Oh, come on, folks. The Bible doesn’t even describe the design of the Ark, except to say that it was as broad abeam as it was long, and was just as high. No reasonable boat has those dimensions.
If you are reading the Bible, you must show some sophistication. Remember that the Bible does not give pictorial descriptions. It does not describe in any sort of detail what Moses looked like, or Adam, or Abraham, or (in the New testament) Jesus. It also never uses accurate numbers for anything except purposes of hyperbole. That is not what the Bible is supposed to do, and you cannot read very far in it without realizing that it is not certain things: it is not a geologic history, not a manual on biology, not a blueprint for boat-building, and not a cookbook.
Pay attention to what the Bible really is telling you — then, it is to be hoped, you will get the message.
Oh, my! You better duck!
==Oh, come on, folks. The Bible doesn’t even describe the design of the Ark, except to say that it was as broad abeam as it was long, and was just as high. No reasonable boat has those dimensions.
You might want to read your Bible before sounding off about things you obviously know nothing about:
Gen. 6:15. “And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
16. “You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Also, you might want to give the following site a read:
http://www.worldwideflood.com/ark/hull_form/hull_optimization.htm
The ark was not designed to be a “boat” in the ordinary sense. It was designed to be an efficient, complicated life raft, and its most important characteristic was that it was impossible to capsize.
Now that you’ve told us all how we should or should not be reading and interpreting the Bible, perhaps you can tell us why we should listen to you?
Are you a Bible scholar? Your degree in theology and Bible history was from what kind of university?