Quote:Original post by Chokki
mount everest is higher now than it has ever been before, because the tectonic plates that form that mountain range have pushed each other up to make the mountain taller. Rewind the clock several thousand/hundred thousand years, and the earth is not to deviant from sea level as it is now. not as much water is required to flood the earth.

Any way you slice it, that is still a substantial amount of water that has magically been produced and destroyed, more than water vapour can account for.

Quote:Original post by Mithrandir
Yeah I mathematically debunked Noahs ark in the huge thread. The biblicans jumped on me and said that God made it so that the animals didn't need food.

Makes you wonder why, if He can make animals survive without food at will, He didn't just make them all amphibians for a hundred and fifty days.

Not only would that appear to have been easier on him (and even though He's omnipotent, He needs His rest after doing magic), it would also be much easier afterwards. You need somewhat more than 5 individuals to maintain a healthy gene pool (note: for each clean animal, at least 2 of the original 7 were offered as a burnt sacrifice -- Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it).

Noah's certainly an impressive guy. Not only did he collect 2 or 7 members of every non-aquatic species now living in just seven days, he also orchestrated the burning of several million animals. If were Noah, I'd have used the ark to build the fire.

Quote:Original post by OpenGL_Guru
Well if the ark is confirmed as Noah's Ark then there is more reason for unbelievers to really consider the existance of God.

No, that doesn't really make sense. The ark can't be confirmed as Noah's Ark. At most it can be confirmed as an ancient gigantic naval zoo which is consistent with the Genesis account, and it should hardly be surprising that a boat of such Biblical proportions (if you'll excuse the phrase) would be recorded by people of the time.

But even if a boat consistent with the Genesis account existed, that wouldn't prove the rest of the Genesis account correct. The Lord of the Rings claims stars exist, and they do. This doesn't mean Sauron exists.

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Furthermore if you come to the conclusion that God does exist and that he indeed made the earth, space and everything else then i dont think it would take too much effort on Gods part to flood the whole world.. do you?

It would be silly to say "these people say God flooded the Earth, and he could certainly have done that, therefore God flooded the Earth." It wouldn't take too much effort on God's part to turn the moon into blancmange. That doesn't mean you should believe me if I claim that he did.

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If you dont believe that he exists and are unwilling to believe regardless if this is truly Noah's Ark or not then no proof will never be enough anyway right?

The existence of an infeasibly large boat does not prove the global flood myth. There are other explanations which are compatible with all the other evidence, which strongly implies there was no global flood. Similarly, one might come across a Viking boat burial and conclude that the Vikings had boats which could sail across land, although there is a far better explanation which is consistent with the fact that that would be impossible.

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Its also interesting to note that the stone and rock found in and around the siting contains fossils to indicate that the mountain was at one time at least covered by sea..Smithsonian tests on pieces of petrified wood suggest fossilized sea animals were buried inside which is interesting and i look forward to what other clues this expedition, research and photos bring.

Boats in the sea. Who would have thought it? [grin]