Genesis Chapter 6
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
15 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.
16 A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
No magic rocks mentioned...
No mind you I respond against my better judgment, in hopes of an actual answer in the same fashion, with actual citations instead your typical Mormon wild goose chase...
So your turn give me something beyond “I say so” or “if you really look for it...”
You can see that it is pitched inside and out so it doesn’t look at all like the commonly seen “Noah’s Ark”. It would be all around black. There’s no central house above the gunwale. That part is only a cubit higher than the gunwale. http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/attachments/fiberglass-composite-boat-building/46367-need-help-replacing-gunwale-finish-al_boat_repair.jpg
Keep in mind that Ark in the story is essentially a barge: “basket” or “box”: http://concordances.org/hebrew/8392.htm
It might have looked like a barge with most of the “cargo” below the waterline: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/P%C3%A9nicheRecyclageFerrailles2008De%C3%BBle2.jpg/220px-P%C3%A9nicheRecyclageFerrailles2008De%C3%BBle2.jpg
It would look more like the Monitor, but without the central turret. It might also look like the Merrimac, but only 18-20” above the gunwale. http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/ironclads_battle_2.jpg
Both of which have a certain submarine look.
For certain it doesn’t look like this: http://www.barcelonareporter.com/img_uploads/Noahs_Ark_found_in_Turkey.jpg
or this: http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/P1-AP467_Noah2_G_20090413175410.jpg
or this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Noahs_Ark.jpg/200px-Noahs_Ark.jpg
It was black and designed with a roof only 18” above the gunwale.
Check out the Hebrew. Gopher wood? Rooms? Pitch? Window (this is the lighted stone)? We don’t know accurately what Gopher wood is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_wood It is quite literally a unique word. There isn’t another like it in the Bible or in Hebrew. It might very well have been a unique item made especially for Noah by God, similar to the big fish that ate Jonah.
Here’s the word for “rooms” (nests): http://concordances.org/hebrew/7064.htm
“pitch”: http://concordances.org/hebrew/3724.htm
“cubit” - this is usually interpreted as the length of the king’s arm, but who does Noah go to to measure this? Is it the length of Jehovah’s arm? http://concordances.org/hebrew/520.htm
Remember it is described as 30 cubits high from bottom to top. Does that include the cubit above the gunwale? Where’s the water line? It’s open to interpretation. Remember this is a craft designed and graced by God.
Here’s the miracle stone: tsohar: http://concordances.org/hebrew/6672.htm It glows like the noonday sun.
So given the above the Ark of Noah very much could look like this: https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR7FU2vO3LDiHfZ5eMa42nlqwTwqize0Dd7Rb9o0gGJo2DCs8LYQw
As an aside, don’t disparage the things of God. His miracles are distinct from magic. Magic is false and you’re being intentionally derogatory. If we’re to have a conversation I expect, if not Christian, than American common courtesy.
