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How Noah's Ark Worked... Now You Know
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 (April 1, 2015 at 7:13 pm)Brometheus Wrote:(April 1, 2015 at 6:53 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Not to rain on your parade, but the wheel dates to at least the 4th millennium BCE. Well... Given that we have at least one 4th millenium example from Europe, it's safe to say that it wasn't just a Sumerian thing. Let's not misunderstand - the article is ludicrous, but that point simply isn't a good one.  
For people that are supposed to have faith, they sure do spend an awful lot of time trying to justify their bible verses. Maybe their faith isn't as strong as they think?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
 (April 1, 2015 at 11:55 pm)Faith No More Wrote: For people that are supposed to have faith, they sure do spend an awful lot of time trying to justify their bible verses. Maybe their faith isn't as strong as they think? Maybe they drive traffic to their moneymaking ventures by prattling endlessly. 
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"You must build a great ark, it will take huge efforts on your part. It must be absolutely perfect."
"But God, couldn't you just create the ark out of nothing, guaranteeing it to be perfect and everything you need it to be?" "Yes." "... OK. I'll get to work." Feel free to send me a private message.
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"However, if supplementary ventilation was necessary, it could have been provided by wave motion, fire thermal, or even a small number of animals harnessed to slow-moving rotary fans."
They are a special type of deluded are they not? Shame they don't put their vivid imaginations to better use. 
Now we know... now we know...
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
Once you've accepted that "magic is fine" really there's no limit to how much you can delude yourself.
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Plus how were they going to store grains that hadn't been domesticated yet? I suppose they could store bamboo or something similar... not grains though.
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