JabriolStrategos
2006-09-23 20:56:53 UTC
http://english.pravda.ru/science/tech/30-03-2005/7973-earth-0
...One of the recent displacements of the Earth's axis occurred during the
Flood. Legends about the Flood can be found with almost every nation of
the world: the descriptions of the disaster are almost identical
everywhere. The Bible says that the Apocalypse would start with the voice
of the Lord that every human being will hear. Egyptians used to say that
the Great Sphinx was the father of horror and fear. One of Egyptian
legends says that the whole world will shudder, when the Sphinx starts
roaring with laughter. All those stories describe the sound that the
Earth's core produces when it touches the mantle. The sound can be heard
in various parts of the world from time to time; some nations even have
specific terms for it.
Noah and the Ark...One of the recent displacements of the Earth's axis occurred during the
Flood. Legends about the Flood can be found with almost every nation of
the world: the descriptions of the disaster are almost identical
everywhere. The Bible says that the Apocalypse would start with the voice
of the Lord that every human being will hear. Egyptians used to say that
the Great Sphinx was the father of horror and fear. One of Egyptian
legends says that the whole world will shudder, when the Sphinx starts
roaring with laughter. All those stories describe the sound that the
Earth's core produces when it touches the mantle. The sound can be heard
in various parts of the world from time to time; some nations even have
specific terms for it.
The Bible is claimed to be the inerrant word of God
The story of Noah and the flood is only one of many ridiculous biblical
tales with no authentication or plausibility of any kind. It is an
impossible story.
1. The largest boat ever built to this day could not even come CLOSE to
housing Noah, his sons, wives and two of every type of animal on earth.
The ark (Heb., te·vah′; Gr., ki·bo·tos′) was a rectangular chestlike
vessel presumably having square corners and a flat bottom. It needed no
rounded bottom or sharp bow to cut rapidly through the water; it
required no steering; its only functions were to be watertight and to
stay afloat. A vessel so shaped is very stable, cannot be easily
capsized, and contains about one third more storage space than ships of
conventional design. There was a door provided in the side of the ark
for loading and unloading the cargo.
In size the ark was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.
Conservatively calculating the cubit as 44.5 cm (17.5 in.) (some think
the ancient cubit was nearer 56 or 61 cm), the ark measured 133.5 m by
22.3 m by 13.4 m (437 ft 6 in. × 72 ft 11 in. × 43 ft 9 in.), less than
half the length of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2. This proportion of
length to width (6 to 1) is used by modern naval architects. This gave
the ark approximately 40,000 cu m (1,400,000 cu ft) in gross volume. It
is estimated that such a vessel would have a displacement nearly equal
to that of the mighty 269-m (883 ft) Titanic of this 20th century. No
cargo vessel of ancient times even slightly resembled the ark in its
colossal size. Internally strengthened by adding two floors, the three
decks thus provided gave a total of about 8,900 sq m (96,000 sq ft) of
space.
“You will make a tso′har [roof; or, window] for the ark,” Noah was told.
(Ge 6:16) Just what this was or how it was constructed is not altogether
clear. Some scholars think tso′har is related to light and so they
translate it “window” (KJ, Mo), “light” (AS, JP), “a place for light”
(Ro). Others, however, associate tso′har with a later Arabic root
meaning “back (of the hand),” “back (of a beast),” “deck (of a ship),”
that is, the part away from the ground or water, and for this reason
translate it “roof.” (AT, RS, JB) This tso′har, Noah was told, was to be
completed “to the extent of a cubit upward.”—Ge 6:16.
It could be, therefore, that the tso′har provided for adequate light and
ventilation, not just a single cubit-square “peephole,” but an opening a
cubit in height near the roof and extending around the four sides to
give an opening of nearly 140 sq m (1,500 sq ft). On the other hand,
while still allowing an ample opening for ventilation under the roof or
elsewhere, the roof could have had slightly angled sides. Regarding this
possibility James F. Armstrong wrote in Vetus Testamentum (Leiden, 1960,
p. 333): “‘Unto a cubit upward you shall finish it’ is difficult to
understand when sohar is translated either ‘light (= window)’ or even
‘(flat) roof’. If, however, a gable-type roof be postulated, the ‘one
cubit upward’ can refer to the elevation of the crease of the roof above
the level of the tops of the walls. In modern architectural terms, the
‘one cubit’ would be the height of the kingposts between which the
ridgepiece is laid. . . . According to the argument that has been
presented, the roof of Noah’s ark was conceived as having a four
per-cent pitch (1 cubit elevation — 25 cubits from wall to ridge), quite
adequate to permit the water of the rains to flow off.”
