also it says every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive,fish & sea creatures are not included in this catagory. Dr. Woodmorappe believes that “less than half of the cumulative area of the Ark’s three decks need to have been occupied by the animals and their enclosures.” [p.16] The rest would have been adequate for stores, foodstuffs and the 8 human survivors of the Deluge. These are not unreasonable dimensions. The volume of the interior of the Most Holy was 810 cubic cubits (9 x 9 x 10). Noah’s Example. A tradional cubit used in the later centuries, was about 18 inches long. Thanks for a great comparison. You are narrow-minded regarding religion. Another study found that the Ark was almost impossible to capsize. “And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.” (Genesis 6:15). God gave Noah the dimensions for the Ark in cubits. So what happened after the 16,000 “kind” were loaded? The Ark was only required to be in operation for a year and ten days. You sound like a bully who wins arguments by berating and out shouting others. We trust we have pissed you off. She was sold for scrap in 1893. At approximately 510 feet long, it would take nearly one and a half football fields to equal the Ark’s length. “Use good grammar” how about use correct grammar. In all sincerity, may the Lord continue to bless you with His anointing and wisdom Bro. I now have a different perspective of the Ark. You can be pretty sure the ark did not look like what most of us remember from a nursery picture or from a storybook—a cute boat with a deck full of animals. (signed) ryan; kyllie, emily; jon and leslie. The volume of Noah's Ark was 1,518,000 cubic feet (42,985 cubic meters), which would be equal to 569 of the above pictured cars. This is largely the fault of an all-too-common image of a cute, little bathtub toyArk over-stuffed with adorable animals, often with a pair of giraffes sticking out of the top. Just west of the intersection of KY-36 and I-75 (at exit 154). Explore more about the size of Noah’s Ark at Answers in Genesis. And the Lion will lay down with the lamb. Better luck on your next trolling adventure. | Privacy Policy | Content Policy | Attraction Rules. And yes. I’m sorry you’re so angry. I really don’t have to delete this comment any more than I did the other comment [which I did not delete; I’m simply busy and comments are moderated here because this site is meant for all ages and some trolls are more vile and hateful than others]. It will not fit 2 of every land dwelling creature. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google That’s big enough that NASA could lay three space shuttles—nose to tail—on the Ark’s roof! Noah’s Ark would have floated even with two of every animal in the world packed inside, scientists have calculated. 450 feet. So like we aren’t taking one of every make (chevy, ford, honda, etc) we’re taking two cars. But how much storage space does this amount to? Unfortunately, the exact length of this cubit is unknown.   Williamstown, KY 41097 (see directions) Perhaps when I pray for “non believers” they to will see the miracles of God, I don’t know. Are you sure you’re a xristian? The species we see today came from the animal kinds that went aboard the ark. You are a precocious kid and I would guess your age at 14 at the outside. Hope that helps. we emailed you in order to finish subscribing. Absolutely love your position and your stance! Breeden. Using a conservative short cubit of 18 inches, [meaning that the Ark could well have been larger!] While there was a genetic bottleneck due to the Flood’s drastic reduction of the population [note the drastic reduction in lifespans after the Flood], the human genome remained robust enough that God did not forbid marriage between close relatives until the time of Moses about 845 years later [a span that is about four times as long as the Unites States of America has been around]. https://answersingenesis.org/noahs-ark/how-could-noahs-ark-survive-storm/. Few wooden ships have ever come close to the size of Noah’s Ark. Most Hebrew scholars believe the cubit to have been no less than 18 inches long [45.72 centimeters]. The Ark was an enormous vessel, with the three decks it had a combined area of 101,250 square feet and a capacity of over one and a half million cubic feet. God said 2 of every “kind” of creature. But dog DNA contains tons of specific differences that make all the different types of dogs. Actually, I was an evolutionist for most of my life. Read more here: https://beyondflannelgraph.wordpress.com/noahs-zoo/how-many-animals-were-on-board-the-ark/. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Proportionally, its length was 10 times its height and 6 times its width. Mythology and supperstition from an age when reason and science was condemmed and forbidden. .st1{fill:#EBEBEB;} Dividing this volume of the Most Holy by the volume of the ark of the covenant produces a significant number: 144, a number relating to the church. It’s in your science textbook ironically. