(January 6, 2018 at 12:33 am)Godscreated Wrote:(January 5, 2018 at 6:11 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Yeah, right.
I see you don't care about science if it comes from Christians, so tell me why should I care about science that come from atheist.
GC
(January 5, 2018 at 6:22 am)Mathilda Wrote: But did they use a more flexible material to simulate the use of wood at a larger scale?
It was built out of wood to the specifications the Bible gives.
GC
(January 5, 2018 at 10:23 am)Chad32 Wrote: Not a completely wooden boat as big as the ark was supposed to be.
Correct a scaled replica floated in a large tank that had waves produced to represent the conditions that were suspected to be during the flood. just as engineers do with modern day vessels before they build them, see Christians do use science and use it well.
GC
The most comprehensive test of this (of which I'm aware) was a Smithsonian article from a few years ago. A group of physics students built a scale model and worked out that the Ark as described could be loaded with animals and would float, but that's about all it would do, and not for very long. The length of the beams required would make them extremely fragile, and they would shear under their own weight within a few hours (you could get round that by using smaller beams spliced together, but that would drastically increase the likelihood of leaks). Even if the Ark did manage to stay afloat, the weight of the barge + cargo would put the upper deck of the Ark less than a metre above the waterline, so that even a modest wave would flood the deck and capsize the boat.
I think a fair test would be to build a child's boat out of cardboard, set it in a wading pool, and turn a firehose on it.
Boru
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