... , geology or history, which indicate a worldwide flood that wiped out all but eight people. For many reasons the account of Noah given in the book of Genesis simply cannot be literally or historically true. One obvious problem results from the building of the boat itself. According to the Bible, the Ark had dimensions of 300 cubits by 50 cubits by 30 cubits tall. This is four times ... existed to build a wooden ship of that size that could withstand the stresses of the open sea. The defects of such large wooden ships was the major reason why the world's navies turned to steel ships befor...

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... pair of each unclean animal "kind," and seven pair of every "kind" of bird. The ark was to measure 450 by 75 by 45 feet, over four times the size of any boat built then (1). Wooden boats of that size did not have the technology to take on the stresses of the ocean. Wooden ships are known to leak and need to constantly be pumped. Noah ... 's two major tasks were collecting all the animals and keeping them under control while on the ark. The likelihood of Noah being able to ... because people are usually exposed to religion as soon as they are born; evolution may not be exposed to individ...

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... his family with a pair of every living animal on a big ship that we call the ark. As a child it is fun to let your imagination run wild with this story. Trying to imagine this huge boat could carry all the animals in the earth on it, Noah, and his family is quite fun and as a child your ... imagination can run wild. However, as one gets older it is harder to imagine such a feat. Was this really a true story? Why would God kill everyone in the entire earth but save ... to a young child is highly un-logical to someone who is older and has had more time to think about such things. The flo...

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