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. How Did They Feed All of the Animals on the Ark? Be Watchful - Happy Real Women | Godly Wisdom for Women in a Chaotic World, https://beyondflannelgraph.wordpress.com/noahs-zoo/how-many-animals-were-on-board-the-ark/, https://siriusknotts.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/deflating-dobzhanskys-grand-assumption-or-why-microevolution-does-not-lead-to-macroevolution/, https://beyondflannelgraph.wordpress.com/noahs-zoo/feeding-the-animals/why-didnt-all-of-the-lions-tigers-t-rexes-oh-my-eat-everyone-on-the-ark/, https://beyondflannelgraph.wordpress.com/the-flood/where-did-the-flood-waters-come-from/, https://siriusknotts.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/why-i-am-a-creationist-3/, Simulation Theory and Creationism: More In Common Than You Think, Creation.com’s Argument from Ignorance and Exoplanet GJ 357 d, Christian Transhumanism’s Redemption Problem. That’s hard to picture, but a few illustrations should give you an idea of how big the Ark was. The volume of the ark of the covenant (the only furnishing within the Most Holy) was 5.625 cubic cubits (1½ x 1½ x 2½). ( Log Out /  If a much smaller wooden ship built to a more advanced design than the Ark was considered so unseaworthy as to be taken out of commission after only three years** then it’s most likely that the Ark would not have made it through the first big storm she was in. I can only believe the main reasons are an emotional need and fear, that outwiegh the desire for truth. Before we leave Noah, the ark, and the flood, let us not overlook the example Noah set for us, who are all his children. In today’s measurements, the Ark would be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. Who are we to say God cannot fit all the animals in the ark? An attraction of Answers in Genesis,  2021 Answers in Genesis. What is your basis for right and wrong as an atheist? Of course, “kind” not individual. Get it through your head, dude. They are centuries old and they are valid objections that any thinking man would make. It was as long as a football field goalpost to goalpost and about as wide. He says this … Taking the lower value of the cubit, this gives dimensions in feet of 450 x 75 x 45, which compares with 850 x 92 x 64 for the Titanic. How Did Freshwater Fish Survive the Flood? Noah's Ark (Hebrew: תיבת נח ‎; Biblical Hebrew: Tevat Noaḥ) is the vessel in the Genesis flood narrative (Genesis chapters 6–9) through which God spares Noah, his family, and examples of all the world's animals from a world-engulfing flood. Noah’s Ark is said to have been the largest sea-going vessel ever built until the late nineteenth century. P.S. The ancient Hebrew word for cubit was ammah which seems to have been of Egyptian origin but I can’t understand that, as Egypt would surely only have come into existence after the flood, as all life was destroyed over the whole earth. The gods are silly; vicious; petty and small. It’s called speciation. lets face it, to get 2 of every animal, and give them room to eat, sleep and poo and to keep carnivores away from prey for 40 days and 40 nights it had to be pretty big. Please follow the instructions I don’t like reading it. Thank you very much this is a part That has always made me doubt now I understand thank you for leading me closer to god, Yeah, you have given us all a good laugh here at St Joe. I agree Ryan. Terms of Service apply. God gave the measurements in cubits (roughly the average distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger or about 17 ½ inches) 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high = 437 ft 6 in. Genesis 6:13-22 states that God told Noah that He would send a Flood “to destroy all flesh,wherein is the breath.” He told Noah that he was to “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within andwithout with pitch… The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. No fish. She was put in commission in 1864 and decommissioned in 1867, never seeing active service again. tony, if you had anything near the brains you think you have, you would recognize that my arguments are not original. So the one’s he took “evolved ” into different species? Anyone who purposely resorts to abusive language will be banned from commenting. Just west of the intersection of KY-36 and I-75 (at exit 154). I strive to keep this site family-friendly. We were honestly expecting a [expletive] response on your part, We were not expecting a deletion, but nevertheless, we were not surprised. Are Children Born Atheists? Interestingly, the Hebrew word for Ark (tebah) is used only one other time in the Bible, as the name of the basket that carried baby Moses down the Nile. Snakes and spiders are hard to control. I’ll write a new post to explain that well-worn objection later, but it should be answerable by a quick search in any major creationist site. [It was as long as the Great Pyramid’s height!]