Noah and the Ark

[Aquila]

Originally Posted by NotforSale

Good point.

The big difference though, regarding the initial subject of this thread (Noah and the Ark), is that the Bible gives measurement, capacity, material used, time on board, of a ship that was designed to carry a Zoo beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Its one thing to believe in a miracle and another to believe that Blue is Black.

I don’t believe that the Bible tells us all the details of what truly happened. For example, I believe as the ancient traditions teach that Noah was a city king. That isn’t mentioned in Scripture.

God gave us measurement to define Truth. This is important, otherwise people can say whatever they want to, telling us, "It's a MIRACLE". False doctrine grows upon the foundation of the unproven and unmeasured. We see this in past civilizations and Religion, where they were told to "Just Believe", and the belief or idea was found to be a lie.

Box recipe.

Even today, many Religions use ideas that cannot be proven to establish a following. For instance, Mormons, use an array of unproven ideas to gain power over their constituents. We stand back and call them an Occult, while we ourselves may be guilty of the very same thing. We can become arrogant and blind if we think otherwise. Anytime a “People” think they have found the Truth about God without accountable measurement, the realm of Faith or the Impossible within that Religion must be scrutinized or ideas will grow into fables.

I hear you. But that’s an expansive subject beyond this conversation.

Putting the concept into a more viable light might be to say, "We drove around in my car for a year, with 45 people in it, never stopped at a bathroom or for food, and then landed on high ground ready to re-populate the World". Of course we all think this is ridiculous. In fact, it can't be done.

I don’t think this compares.

Remember, years ago people couldn't validate the Ark experience like they can today. People lived in very isolated communities. What they "Saw" would be a very limited populace of animals, so the belief in all of them being on one ship might work. Today, we see the entire Earth and the equation or measurement of such an event is impossible. One ship could never house such an array of animals, supplying all of their needs by just 8 people.

I think some interpretations are unfeasible. However, I’d not rule the story out all together. For example, one interpretation is that God commanded the earth to bring forth creatures and that after the flood some of the life we see are either rapid mutations or spontaneous generation as in the beginning. I’ve also heard interpretations stating that the notion was that anything will a soul died… not necessarily every animal.

We can visit places (Zoo's, Wildlife Parks) that take care of several hundred species, and the effort, work, environment, food, and staff to care for these animals is astronomical. We are told the Ark housed 2+ million species, and if this doesn’t add up to Truth, how far will we go with unproven theory? How deep will we allow Religion to carry us into places that are false?

I don’t know how Jesus fed 5000 with two fishes and five loaves of bread…but I believe he did. Same with the OT.