MAGA Mike and Noah's Ark

[surada]

Proof of the Great Flood.

Yes, Noah's Flood May Have Happened, But Not Over the Whole Earth | National Center for Science Education

Introduction The Bible (Genesis 6–9) describes a worldwide flood (the Noachian Flood) covering even the highest mountains of the earth and the construction of a huge boat (a rectangular box-like craft) that transported animals, at least two of a kind of all land animals on the earth.

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Here is a BBC piece on the Star.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/what-was-the-star-of-bethlehem

The piece on the flood says nothing about Noah.

The Old Testament is basically the religious history of the Jewish people. The Great Flood was incorporated into their history in the story of Noah and God seeking to cleanse the world of its iniquity as a rational explanation for natural forces over which they had no control.

The rivers flood nearly every spring with snowmelt from the mountains and rain.

The flood sediment is 150 miles wide and 350 miles south. I don't think it would have reached Arabia. It would have gone into the Persian Gulf.

I'm sure they thought the whole world was flooded. Their world was.

It's 1019.049 miles from Saudi Arabia to Iraq .

 

[Woodznutz]

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Here is a life-sized replica of Noah's Ark at The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) previously sued to get tax breaks for this park, which is based on the Genesis flood narrative in the Bible.

Sadly, this is just a large ship, a fanciful idea gleaned from medieval artists. The ark of the Bible was a foreboding looking boxlike structure covered within and without with black pitch.

 

[surada]

In the Persian floor myth he cautioned the king Yima that a great flood was coming to cleanse the world and the king had to protect himself and two of each species in his castle located on the top of the highest mountain. The flood came, and the world, except for Yima's castle and its inhabitants, was destroyed.

 

[Woodznutz]

That is a rational explanation, but religious nuts insist it happened exactly as depicted in the bible. That's batshit crazy.

It happened exactly as told in the Bible. The problem is that no one (except me) understands the actual story. Traditional beliefs, which influenced the translation of the story, trump the actual written account.

 

[Woodznutz]

No, but they are the ones telling the story.

Christians are about the only ones that believe the story.

 

[Soupnazi630]

We Christians have the Ark. Muslims have the 'Kaaba black stone rock.' Jews have the Wailing Wall.

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Christians do not have the ark.

That museum with it's imaginary recreation of the ark is actually not that popular. They get enough visitors to stay open and continue to operate but in truth it is more of a novelty than anything else.

Many, possibly even most, of the visitors are skeptics who want to see what all the fuss is about. Despite what the congressman thinks it is not exposing any sort of truth to people.

 

[Woodznutz]

Christians do not have the ark.

That museum with it's imaginary recreation of the ark is actually not that popular. They get enough visitors to stay open and continue to operate but in truth it is more of a novelty than anything else.

Many, possibly even most, of the visitors are skeptics who want to see what all the fuss is about. Despite what the congressman thinks it is not exposing any sort of truth to people.

That ark was built according to the imagination of people who cannot accept what the Bible says about it. If they built it like the Biblical ark few would visit it.

 

[Leo123]

That ark was built according to the imagination of people who cannot accept what the Bible says about it. If they built it like the Biblical ark few would visit it.

Actually the 'Ark Encounter's' Ark was built according to the dimensions given in the Bible. 510 ft long, 85 ft wide, 51 ft high. That being said you are correct, the Ark Encounter is not a replica. This link explains the differences.

Noah’s Ark vs. the Ark Encounter: What’s the Difference?

Near our half-ark model on the Deck One, you’ll find new signs showing the difference between Noah’s Ark and our Ark. So, what might the differences be?

arkencounter.com

 

[surada]

Actually the 'Ark Encounter's' Ark was built according to the dimensions given in the Bible. 510 ft long, 85 ft wide, 51 ft high. That being said you are correct, the Ark Encounter is not a replica. This link explains the differences.

Noah’s Ark vs. the Ark Encounter: What’s the Difference?

Near our half-ark model on the Deck One, you’ll find new signs showing the difference between Noah’s Ark and our Ark. So, what might the differences be?

arkencounter.com

In the original myth the Ark was a huge coracle like the boats used in Mesopotamia at the time.