. If you are truly confident in your beliefs you don’t have to attack and name call. This means that the Ark would have been at least 450 feet long [137.16 meters], 75 feet wide [22.86 meters] and 45 feet high [13.716000000000001 meters]. Its length was 300 cubits (450 feet, or 135 meters); its width was 50 cubits (75 feet, or 22.5 meters); it had three stories and its height was 30 cubits (45 feet, or 13.5 meters). how big (in feet an inches if your american, or metric if you're civilised), was Noah's ark? Learn how to spell and use good grammar, second there millions of land animal species so in a way evolution is going to happen god created the basic but the basic evolved so once again organized religion is at a loss of words and wrong yet again, I am not at a loss of words. May God have mercy on his ignorance. My filter was set at a more generous level than I thought. The ark was one-and-one-half football fields long (450 feet), 75 feet wide, and four-and-one-half stories tall (45 feet). Ben. This is equal to the total capacity of more than 570 standard stock cars used on a typical railroad. It had a total deck area the size of 36 lawn tennis courts or 20 basketball courts. I, too, was once a sceptic about Christianity. All rights reserved. What’s your point? Her size was 79.2 meters (260 feet) long and 18.3 meters (60 feet) wide with a draught of 8.4 meters (27.5 feet). Given the CURRENT rate of mutation, that’s certainly true; however creationists suggest that the human genome was much more robust back then, coming from Adam’s originally perfect genes [note the long lives of pre-Flood peoples]. Yeah. But when Noah came off the Ark, only one cubit measurement existed—the one he had used to construct the Ark. At this time there were not as many species as today and the animals had to be smaller creatures, likely not full grown. Well, 550 x 91.7 x 55 = 2,773,925 cubic feet. And how was it possible to keep one critter from killing another critter. Have you never wondered why jewgod deliberately planted those trees in eden, told those 2 bare-assed morons not to eat, and then punished them when they did? Over 3.1 million board feet of timber were used in the construction of the Ark. I don’t appreciate your vulgar comments about Jewish people or God or Christianity. The largest wooden ship ever built was HMS Victoria (three decker of 121 guns launched in 1859). Then how do those species survive to this day if they were all killed in the flood? DNA replicates to form copies of itself, if there is a mistake in the DNA it is discarded. Evolution is impossible. So you didn’t delete after all. The longsuffering of God is waiting now, as it did in the days of Noah while Noah prepared the ark … Posted in Earth Digressing Tagged actual size and weight of the ark, Chapter 3 Noah, creational investigation., decks inside the ark, Genesis 6:, God had to help Noah, how big was Noah's ark, hull of the ark, journey across that flood, ninth generation from Adam, Noah, put that evolutionary mentality behind us, size of the ark into feet, tools and technology Noah had Creation: DNA is constantly lost through reproduction, causing corruption and weakening the chain. An older contender is the ancient Greek trireme Tessaronteres. Strung together, they would stretch an amazing five and one-half miles (8.85 kilometers) long! What’s Wrong With Christmas Is What’s Right About Halloween. Did they turn into separate species after the fact? -Bro. So you don’t fear disagreement. It was big enough to contain 522 standard US railroad stock cars! The Ark had the same storage capacity as about 450 standard semi-trailers. A kind falls more or less at the family level of classification [with exceptions]. I have edited Ryan’s comments to eliminate the profanity, but he will be kept on a shorter leash in the future. Kangaroos leap. “Oh cool. [John 10:9; 14:6; Acts 4:12] Yet Jesus is able to save us to the uttermost, as sufficiently and reliably as the biblical Ark [Heb 7:25]. I speak of none other than Mr. Ryan, who would do eternally well to research the Lambs book of life, and scan it for his own name. God gave Noah the dimensions of the Ark as follows: “And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits” (Genesis 6:15). Science Suggests Otherwise. See the rest of my story here: https://siriusknotts.