The "Was Noah's Ark a True Story" argument is so stupid it's just infuriating to me that the idiots who insist it's true won't just stop and fucking think for a moment.
As many have pointed out both recently and in threads past, the vessel, if it was built, would have broken apart almost instantly in such conditions. It would have been structurally unsound! The story is simply not true!
But what's the point in saying this, since the people who believe this goofy legend collectively know fuck-all about the engineering behind ship design, ship building, sailing, stowage and stability calculations, materials science, or any other field of endeavor that would actually be relevant to the discussion? Present them with facts, and they respond with "magic".
I work as a cargo ship agent. Our company represents owners and charterers for vessels that routinely load cargo that would be comparable in net mass to the cargo Noah supposedly loaded onto his wooden vessel. No one in their right mind would even dream of loading such a large cargo on a wooden ship. That's why we have steel vessels, to handle such size cargoes at sea. That's why chief officers spend painstaking hours putting together their stowage plans and making their stability calculations. That's why representatives from the National Cargo Bureau check and re-check those stability calculations, to ensure that the vessel can safely carry its cargo over the open sea in all types of weather.
I deal with Masters and Chief Officers on a daily basis. These are busy men with real jobs and serious responsibilities. There is no room for error in their business. And if I didn't already know that it would be a complete waste of their valuable time, I'd run past them the "Noah question". But it is a fucking waste of their time, and I'm not going to ask such a stupid question of them. Nor will I waste a moment of an NCB Captain to inquire about what I already know to be true: the Ark would not have been seaworthy in ballast, much less laden with that much biomass.
Huggy and all the rest of you confirmed fantasists, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Period. If you wish to persist in your ridiculous fantasies so you can keep telling yourselves that Genesis is true, knock yourselves out. But you're just a bunch of willfully ignorant clowns, and further "discussion" on this question is nothing more than a waste of our time. Mental masturbation is best kept private.
As many have pointed out both recently and in threads past, the vessel, if it was built, would have broken apart almost instantly in such conditions. It would have been structurally unsound! The story is simply not true!
But what's the point in saying this, since the people who believe this goofy legend collectively know fuck-all about the engineering behind ship design, ship building, sailing, stowage and stability calculations, materials science, or any other field of endeavor that would actually be relevant to the discussion? Present them with facts, and they respond with "magic".
I work as a cargo ship agent. Our company represents owners and charterers for vessels that routinely load cargo that would be comparable in net mass to the cargo Noah supposedly loaded onto his wooden vessel. No one in their right mind would even dream of loading such a large cargo on a wooden ship. That's why we have steel vessels, to handle such size cargoes at sea. That's why chief officers spend painstaking hours putting together their stowage plans and making their stability calculations. That's why representatives from the National Cargo Bureau check and re-check those stability calculations, to ensure that the vessel can safely carry its cargo over the open sea in all types of weather.
I deal with Masters and Chief Officers on a daily basis. These are busy men with real jobs and serious responsibilities. There is no room for error in their business. And if I didn't already know that it would be a complete waste of their valuable time, I'd run past them the "Noah question". But it is a fucking waste of their time, and I'm not going to ask such a stupid question of them. Nor will I waste a moment of an NCB Captain to inquire about what I already know to be true: the Ark would not have been seaworthy in ballast, much less laden with that much biomass.
Huggy and all the rest of you confirmed fantasists, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Period. If you wish to persist in your ridiculous fantasies so you can keep telling yourselves that Genesis is true, knock yourselves out. But you're just a bunch of willfully ignorant clowns, and further "discussion" on this question is nothing more than a waste of our time. Mental masturbation is best kept private.
