Please explain Noah's Ark to me ...

[eSineM]

Okay it looks like there is some 'religious experts' in here...I was hoping maybe to get a better explanation about this whole 'Noah's Ark' story...To me it is one of the many inconsistencies in all the many different translations of Bible(s)... The whole concept seems impossible to me...you would think there would be some more detailed info about this...since it was such an important part of this Existence today...I mean do I even have to explain...? just think about it, GOD supposedly chose two of each animal...as an example, so what kinda super breed of dogs did he choose...? lol I'm trying figure out so many different breeds/species of animals just came about into existence....and so on and so forth etc....

I also can't comprehend how out of all these different religions/sects/cults ...each one of say they have the "Truth" and the answers etc... lool.. who's to know which one is the right source... don't get me wrong, I do believe in a GOD(creator, higher force or whatever) and that IT made us to enjoy this life...I believe he guides me everyday... I just don't think he has anything to do with any man made belief... and I believe it is wrong to even try and comprehend our Creator.... To me the best Faith is ignorance... i mean how can anyone say they understand who our Creator is...

Peace

[pookie07]

All you have to do is read your bible and you will get all the answers you need.

[eSineM]

SInce youre so familiar with it why don't you point out a Verse/chapter for me.

[fazedx]

somebody had to write a story about how the earth came to be.


cuz evolution and natural selection isnt real

[eSineM]

you^ didnt read everything i said... i dont believe in evolution either

[aimeerose00]

My pastor says that if it isn't in the Bible, then we don't need to know.

I, of course, don't agree with this statement. It's only natural for the human mind to wonder about how we came into existence. The Bible is extremely difficult to comprehend. I don't have any clue how Noah fit all of those animals into the ark -- or which animals he chose, etc. I wasn't there, so I can't even say it happened like that. I am not the type of person who believes everything just "because the Bible tells me so."

I have as many questions as the next person and no answers at all.

[davidf938]

The story of Noah's Ark is just that. A story. There are still  kinds of animals being discovered today. During a time of no motorized transportation, it would not have been possible to collect animals from every continent. Especially ones that hadn't even been discovered yet. Also, they would have to keep the carnivores from eating each other.

[eSineM]

My thoughts exactly.... i think most "christians" beleiev it is all possible because God makes it all magically happen

[liljp617]

So your question is basically: Can someone give me a relatively simple, logical, realistic explanation for the story of Noah's Ark?

Probably not.

Flood "epics" appear in quite a few ancient texts.  The idea of such a story was nothing new around the time the Bible is dated.  The story of Noah is quite similar to that of the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and the character, Noah, shares a good deal of similarities with the Sumerian fictional character, Tagtug.  A very brief explanation of Sumerian tale of Gilgamesh (more can be found, but I'll leave that to you):

The Sumerian hero Gilgamesh traveled the world in search of a way to cheat death. On one of his journeys, he came across an old man, Utnapishtim, who told Gilgamesh a story from centuries past. The gods brought a flood that swallowed the earth.

The gods were angry at mankind so they sent a flood to destroy him. The god Ea, warned Utnapishtim and instructed him to build an enormous boat to save himself, his family, and "the seed of all living things." He does so, and the gods brought rain which caused the water to rise for many days. When the rains subsided, the boat landed on a mountain, and Utnapishtim set loose first a dove, then a swallow, and finally a raven, which found land. The god Ishtar, created the rainbow and placed it in the sky, as a reminder to the gods and a pledge to mankind that there would be no more floods.

There is a good deal evidence that supports large scale floods (NOT global) throughout history.  The Black Sea flood hypothesis matches up somewhat closely to many ancient stories of large scale floods.  It's still quite a controversial proposal though.

The point is there is currently no geological, paleontological or archaeological support for any serious flood at the period indicated, and any contemporaneous record is likely to be referring to a previous event or is based on a previous epic/tale/myth of another culture.

Moving on to something else you said:

Why is ignorance a respectable attribute?  What in the world could ignorance possibly yield us?  I find it depressing such a great number of people hold the thought that ignorance is somehow "good."  Look around.  Even after centuries of people chasing every bit of knowledge possible and it creating just about every single thing you use daily, ignorance is still a good thing?  How does the acceptance of ignorance help us at all?

[marianmellove4]

Noah Ark is about am man who build a ship to save the animal and peple so they could survive the  storm

[pike010]

If you search into it enough just about all the older civiliations had stories about a big flood and how one family built a raft, boat, canoe, ark,  etc to save his family and other creatures. The thing about food, water, and eating each other was solved by the animals going into hibernation like most northern animals still do today. I have also heard that they have found the vessil on a mountain in the middle east somewhere, so im sure if you look you can find pictures or something.

[AmyTrivitt]

The closest I could tell you is to watch Evan Almighty!! Its a funny movie!! ENJOY

[remmrek]

idk

[Cuppycake]

somebody had to write a story about how the earth came to be.


cuz evolution and natural selection isnt real

LOL so you are attempting to say that there is no such thing what so ever as evolution. And that nothing evolves. You are seriously diluted. You only need to look at the walking catfish to know that your statement is false.

[Mufahead]

I believe that people take the Bible to literally.  I think they were stories gathered together to be a "moral compass".  I mean if you ask any person today if they believe that a shrub will talk to them, and if it is possible, a majority will tell you no.

I think that if you want to believe in God, He will be satisified if you believe in your way.  You don't have to believe the way man tells you to. Just my opinion, not disagreeing with anyone here...

I do believe in evolution, BTW, but who is to say that God didn't do that too?