.72 centimeters], Noah's Ark would have had a cubic volume equal to 569 modern railroad stock cars.The total cubic volume would have been 1,518,000 cubic feet [462,686.4 cubic meters] --that would be equal to the capacity of 569 modern railroad stock cars.



Now comes the question, how many land dwelling air breathing animals would have had to be taken aboard the ark to survive the flood?



According to Ernest Mayr, America's leading taxonomist, there are over 1 million species of animals in the world.



God only provided the Ark for the protection of humans and land-dwelling, air-breathing creatures. A huge number of animals would not need to be taken aboard the Ark because they are water dwellers. Representatives would be expected to survive the catastrophe. With God's protection against extinction during the Deluge, survival would have been assured. (Scene from The World that Perished, a Christian motion picture about the Flood)However, the vast majority of these are capable of surviving in water and would not need to be brought aboard the ark. Noah need make no provision for the 21,000 species of fish or the 1,700 tunicates (marine chordates like sea squirts) found throughout the seas of the world, or the 600 echinoderms including star fish and sea urchins, or the 107,000 mollusks such as mussels, clams and oysters, or the 10,000 coelenterates like corals and sea anemones, jelly fish and hydroids or the 5,000 species of sponges, or the 30,000 protozoans, the microscopic single-celled creatures.



In addition, some of the mammals are aquatic. For example, the whales, seals and porpoises. The amphibians need not all have been included, nor all the reptiles, such as sea turtles, and alligators. Moreover, a large number of the arthropods numbering 838,000 species, such as lobsters, shrimp, crabs and water fleas and barnacles are marine creatures. And the insect species among arthropoda are usually very small. Also, many of the 35,000 species of worms as well as many of the insects could have survived outside the Ark.



How many animals needed to be brought aboard?

Doctors Morris and Whitcomb in their classic book,The Genesis Flood state that no more than 35,000 individual animals needed to go on the ark. In his well documented book, Noah's Ark: A Feasibility Study, John Woodmorappe suggests that far fewer animals would have been transported upon the ark. By pointing out that the word "specie" is not equivalent to the "created kinds" of the Genesis account, Woodmorappe credibly demonstrates that as few as 2,000 animals may have been required on the ark. To pad this number for error, he continues his study by showing that the ark could easily accommodate 16,000 animals.)



But, let's be generous and add on a reasonable number to include extinct animals. Then add on some more to satisfy even the most skeptical. Let's assume 50,000 animals, far more animals than required, were on board the ark, and these need not have been the largest or even adult specimens.



Remember there are really only a few very large animals, such as the dinosaur or the elephant, and these could be represented by young ones. Assuming the average animal to be about the size of a sheep and using a railroad car for comparison, we note that the average double-deck stock car can accommodate 240 sheep. Thus, three trains hauling 69 cars each would have ample space to carry the 50,000 animals, filling only 37% of the ark. This would leave an additional 361 cars or enough to make 5 trains of 72 cars each to carry all of the food and baggage plus Noah's family of eight people. The Ark had plenty of space.



The bigger problem would have been the construction of the Ark. But the Bible indicates that Noah did this under Divine guidance and there is no reason to believe he did not hire additional workmen.



How were the animals gathered?



Another enormous problem some have posed is the problem of gathering specimens of each kind of air-breathing land animal and bringing them aboard the Ark. However, the Genesis account indicates that God gathered the animals and brought them to Noah inside the ark two by two. Some have suggested this may have involved the origin of animal migratory instincts or, at least, an intensification of it. We also know that most animals possess the ability to sense danger and to move to a place of safety.



How could Noah's family take care of all those animals?



Noah with the animals, as depicted in the motion picture, The World that Perished.Once aboard, many have suggested that Noah's problems really began, with only 8 people to feed and water, to provide fresh air and sanitation for the huge menagerie of animals for a total of 371 days. However, a number of scientists have suggested that the animals may have gone into a type of dormancy. It has been said that in nearly all groups of animals there is at least an indication of a latent ability to hibernate or aestivate. Perhaps these abilities were supernaturally intensified during this period. With their bodily functions reduced to a minimum, the burden of their care would have been greatly lightened.



Conclusion:

It is evident, when all the facts are examined that there is no scientific evidence that the biblical account of Noah's ark is a myth or fable. The facts support the view that Noah's ark was large enough to carry the number of animals required to repopulate the earth after the flood and that Noah and his family were capable of caring for the animals during their time on the Ark.



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Answer 13

Noah's Ark is presently on Mt Ararat- I saw some pics year ago- and check out web site below-D

EXCLUSIVE: Satellite Sleuth Closes in on Noah's Ark Mystery

By Leonard David

Senior Space Writer

posted: 09 March 2006

06:34 am ET





High on Mt. Ararat in eastern Turkey, there is a baffling mountainside "anomaly," a feature that one researcher claims may be something of biblical proportions.



Images taken by aircraft, intelligence-gathering satellites and commercial remote-sensing spacecraft are fueling an intensive study of the intriguing oddity. But whether the anomaly is some geological quirk of nature, playful shadows, a human-made structure of some sort, or simply nothing at all—that remains to be seen.



Whatever it is, the anomaly of interest rests at 15,300 feet (4,663 meters) on the northwest corner of Mt. Ararat, and is nearly submerged in glacial ice. It would be easy to call it merely a strange rock formation.



