What if Noah made many large circular arks, all over the world, instead of just one?
Building the arks would have involved traveling.
The animals on the arks Noah and family weren’t personally on were manned by enchanted apes and other capable animals or failing that, angels.
The penguins just had natural ice arks, and no worries at all.
What say you? Have I just sent logical thought back 1500 years, or what?
A more plausible Noah’s Arks
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Re: A more plausible Noah’s Arks
Post #11[Replying to 1213 in post #6]
Otherwise we are in agreement.
A square ark is not feasible. Perhaps there was a mistranslated, or later chroniclers just didn't believe it meant square.In that case it would not be anymore what the Bible tells. According to the Bible, there was just one Ark that was square.
This is a poor assumption when you consider unique animals in Madagascar and other parts of the world.And as there was just 8 different kind of humans and now we have about 7 billion different looking humans, we can assume the same with animals.
Otherwise we are in agreement.
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Post #12Why would a square have three varying dimensions?
- Genesis 6:15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
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Post #13It could be an oval.
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Post #14Maybe an ovoid but wouldn't that require more than three dimensions? Something including rates of curvature or some such?
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Post #15[Replying to Tcg in post #14]
The rest he could have left up to Noah.
I don't see why. Major and Minor axis.Maybe an ovoid but wouldn't that require more than three dimensions? Something including rates of curvature or some such?
The rest he could have left up to Noah.
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Post #16That would involve two dimensions then. The tale has God giving Noah three.Willum wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:03 am [Replying to Tcg in post #14]
I don't see why. Major and Minor axis.Maybe an ovoid but wouldn't that require more than three dimensions? Something including rates of curvature or some such?
The rest he could have left up to Noah.
Two too many for a square and one too many for an ovoid.
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Post #17An ark is simply a chest. Noah's ark wasn't a square, though it did have square corners. It was a chest, like the ark of the covenant.Tcg wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:18 pmMaybe an ovoid but wouldn't that require more than three dimensions? Something including rates of curvature or some such?
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Post #18The Biblical god is a screw up merchant if what is attributed to it is correct.bluegreenearth wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:46 amWell, to be fair, it does make sense in one particular context. If you presume an impractical and incompetent God exists, then Noah's ark makes sense.
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Post #19Plausibility sees like a bit of distraction when the premise of an all powerful deity is taken into account. Polar bears travelling to the Ark? God can zap them there. Too many to fit on? God can make room. Ark not sea worthy? Not with God holding it together.
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Post #20Oh my, I didn't think the story could get more absurd.DavidLeon wrote: ↑Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:47 amAn ark is simply a chest. Noah's ark wasn't a square, though it did have square corners. It was a chest, like the ark of the covenant.Tcg wrote: ↑Sun Jul 19, 2020 11:18 pmMaybe an ovoid but wouldn't that require more than three dimensions? Something including rates of curvature or some such?
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