2. In order to capture two (or seven) of each animal in the world, Noah
would have to travel the whole world and capture them. This is an
impossibility even with modern means of travel and transport much less
ancient ravel on foot and by donkey!
First you forget, that this event is supposed to be a divine event.would have to travel the whole world and capture them. This is an
impossibility even with modern means of travel and transport much less
ancient ravel on foot and by donkey!
Surel God could directed the animals toward the Box, instead of Noah
capturing them. And Not every single species was needed.
3. Where did they house all of the new born during this ten month
escapade?
The “kinds” of animals selected had reference to the clear-cut andescapade?
unalterable boundaries or limits set by the Creator, within which
boundaries creatures are capable of breeding “according to their kinds.”
It has been estimated by some that the hundreds of thousands of species
of animals today could be reduced to a comparatively few family
“kinds”—the horse kind and the cow kind, to mention but two. The
breeding boundaries according to “kind” established by Jehovah were not
and could not be crossed. With this in mind some investigators have said
that, had there been as few as 43 “kinds” of mammals, 74 “kinds” of
birds, and 10 “kinds” of reptiles in the ark, they could have produced
the variety of species known today. Others have been more liberal in
estimating that 72 “kinds” of quadrupeds and less than 200 bird “kinds”
were all that were required. That the great variety of animal life known
today could have come from inbreeding within so few “kinds” following
the Flood is proved by the endless variety of humankind—short, tall,
fat, thin, with countless variations in the color of hair, eyes, and
skin—all of whom sprang from the one family of Noah.
These estimates may seem too restrictive to some, especially since such
sources as The Encyclopedia Americana indicate that there are upwards of
1,300,000 species of animals. (1977, Vol. 1, pp. 859-873) However, over
60 percent of these are insects. Breaking these figures down further, of
the 24,000 amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, 10,000 are birds,
9,000 are reptiles and amphibians, many of which could have survived
outside the ark, and only 5,000 are mammals, including whales and
porpoises, which would have also remained outside the ark. Other
researchers estimate that there are only about 290 species of land
mammals larger than sheep and about 1,360 smaller than rats. (The Deluge
Story in Stone, by B. C. Nelson, 1949, p. 156; The Flood in the Light of
the Bible, Geology, and Archaeology, by A. M. Rehwinkel, 1957, p. 69)
So, even if estimates are based on these expanded figures, the ark could
easily have accommodated a pair of all these animals.
4. In addition, the ship would have to carry a TEN MONTHS supply of food
and fresh water for the people and thousands of animals for them to survive.
What would the carnivores have eaten? Whatever prey they ate would have gone
extinct. How did they dispose of the thousands of tons of feces? It must
have been one stinking ship!
Ever heard of hydroponic gardens, And one animals crap is called foodand fresh water for the people and thousands of animals for them to survive.
What would the carnivores have eaten? Whatever prey they ate would have gone
extinct. How did they dispose of the thousands of tons of feces? It must
have been one stinking ship!
for many plants, surely you heard of manure. Also many animals and
insects major food source is dung. $hi+ is good, in Noah's case.
5. Now according to the Bible the earth was flooded for ten months. This
would kill off all the vegetation. What did the animals eat for an
additional year or more after the flood subsided?
First not all the animals went to the Ark,would kill off all the vegetation. What did the animals eat for an
additional year or more after the flood subsided?
Second, what make you think all the vegetation was destroyed?
6. Noah sends a dove out to see if there was any dry land. But the dove
returns without finding any. Then, just seven days later, the dove goes out
again and returns with an olive leaf. But how could an olive tree survive
the flood? And if any seeds happened to survive, they certainly wouldn't
germinate and grow leaves within a seven day period. 8:8-11.
Actually he sent out a crow first...returns without finding any. Then, just seven days later, the dove goes out
again and returns with an olive leaf. But how could an olive tree survive
the flood? And if any seeds happened to survive, they certainly wouldn't
germinate and grow leaves within a seven day period. 8:8-11.
And then again why wouldn't anything grow in a short period of time?
Remember the person who brought the flood? Same person who made
everything on the planet... surely he can do neat thinks with his
technology...
7. And according to this myth, Noah was also over 600 years old!
So?