Do you believe the story of Noah's Ark?
By Poison_Girl
@Poison_Girl (4150)
United States
May 17, 2010 9:46pm CST
I want to know HOW a guy could gather every type of animal from all over the world and from all sorts of different climates and put them on a boat then keep them on that boat for 40 days and 40 nights (or whatever it was). And then, not only would he have to keep them on that boat for that long, but he kept them fed and alive AND from eating each other!?!? How did he keep the lions from eating the zebras? How did he keep them fed? What did the polar bears eat? How did they even survive? And then, he would have had to keep them fed after they were off the boat and keep them from eating each other. Plus, there are so many different breeds of cats and dogs and other animals. How was there even enough room for all these animals? What did the cats eat? How did he keep them away from the mice and rats? Can anyone explain to me HOW he did all of this??? Does anyone even think about these sort of things or does everyone just kind of blindly believe in it and everything?
2 responses
@hanizah (255)
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18 May 10
I believe with the story of Noah's ark and I won't question it.But if you want to know more about his story?you can actually read the bible.I'm sure the answers of your questions is written in the bible because that is where Noah's ark's story came from.No hard feelings ok?
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
18 May 10
But the answers to my questions aren't in the bible. I've read it and there's nothing that explains it. It just tells the stories. I believe that's all the bible is. Just a bunch of stories that never happened.
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
20 May 10
I never said it wasn't. I never even claimed it wasn't or gave the impression it was anything but opinion. I said it was what I believed which implies that it's nothing but opinion.
@achilles2010 (3051)
• India
19 May 10
Moses perhaps had narrated the story of Noah to the Israelite while they were wandering in the desert. He had done so just to reveal the redemptive features of God in men like Noah.
To Israelite, rains and floods were not the known occurrences. Therefore, they did not know that the Ark is a mere curved vessel and not a ship. Only Ships have a hold to carry possessions of the kind that went in with Noah. Besides, to survive forty days in heavy floods the ship must have a bulk, volume, and watertight compartments. Further, such a ship ought to be built from highly seasoned wood. How was Noah able to build such a ship single-handed? Why not, some must have said? Since Noah lived in the woods, it was quite natural for him to be a skilled carpenter. Then there had been no rains before the deluge; therefore, long exposure to dry weather had naturally seasoned the wood.
Be that as it may, the story of a charming ship builder; a sailing vessel with bowsprit and rigged masts; floating in flood; containing men, animal, etc., had been greatly fascinating to the people wandering in the desert. The story had not only raised their spirits but also had kept their hopes alive in desert at times when they were greatly distressed.
The story of Noah had raised in them a hope; that later became real in Jesus. Through this story, Moses had revealed the redemptive plan of God for the humankind.