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/why-i-am-a-creationist-3/ The Bible gives a much different picture. My grammar and spelling are immaterial to the discussion; you’re simply being dismissive and insulting. In constructing the life-size Noah’s Ark, we used hundreds of huge beams and logs. But wait! After college, I met a group of Christians and for the first time, heard people pray in unscripted prayers. The actual length of the stockcar is 44 feet (13.4 meters) and has a capacity of 2,670 cubic feet (75.6 cubic meters). What you posted about my Lord & Savior I do know. You denigrating my God does not make me change my mind. This would make the Ark, 450 feet long, 45 feet high, and 75 feet wide. It works for me. That is a small matter in his eyes. This means that the Ark would have been at least 450 feet long [137.16 meters], 75 feet wide [22.86 meters] and 45 feet high [13.716000000000001 meters]. Evolution explains how each and every creature, kind, and species all evolved from one original single-celled organism. Which means every dog that lives today came from one “original” kind of dog… On this point, both creation and evolution agree. You weren’t much of a challenge. “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. My suggestion would be that you close your bible and go educate yourself for the first time in your life. 150 yards. One possible challenger is the Chinese treasure ships of Zheng He in the 1400s. In fact, the Ark has the same proportions as a modern cargo ship. The Egyptian Royal Cubit was 529mm which makes the Ark 158.7m long by 26.45m wide by 15.87m high (520 feet 8 inches long by 86 feet 9.3 inches wide by 52 feet 0.8 inches high in the old British imperial system) which is about 21m longer than the 457.2mm (18″) cubit, which works out at 137.16m long (450 feet long etc.) According to Dr. Max D. Younce, who says by his calculations from Genesis 6:15 that the ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet deep. This not a smart god. That’s big enough that NASA could lay three space shuttles—nose to tail—on the ark’s roof! And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.”. It’s sick. The ruler these people give allegiance to( whether they realize it or not) is the one with the lower case g. I may be brainwashed, but I’m also blood washed. I don’t have to defend myself or my faith before any man. Thanks, this gave me an answer to my question, Pingback: Be Watchful - Happy Real Women | Godly Wisdom for Women in a Chaotic World, The Egyptian Royal Cubit was 529mm which makes the Ark 158.7m long by 26.45m wide by 15.87m high (520 feet 8 inches long by 86 feet 9.3 inches wide by 52 feet 0.8 inches high in the old British imperial system) which is about 21m longer than the 457.2mm (18″) cubit, which works out at 137.16m long (450 feet long etc.). That’s hard to picture, but a few illustrations should give you an idea of how big the Ark was. Rabbit DNA will only make more rabbit DNA, it will never make turtle DNA. At approximately 510 feet long, it would take nearly one and a half football fields to equal the Ark’s length. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It is described in the New Testament letter to the Hebrews as containing Aaron’s rod, a jar of manna and the first Torahs scroll as written by Moses.. “That is an awfull lot of Gopher wood !”. This simple illustration goes a long way to sink the false image of the bathtub Arks that grace our Sunday school walls! One of the things we do at some of our presentations is a balloon experiment. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. You have to be an idiot if you think 17 million land animals can fit into 450x75x45. The jew god lost his mind and threw a fit. I’ve successfully debated atheists and I’m always amused when they tell me what I should or should not do or believe. How Big was the Ark? You have to delete this–you have no choice. See the picture below of the ark behind a one story house. He didn’t say 2 sharks, 2 doves etc… So if you think about it now, there was plenty of room. God’s blueprints were more than adequate! I have answered you. Privacy Policy and In today’s measurements, the Ark would be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. It requires helium balloons, ribbon, a measuring tape and calm weather. Wherever the Israelites camped, the Ark was always placed in a special tent referred to as the Tabernacle. ( Log Out /  We wanted to add just one more thing. It certainly doesn’t make you sound more credible. Some scholars think tebah is more accurately translated “lifeboat.” The Ark was certainly the only lifeboat available to survive the judgment of the Flood. 3 Dimensional (Video) 2 Dimensional (Diagram) Anomaly at 300ns ; Discovery of the Ark. I read through previous comments and must say, there are some who are extremely critical and fearful of Someone they neither know or believe in. Evolution: DNA is constantly lost through reproduction, causing corruption and weakening the chain. Just because you don’t agree doesn’t make us wrong. At 18 inches per cubit, the ark would be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide (1½ times the length and half the width of a football field) and 45 feet high—one of the largest wooden boats ever built. Life-Size Noah's Ark To Open Amid A Flood Of Skepticism The replica opens in Williamstown, Ky., this week. Your comment is disgusting trash filth. Spent too much