New Posts For Thread: Building an ark in Kentuckyhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_KentuckyA thread I started a few months ago described how someone is building an ark in Europe. Well, someone from Answers in Genesis is building one in Kentucky now.New Noah's Ark in Ky. aims to prove truth of BibleThere are a handful of replica arks aroundThis is a fact ? Its not even a fact that the Bible states that the ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat; it states the "mountains" of Ararat. There are several to choose from. Maybe everyone's been looking on the wrong mountain.Now, what if wooden tihttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505639851#505639851This is a fact ? Its not even a fact that the Bible states that the ark came to rest on Mt. Ararat; it states the "mountains" of Ararat. There are several to choose from. Maybe everyone's been looking on the wrong mountain.Now, what if wooden tiMon, 22 Aug 2011 11:38:06 -0500The 'ark' cannot be preserved on Mt Ararat, or anywhere else.There was no global flood.The 'ark' as described in the bible could not have survived a global flood if there had been one.The whole story was likely borrowed from Mesopotamian sources conthttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505636005#505636005The 'ark' cannot be preserved on Mt Ararat, or anywhere else.There was no global flood.The 'ark' as described in the bible could not have survived a global flood if there had been one.The whole story was likely borrowed from Mesopotamian sources contMon, 22 Aug 2011 10:07:22 -0500Sure, and I'll even grant you ten kilos of iron (not steel), and small amounts of brass, bronze, copper, and lead. Small amounts. Say 50 kilos total. Before modern technology and the use of explosives in mining, power tools, and modern metallurgicalhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505635793#505635793Sure, and I'll even grant you ten kilos of iron (not steel), and small amounts of brass, bronze, copper, and lead. Small amounts. Say 50 kilos total. Before modern technology and the use of explosives in mining, power tools, and modern metallurgicalMon, 22 Aug 2011 10:03:34 -0500I'm game for letting these jokers pick whatever wood they want, even if it was not specified or available to Noah. Build then. And then I want all you creationist guys and gals get on that boat for its maiden voyage. I'll watch you all go down with thttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505627069#505627069I'm game for letting these jokers pick whatever wood they want, even if it was not specified or available to Noah. Build then. And then I want all you creationist guys and gals get on that boat for its maiden voyage. I'll watch you all go down with tMon, 22 Aug 2011 05:58:03 -0500Some assumptions will have to be a made, for Gopher the most logical canidate should be chosen, in addition more likely the wood you can get at your site, hard wood frame, cedar decking hull.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505619531#505619531Some assumptions will have to be a made, for Gopher the most logical canidate should be chosen, in addition more likely the wood you can get at your site, hard wood frame, cedar decking hull.Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:27:19 -0500No I never said that at all. I was addressing the fact that the ark is still preserved on Mt Ararat, because that’s what the subject matter was about.Yes I am a creationist, yes I am a fundamentalist. However fundamentalism (if we are to use thhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505618421#505618421No I never said that at all. I was addressing the fact that the ark is still preserved on Mt Ararat, because that’s what the subject matter was about.Yes I am a creationist, yes I am a fundamentalist. However fundamentalism (if we are to use thSun, 21 Aug 2011 21:31:45 -0500No I never said that at all. I was addressing the fact that the ark is still preserved on Mt Ararat, because that’s what the subject matter was about.Yes I am a creationist, yes I am a fundamentalist. However fundamentalism (if we are to use thhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505615089#505615089No I never said that at all. I was addressing the fact that the ark is still preserved on Mt Ararat, because that’s what the subject matter was about.Yes I am a creationist, yes I am a fundamentalist. However fundamentalism (if we are to use thSun, 21 Aug 2011 19:16:38 -0500Which is all that the Bible really says about it anyway, when you get right down to it.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505614273#505614273Which is all that the Bible really says about it anyway, when you get right down to it.Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:46:29 -0500Indeed, it most likely did exist, and it was probably big, with lots of animals, and it probably floated for a while before setting down.Not that that helps the YEC story much.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505611373#505611373Indeed, it most likely did exist, and it was probably big, with lots of animals, and it probably floated for a while before setting down.Not that that helps the YEC story much.Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:28:00 -0500Why should anyone say that the Ark never existed?It seems perfectly plausible to me that some neolithic farmer might have saved his family, his livestock and a reasonable selection of local wild fauna from a regional flood in a boat or raft of his owhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/28210493/Building_an_ark_in_Kentucky?post_id=505611065#505611065Why should anyone say that the Ark never existed?It seems perfectly plausible to me that some neolithic farmer might have saved his family, his livestock and a reasonable selection of local wild fauna from a regional flood in a boat or raft of his owSun, 21 Aug 2011 17:19:41 -0500