Noah's ark...discovered?
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Webers_Home
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Well; for one thing, the object in the photo is the wrong contour. According
to Gen 6:15, the configuration of Noah's barge was what the beautiful minds
call a right rectangular prism; which is nothing in the world but the shape of
a common shoe box. And since the ark only had to float rather than
navigate, it didn't need a bow or a stern nor sides tapering down to a keel;
which would have greatly simplified its construction since all the planking
and framing would have been straight cut pieces rather than curved.
Cliff
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Well; for one thing, the object in the photo is the wrong contour. According
to Gen 6:15, the configuration of Noah's barge was what the beautiful minds
call a right rectangular prism; which is nothing in the world but the shape of
a common shoe box. And since the ark only had to float rather than
navigate, it didn't need a bow or a stern nor sides tapering down to a keel;
which would have greatly simplified its construction since all the planking
and framing would have been straight cut pieces rather than curved.
Cliff
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Webers_Home is correct.
In my lifetime I recall at least a dozen different claims that Noah's Ark has been discovered
Claims that made the papers, were covered by national news, and even mentioned by heads of state.
Each and every single solitary claim ended up being false.
I am of the opinion that this one will turn out the same.
To be candid, I am sure God is going to let it be found (if time and nature have not already destroyed it).
In my lifetime I recall at least a dozen different claims that Noah's Ark has been discovered
Claims that made the papers, were covered by national news, and even mentioned by heads of state.
Each and every single solitary claim ended up being false.
I am of the opinion that this one will turn out the same.
To be candid, I am sure God is going to let it be found (if time and nature have not already destroyed it).
The Ark no longer exists. It was cannibalized by Noah and his kin for building materials (all the post flood logs were unusable from water damage), fuel (same deal with post flood logs), and generally rebuilding civilization till new growth forests were mature enough to begin being useful for those purposes.
Very nice information. If the Ark was turned into a shelter, I think there are still chances in discovering its parts. Recovering its parts would be a great news for everyone.
Webers_Home
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When my wife and I visited the San Diego zoo together back in the early
1980's, we noticed that the giraffes' area had no fence around it. The tour
guide told us the giraffes' enclosure doesn't need a fence because their area
is up on a plateau 3 feet high. They don't try to escape because
giraffes are afraid of heights.
The reason I mention that is because of the widespread popular belief that
the ark went aground up on one of the two Ararat mountains in Turkey
which, at 16,854 feet and 12,782 feet, present quite a challenge for giraffes;
in all likelyhood, for hippos too.
Cliff
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When my wife and I visited the San Diego zoo together back in the early
1980's, we noticed that the giraffes' area had no fence around it. The tour
guide told us the giraffes' enclosure doesn't need a fence because their area
is up on a plateau 3 feet high. They don't try to escape because
giraffes are afraid of heights.
The reason I mention that is because of the widespread popular belief that
the ark went aground up on one of the two Ararat mountains in Turkey
which, at 16,854 feet and 12,782 feet, present quite a challenge for giraffes;
in all likelyhood, for hippos too.
Cliff
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No. Mountain building was not yet completed, the continents were still moving about quite rapidly (planetarily speaking). And besides, the mountains it probably rested on were likely not giant isoscolese triangles with the ark teetering precariously on the top point. Odds are the Lord caused it to settle in a area where the free movement of the animals would be best acheived.
Webers_Home
Well-Known Member
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The Hebrew word for "mountains" in Gen in Gen 8:4 is haareey the plural of
har (har) which doesn't always mean a prominent land mass like Everest or
Mauna Loa; especially when it's plural. Har can also mean a range of hills or
highlands; like the region of Israel where Miriam's cousin Elizabeth lived.
†. Luke 1:39-40 . . At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the
hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted
Elizabeth.
In California, where I lived as a kid, the local elevation 35 miles east of San
Diego, in the town of Alpine, was about 2,000 feet above sea level. There
were plenty of meadows with pasture and good soil. In fact much of it was
very good ranchland and quite a few people in that area raised horses and
cows. We ourselves kept about five hundred chickens, and a few goats and
calves. We lived in the mountains of San Diego; but we didn't live up on top
of one of its mountains like Viejas, Lyon's, or Cuyamaca.
Another inhabited region in the continental U.S. that's elevated is the area of
Denver Colorado; which is located on the western edge of the Great Plains
near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is a whole mile above
sea level— 5,280 feet. However, Denver, even though so high above sea
level, isn't located on the tippy top of a mountain, nor even on the side of
one; it's just located up on high ground.
The Hebrew word for "Ararat" is from 'Ararat (ar-aw-rat') which appears
three more times in the Bible: one at 2Kgs 19:36-37, one at Isa 37:36-38,
and one at Jer 51:27. Ararat is always the country of Armenia: never a
specific peak by the same name.
Cliff
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The Hebrew word for "mountains" in Gen in Gen 8:4 is haareey the plural of
har (har) which doesn't always mean a prominent land mass like Everest or
Mauna Loa; especially when it's plural. Har can also mean a range of hills or
highlands; like the region of Israel where Miriam's cousin Elizabeth lived.
†. Luke 1:39-40 . . At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the
hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted
Elizabeth.
In California, where I lived as a kid, the local elevation 35 miles east of San
Diego, in the town of Alpine, was about 2,000 feet above sea level. There
were plenty of meadows with pasture and good soil. In fact much of it was
very good ranchland and quite a few people in that area raised horses and
cows. We ourselves kept about five hundred chickens, and a few goats and
calves. We lived in the mountains of San Diego; but we didn't live up on top
of one of its mountains like Viejas, Lyon's, or Cuyamaca.
Another inhabited region in the continental U.S. that's elevated is the area of
Denver Colorado; which is located on the western edge of the Great Plains
near the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is a whole mile above
sea level— 5,280 feet. However, Denver, even though so high above sea
level, isn't located on the tippy top of a mountain, nor even on the side of
one; it's just located up on high ground.
The Hebrew word for "Ararat" is from 'Ararat (ar-aw-rat') which appears
three more times in the Bible: one at 2Kgs 19:36-37, one at Isa 37:36-38,
and one at Jer 51:27. Ararat is always the country of Armenia: never a
specific peak by the same name.
Cliff
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