RE: The Noahs ark and why it didn't happen
May 11, 2014 at 11:21 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2014 at 12:06 pm by BlackMason.)
(May 11, 2014 at 8:18 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: You obviously didn't read the rest of my post.
My bad. Got lazy there.
RMS TITANIC
Height: 175 ft
Length: 882 ft
Width: 92 ft
Construction: Steel
Capacity: 3547 people and enough provisions for a couple weeks.
Time at sea: 5 days
Noah's Ark
Height: 45 ft
Length: 450 ft
Width: 75 ft
Construction: Wood
Capacity: Over 50,000 animals, 2 million insects, 8 people, a 600 year old man and enough provisions for 1 year.
Time at sea: 7 months
Perspective
San Diego Wild Animal Park
3000 animals
1800 acres
500 employees
Noah's Ark
50,000+ animals
1 boat
8 people
I guess the authors of the bible weren't very good with logistics. Logistics is also another issue with the exodus. How would you coordinate 2 million people wandering around the desert for 40 years?
(May 2, 2014 at 2:56 pm)Confused Ape Wrote: 1: Agreed on the name of their ancestor who built it and not called him Atra-hasis or Utnapishtim (in the Epic Of Gilgamesh) or Noah in the Bible.
I thought the dude's name was Ziusudra.
8000 years before Jesus, the Egyptian god Horus said, "I am the way, the truth, the life."