time in Space science and I guess I should have kept my feet on the ground. God can do great and impossible things. He can fit every animal on the ark. The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high… A cubit is an imprecise measurement, something like the distance between an adult man’s elbow and the end of his fingers…around 18 inches, or 46 centimeters. Answers to your various objections given here are given on my other site: http:defgen.org. The Ark was twice as long as an early Boeing 747-100B airliner. Why any one would accept such hairbrained stories from the bible instead of looking to science for the answere is beyond me. Remember, they laughted at Noah, scoffed at his warnings, called him ignorant and gullible, but a the end of the day- Noah floated while the atheist, agnostics, and nonbelievers had a different view of the situation. A lot of people have serious reservations as to whether the Ark Noah built was big enough to hold all of the animals God sent him to save from the world-wide Flood. Just playing devils advocate. Some of the center supporting logs are more than 3 feet in diameter and nearly 50 feet long! (If we take the smallest measurement of a cubit, 17 inches, we end up with 1,278,825 cubic feet). Tony’s has obviously been brainwashed since birth and that has corrupted his thinking process to the point that he could not accept the truth no matter what proof was shown to him.The bible is a fairy tale, as is the god it represents. That’s big enough that NASA could lay three space shuttles—nose to tail—on the Ark’s roof! But sometimes DNA accidently corrupts in a good way, making the creature stronger. × 72 ft 11 in. OKay, so it’s a little lame for an example. How big was the ark? As there was only one door on the Ark, Christ is the only Way by which men can be saved from the judgment to come! How Long Did It Take Noah To Build the Ark? With 120 years and information provided by God to construct the Ark (Genesis 6:3; 14-16), Noah did not build a child’s toy; it was a huge barge, meant to float for months in an open sea. It was taller than a 3 story building. It was a ship of over 43,000 tons, and nearly equal in size to the Titanic. But you are neither a thinker nor a man. So, 42 feet plus an extra 8 feet for comfort and clearance equals 50 feet per level of the Ark. I’m college educated and I rejected evolutionary theory because pure naturalism [upon which the theory] is based is self-refuting. Every thing on earth has its own specific DNA code. If you stood the Ark up on its end, it would have been as tall as the Great Pyramid of Giza. At her 1992 refit, USS Constitution (53 meters/175 feet waterline length) had 13 inches (33 cm) of hogging. The total volume of Noah's Ark, with an 18 inch cubit, was roughly 1.5 million cubic feet (42,475 cubic meters). A Babylonian and Egyptian cubit was two feet long, and a very ancient version used to measure distance was about four feet long. In Jesus precious Name, Amen. As for storms, do you seriously think creationists have not considered that argument?? They knew God. Within kinds of animals, say dogs, you start with dog DNA and you end with dog DNA. Very well said & God Bless you. 360 Feet—More than 1¼ Football Fields. The life-size Noah’s Ark is the largest timber frame building in the world. 57 years and I finally get it. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. I would encourage doubters to pray and ask God if He’s real. This well-intended Sunday School image stays with us as adults. In his book, Noah’s Ark: A Feasibility Study, John Woodmorappe has offered that only about 16,000 animals would have been needed to fulfill God’s command to bring in two [or seven of the “clean” animals] of every land-dwelling, air-breathing animal, creeping thing and winged creatures. Ryan why do you get so nasty and profane? Very clearly explained and invulnerable to any weapon formed against it. The Ark is near the maximum size known to be possible for a wooden vessel. However, before the Hebrews, the cubit was a much larger figure. If you'd like a classroom activity for Christian schools, you can show your students how big Noah's Ark was by measuring it out on your school grounds or in a large park. Serious question. Based on an 18-inch cubit, that would make the Ark 450 feet long (the length of one and one half football fields), 75 feet wide, and 45 feet tall. Not fish….. Really why would a fish need safe harbor in a flood same for all the marine mammals stop talking please. You're almost done! So 5400 inches. In board feet (laid end to end) there is enough timber in the Ark construction to go from Williamstown, Kentucky to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Why Don’t We See Dinosaurs in Most Paintings of Noah’s Ark? Yes, the created kinds speciated into the animals we see today [except the ones that went extinct obviously], No.

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