Man builds working replica of Noah's Ark (exact scale given in Bible)

Spirit Daily ^ | October 17, 2009

[NYer]

This is amazing. The wood alone would have cost him a fortune.   
 
Man builds working replica of Noah's Ark (exact scale given in Bible)

In Schagen , Netherlands

The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was opened to the first crowd of curious townsfolk to behold the wonder. Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch creationist, Johan Huibers, as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.

The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high an d 20 cubits wide. That's two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a three-story house.

Life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras, bison and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.


A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine. Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.

Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern tools and with occasional help from his son, Roy. Construction began in May 2005.. On the uncovered top - deck not quite ready in time for the opening - will come a petting zoo, with baby lambs, chickens, goats and one camel.

Visitors on the first day were stunned. 'It's past comprehension', said Mary Louise Starosciak, who happened to be bicycling by with her husband while on vacation when they saw the ark looming over the local landscape.

'I knew the story of Noah, but I had no idea the boat would have been so big ' There is enough space near the keel for a 50-seat film theater where kids can watch a video that tells the story of Noah and his ark. Huibers, a Christian man, said he hopes the project will renew interest in Christianity in the Netherlands , where church-going has fallen dramatically in the past 50 years.

Now that I am old and gray...give me the time to tell this new generation (and their children, too) about all your mighty miracles.
Psalm 71:18

[the invisib1e hand]

appropriate, what with the netherparts’ legacy as shipbuilders and all.

[the invisib1e hand]

that date palm tree on the deck is a nice touch.

I see it's on a barge. I wonder if it would float, if it would be broken to pieces, or what, were it actually placed in the water.

[Alex Murphy]

The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was opened to the first crowd of curious townsfolk to behold the wonder. Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch creationist, Johan Huibers, as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.

Related threads:
Working Replica of Noah's Ark Opens In Schagen, Netherlands (virtually the same article, from 2008)
Hong Kong Christens an Ark of Biblical Proportions [Built as Big as Noah's!]

[djf]

Now he can sell it to the Natives and they can fill it with nickel and quarter machines...

[dalereed]

It would have to be 10 times the size of an aircraft carrier to even come close to being concievable!

[RegulatorCountry]

It would sink. The hull appears to be basic lap siding, and not tightly grained at that. No evidence from interior photos of being made watertight by sealing it with pitch or any other means.

No one really seems to know what “gopher wood” might be in this day and time, so an accurate reconstruction is going to be problematic.

This is not to diminish the man's inspired effort, to make real a Biblical occurrence that is dismissed as myth all too often, especially in that part of the world.

[Niuhuru]

So awesome.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

She’s a big one.

[madison10]

The dimensions are correct, not necessarily the fact that it should go on the high seas. He doesn’t have the vessel covered with pitch yet does he?

[BigIsleGal]

Ultra Sonic 007 says: She’s a big one.

That’s what HE said....

[the invisib1e hand]

It’s instructional for what it shows about scale and proportion, at least.

[Ditter]

An amazing endeavor. I wonder if it would float?

[Lockbar]

Pretty cool, but now he needs to drag it up to a mountain in Turkey and leave it there.

[Lazamataz]

WOW!

[Zionist Conspirator]

Noach is this week's parashah.

[scripter]

Check out the pics.

[ReneeLynn]

Cool! On the specifics, when God tells you to build a boat and intends the creatures of the earth and man to survive He’s quite capable of keeping you afloat. And Noah needn’t have steered. Where was he going?

[Dust in the Wind]

No one really seems to know what “gopher wood” might be

He had sons, when he told them to go fer wood; what they brought back became by extension....nyukyuk

[Reaganesque]

Very cool! I must admit, though, when I first read the headline my mind thought of Bill Cosby exclaiming “WHO’S GONNA CLEAN UP THAT MESS DOWN THERE?”