(August 28, 2017 at 11:08 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:(August 28, 2017 at 8:53 pm)Astonished Wrote: So is there ANY wood on earth that wouldn't buckle and cause an ark that size to sink? Is gopherwood some kind of magic substance that wouldn't fall to that reality?
No. 5000 years of experience in the construction of wooden ocean going ship finally culminated at the end of the long wooden ship era in the mid 19th century in the largest wooden ships that were reliably documented. These ships were about 300 feet long, 60 feet wide, and displaced around 5,000 tons. Those ships didn't work very well, flexed like a noodle in heavy seas and leaked like sieves because of limited strength of wood, and ships didn't get bigger until they inserted iron bracing into the hull.
Well, shit, that just means they WILL proclaim that gopherwood IS magic and would not have the limitations of any other earthly wood.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.