But at least one man wonders if it could be the remains of Noah's Ark—a vessel said to have been built to save people and selected animals from the Great Flood, the 40 days and 40 nights of deluge as detailed in the Book of Genesis.



The Genesis blueprint of the Ark detailed the structure as 6:1 length to width ratio (300 cubits by 50 cubits). The anomaly, as viewed by satellite, is close to that 6:1 proportion.



Newfound optimism



Identifying the Ararat anomaly has been a 13-year-long quest of Porcher Taylor, an associate professor in paralegal studies at the University of Richmond's School of Continuing Studies in Virginia.



Taylor has been a national security analyst for more than 30 years, also serving as a senior associate for five years at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C.



"I've got new found optimism ... as far as my continuing push to have the intelligence community declassify some of the more definitive-type imagery," Taylor told SPACE.com/LiveScience. He points to a "new and significant development," a high-resolution image taken by DigitalGlobe's impressive QuickBird satellite and shown here publicly for the first time [alternate version with no annotation].



"I'm calling this my satellite archeology project," Taylor said. It's an effort that has now included use of QuickBird, GeoEye's Ikonos spacecraft, Canada's Radarsat 1, as well as declassified aerial and satellite images taken by the various U.S. intelligence agencies.



Making the mountain transparent



Taylor said his goal is straightforward: Combining this imagery to make the Ararat anomaly transparent to the public, as well as to the discerning, dispassionate eyes of scientists, imagery analysts, and other experts.



"I had no preconceived notions or agendas when I began this in 1993 as to what I was looking for," Taylor said.



As for the saga of Noah's Ark, he is quick to note that there are those who say it is fable while some take it as truth.



Nevertheless, the anomaly may not be a ridge line of ice, snow and possibly rock, but an artificial ridge line, Taylor said. "I maintain that if it is the remains of something manmade and potentially nautical, then it's potentially something of biblical proportions."



While chiding the intelligence communities to release more of their closely guarded satellite imagery, Taylor said that soon-to-fly commercial remote sensing spacecraft are sure to help his archeological undertaking.



"We've got three new birds that are going up. I'm using all my clout, rapport and lobbying to, hopefully, have them at least fly calibration runs over Mt. Ararat," Taylor said. Those images would make the mountain even more transparent, he said.



Will it float?



Meanwhile, Taylor has an ever-expanding network of experts to help tease out the truth about the anomaly.



For example, satellite imagery analyst Rod Franz of SunTek Media Group/RiteImage, Inc., located in Henderson, Nevada, has taken a look at imagery provided by Taylor of the Ararat anomaly and carried out additional analysis of the area. As director of training for the firm, Franz sharpened his skills by serving nearly 25 years as a military intelligence imagery analyst.



For the anomaly assessment, the same software tools used for studying government and commercial remote sensing data were employed, Franz told SPACE.com/LiveScience. Ground distances and scales of the anomaly were determined. That software also has the ability to adjust brightness, haze, sharpness, contrast and other factors of the area of interest, he said.



"Along with many other image manipulation functions ... I also used the pseudo-color function trying to determine if I could detect anything under the ice and snow," Franz said.



The face of the anomaly measured 1,015 feet (309 meters) across, Franz said. "I also found the shape of the anomaly appears to fit on a circle. I am not sure what this means, if anything, but I find it curious."



Given that length, Taylor pointed out, the anomaly dwarfs the Titanic and Bismarck in size, and equals the size of the largest modern aircraft carrier. That analysis would seem to call into question whether the anomaly is a wooden ship and raises a key question: If a boat were truly that huge, would it float?



There are also experts in remote sensing who offer a skeptical view.



"Image interpretation is an art," said Farouk El-Baz, Director of the Boston University Center for Remote Sensing.



"One has to be familiar with Sun lighting effects on the shape of observed features," El-Baz said. "Very slight changes in slope modify shadow shapes that affect the interpretations. Up to this time, all the images I have seen can be interpreted as natural landforms. The feature that has been interpreted as the 'Ararat Anomaly' is to me a ledge of rock in partial shadow, with varied thickness of snow and ice cover.



Visual truth serum



Thanks to more satellite imagery in the offing, as well as other studies underway, Taylor said his remote archeological research is on the upswing.



There is an ultimate end-game. That is, on-the-spot ground truth ... and Taylor hopes his research findings will catalyze a top-notch expedition to the area. "It is whatever it is," he said.



But for now, satellite remote sensing to carry out archeological "digs" from space will fill in for an in-the-field expedition.



Just a few weeks ago, for example, NASA scientists utilizing space- and aircraft-based remote sensing hardware and techniques uncovered Maya ruins hidden in the rainforests of Central America for more than 1,000 years.



"For explorers, imagery from GeoEye's Ikonos satellite married with Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite data has become as indispensable as water and freeze dried food for any expedition. One does not want to leave home without it," said Mark Brender, GeoEye Vice President for communications and marketing, headquartered in Dulles, Virginia.



For researchers, imagery from space like those provided by GeoEye provides "the ultimate high shot" and a contextual view you could never get from observations on the ground or even from a plane, Brender told SPACE.com/LiveScience. "It's visual truth serum."



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