Johan Huibers just finished a building a new ark that is even bigger than his original one, pictured here.
Posted on 07/01/2011 8:03:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
Johan Huibers just finished a building a new ark that is even bigger than his original one, pictured here.
It turns out somebody actually knows what a cubit is. Because one man converted the Biblical measurements to create a scale model of Noah's ark. And it's big. Really big.
Johan Huibers of the Netherlands had a dream in 1991 that Holland was flooding. Three years and $1.6 million later, Huibers has a shiny new tourist attraction. The boat, which is as long as football field and four stories high, will be opened to the public as a tourist attraction with a religious message.
The ship can hold 1,500 people, but not two of every animal. Instead, he's opted for life-size plastic replicas of elephants, giraffes and others to adorn the decks. The animals that will make the voyage? The ones that can fit into a petting zoo and an aviary, which will be held on the top deck.
Huibers previously built an ark half the size of his most recent project. He was able to use the money gained from entrance fees to finance the full-scale boat.
He hopes to sail down the Thames River and dock in London for the 2012 Olympics.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsfeed.time.com ...
Yeah, I covered that. You would have to bring millions of pounds of prey animals to feed all the predators for 40 days and 30 nights.
It is a neat story. It doesn’t pass the reality test on any basis you want to analyze it. True believers don’t care. Everything that fails to pass rational analysis is a miracle or “just is”.
That’s OK. I’m stubborn too. We all believe what we want. That’s how faith works.
Everybody I know says everybody who does not agree with their sole interpretation of the bible is going to hell. I have yet to run into 2 Christians who agree on their interpretations on every single line and word in the bible. It looks like only one of us is going to Heaven. God is going to be very lonely if these people are right.
Alternatively, the big cats would have wiped out most of the other animals during those 40 days.
Note: this topic is from 07/01/2011. Thanks marshmallow.an update:
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Note: this topic is from 07/01/2011. Thanks marshmallow.an update:
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