Jovial Monk wrote on Oct 10
th, 2023 at 7:46am:
Noah’s Ark, with kangaroos, wallabies, pademelons etc etc. I have had idiots on Twitter tell me solemnly that that was so. How can you believe in utter nonsense like that...
For anybody who'd like to read a total refutation of
the absurd Noah's Ark story, check out
THIS site.
Rational interpretations of Genesis:
God is unhappy with the wickedness of man and
decides to flood the earth to eliminate mankind. All
living things including plants, animals, women and
innocent children are also exterminated.
The size of Noah’s Ark was such that there would be
about one and a half cubic feet for each pair of the
2,000,000 to 5,000,000 species to be taken aboard.
The flood covered the entire earth at the same time.
There is no evidence of a worldwide flood, but rather
of many, widespread, but local floods.
The flood covered the earth with water fifteen cubits
(twenty plus feet) above the highest mountains.This
would require steady, worldwide rainfall at the rate of
about 6"/minute, 360"/hour, 720ft./day for 40 days
and nights, so as to cover the entire earth with an
endless ocean 5 miles deep, thus burying 29,000 ft.
Mount Everest under 22 ft. of water. How did the
author know the depth of the water? Did Noah take
soundings? And where has all this water gone?
Noah’s first recorded action following the flood is to
sacrifice one of every clean animal and bird. Since so
few animals were saved, this could be considered
rather wasteful and defeating—especially given that
the stated purpose of taking the animals aboard the
Ark was to keep them alive!