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04-28-2007, 03:27 PM
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"I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death." Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. |
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04-28-2007, 03:57 PM
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Wankers. Maybe gawd smote them for working on the holy day. "I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death." Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. |
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04-28-2007, 04:00 PM
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"They all float down here."
Whoever gets that reference gets a cookie. That story is hilarious. |
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04-28-2007, 04:01 PM
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I got IT...I got IT!!!!!!!!
Where's my cookie? "I do not intend to tiptoe through life only to arrive safely at death." Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. |
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04-28-2007, 04:06 PM
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 You get a whole box of cookies! :D |
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04-28-2007, 04:08 PM
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Thanks!
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04-28-2007, 04:24 PM
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On the Dutch guy's half length model...
Is that thing even a boat? It doesn't appear to have a continuous keel, it looks like a building built to resemble an ark. And of course... it's half the length of the one described in genesis. I would LOVE for someone to actually attempt to build a full size Noah's Ark... with period technology and everything... and then try to put it to sea! What really annoys me, though... is the kid gloves these things are treated with... How was it built? Is it even a boat? It should be common knowledge that a boat of this size could not be built as described in the bible. But no... the people are kept ignorant. |
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04-28-2007, 04:36 PM
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Ah! Here we go... from another article:
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/disp...p?story=175770 "As described in Genesis, Noah used "gopher wood" to build his ark. Johan's Ark is constructed with American cedar and Norwegian pine - on top of a seaworthy steel hull." I guess he interpreted "And thou shalt covereth the wood with pitch" as "Steel ship covered with wood 4 teh win!" |
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04-28-2007, 04:39 PM
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Noah’s Ark
50x30x300 cubits = 450,000 cubic cubits Width Hgt Length 75x 45x 450 = 1,518,750 cu ' total for 18" cubit 112.5x67.5x 675 = 5,125,781.25 cu ' total for 27" cubit From Wiki: 55.0 m (180.4 ft) Syracusia Ca. 240 BC The Greek ship Syracusia is claimed to be the largest transport ship of antiquity. It was designed by Archimedes and built around 240 BC by Archias of Corinth on the orders of Hieron II of Syracuse. 103 m (338 ft) 13.4 m (44 ft) Pretoria 1900-1905 sunk An American barge built for use on the Great Lakes. To strengthen its wooden frame and hull, it included steel keelson plates, chords, arches, and also was diagonally strapped with steel. A donkey engine powered a pump to keep its interior dry. Consider a boat with no propulsion, no rudder and a flat bottom, 450 to 675 feet long floating on a stormy sea for 115 days, the first 40 of which were the very worst storm that ever visited the Earth. I hereby dispute claims that models have shown adequate strength and minimal deformation in high seas for a barge the size of Noah’s. "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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04-28-2007, 04:47 PM
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But.....if you build it, they will come :(
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04-28-2007, 04:50 PM
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Nevermind. :bop: "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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04-28-2007, 04:51 PM
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All right... check out these pictures on a Dutch web site... Please don't point out that it's in Dutch... I can't read Dutch either... just look at the pictures.
http://www.arkvannoach.com/themakingof.htm This thing is astonishingly huge, but it's obviously an ark shaped building on top of a steel barge. The ark described in genesis is TWICE as long. I dare anyone, with a straight face... to say some old coot and his 3 sons with no experience in shipbuilding could have pulled that off. |
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04-28-2007, 04:57 PM
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Since the largest barge built, requiring iron which God hates, was only 338 ft long, the ark never existed. "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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04-28-2007, 05:05 PM
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I would gladly pay $10 to see that "boat" with 1/5 of the animals (even baby ones which would not have been babies after 115 days at sea) as specified in the Noah story! The guy is a bugwit. "Those who most loudly proclaim their honesty are least likely to possess it." "Atheism: rejecting all absurdity." S.H. "Reality, the God alternative" |
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