Did you know that Noah's Ark tale from the Bible has a similar origin to a Hindu folklore?
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Yes I did know that the  story of the Flood has been told by several different sources, but it is not a myth as there is proof that the globe was flooded, shels have been found on dry land,  bits of the Ark were found on Mount Ararat! and of course as you mention the tale came out again through several sources in the world from religious sorces as well as non religious sorces
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My favorite bible story is Noah's Ark--What a demonstration of God's unconditional love and such a logical story to say the least. The fact that two of every kind unclean animal and seven of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate were able to live in a boat for 40 days outside their natural habitat and survive. The fact that Noah, his family, and all the animals were able to live peacefully on the boat for 40 days and nights without having a serious waste contamination and water borne illnesses. And oh the unconditional love of God outpouring on his creation as he let it rain and rain and rain for forty days and nights, "To wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made." Genesis 7:4 What Grace and Compassion!
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I appreciate that you are asking this question to make people think... but it's my opinion that it is a hopeless cause.  People that believe in the Noah's Ark story are already ignoring vast amounts of common sense.\n\nHow could anyone build a boat big enough to house all the species that we know exists and be sea-worthy?  How did certain animals end up on some continents, but not others?  How did animals migrate to Australia?  Where did they get their food on the ark?  How did all the vegetation survive the drowning?  The questions go on and on, and there are few (if any) reasonable answers to explain them.\n\nGood luck in your efforts to make people use a little common-sense.
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While I don't place any stock in the Biblical creation story, it is silly to say that Adam belonged to any religion whatsoever. There were no religions at the time stated in the Bible. Even Judaism didn't start until Abraham.
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Of course the Bible is true. Noah's Ark was powered by twin-engine Cummins diesels. And Noah's old lady used to water-ski behind it. Any other questions?
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Stories like the one given by 'Neptune' can be found in the Hindu scriptures too.\nThis can not be denied 100%\n\nThis is possible as aliens can visit us from time to time and in Hinduism it is believed that God incarnates from time to time to put the world in order as well as:-\nGod is usually depicted in blue. Unlike humans\nGod usually has 4 arms and holds weapons.\nGod appears from nowhere and disappears.\nGod can not be defeated by any human.\nGod has superpowers of sight, hearing etc.\nGod controls the Sky, the earth and the underworld.\nGod controls weapons of mass destruction. \n\nWhat if God is from an Alien race that keeps an eye on us and puts us back on the straight and narrow by getting rid of the 'dead wood' i.e. those that do not make a positive contribution in human society. We all know who is doing this at present in the name of God.
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in the FLOOD mentioned in Genesis...
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Searching for the Ark\n\nSince the 19th century, there have been numerous attempts to find the ark on the mountains of Ararat. These mountains have two prominent peaks, one 16,950 feet  high and the other 12,840 feet. The higher of the two is perpetually covered by snow. Because of the climatic changes that followed the Flood, the ark would soon have been buried by snow. Some investigators firmly believe that the ark is still there, buried deep in a glacier. They claim that there have been periods when the ice melted sufficiently to permit part of the ark to be exposed temporarily.\n\nThe book In Search of Noah’s Ark quotes George Hagopian, an Armenian, who claimed that he climbed Mount Ararat and saw the ark in 1902 and again in 1904. On the first visit, he said, he actually climbed on top of the ark. “I stood up straight and looked all over the ship. It was long. The height was about forty feet [12 m].” Regarding his observation on his subsequent visit, he said: “I didn’t see any real curves. It was unlike any other boat I have ever seen. It looked more like a flat-bottomed barge.”\n\nFrom 1952 to 1969, Fernand Navarra made four efforts to find evidence of the ark. On his third trip to Mount Ararat, he worked his way to the bottom of a crevasse in a glacier, where he found a piece of black wood embedded in the ice. “It must have been very long,” he said, “and perhaps still attached to other parts of the ship’s framework. I could only cut along the grain until I split off a piece about five feet [1.5 m] long.”\n\nProfessor Richard Bliss, one of several experts who examined the wood, said: “The Navarra wood sample is a structural beam and impregnated with bituminous pitch. It has mortise and tenon joints. And it’s definitely hand-hewn and squared.” The estimated age of the wood was set at about four or five thousand years.\n\nAlthough efforts have been made to find the ark on Mount Ararat, the definite proof that it was used to survive a cataclysmic deluge exists in the written record of that event in the Bible book of Genesis. \n\nThe ark had a carrying capacity equal to that of 10 freight trains of about 25 American boxcars each!
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Sura - 71 Noah\nOrder Of Revelation 71, Verses: 28\n \n\n[71:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful \n\n[71:1] We sent Noah to his people: "You shall warn your people before a painful retribution afflicts them." \n\n[71:2] He said, "O my people, I am a manifest warner to you. \n\n[71:3] "To alert you that you shall worship GOD, reverence Him, and obey me. \n\n[71:4] "He will then forgive you your sins and respite you for a predetermined period. Most assuredly, GOD's appointment can never be delayed, once it is due, if you only knew." \n\n[71:5] He said, "My Lord, I have invited my people night and day. \n\n[71:6] "But my invitation only increased their aversion. \n\n[71:7] "Whenever I invited them to be forgiven by You, they placed their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their clothes, insisted, and turned arrogant. \n\n[71:8] "Then I invited them publicly. \n\n[71:9] "Then I proclaimed to them loudly, and I spoke to them privately. \n\n[71:10] "I said, `Implore your Lord for forgiveness; He is Forgiving. \n\n[71:11] " `He will then shower you generously with rain. \n\n[71:12] " `And provide you with money and children, and orchards, and streams.' " \n\n[71:13] Why should you not strive to reverence GOD? \n\n[71:14] He is the One who created you in stages. \n\n[71:15] Do you not realize that GOD created seven universes in layers? \n\n[71:16] He designed the moon therein to be a light, and placed the sun to be a lamp. \n\n[71:17] And GOD germinated you from the earth like plants. \n\n[71:18] Then He returns you into it, and He will surely bring you out. \n\n[71:19] GOD made the earth habitable for you. \n\n[71:20] That you may build roads therein. \n\n[71:21] Noah said, "My Lord, they disobeyed me, and followed those who were even more corrupted when blessed with money and children. \n\n[71:22] "They schemed terrible schemes. \n\n[71:23] "They said, `Do not abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd, Suwaa`, Yaghouth, Ya`ooq, and Nasr.' \n\n[71:24] "They misled many. Therefore, let the wicked plunge deeper into loss." \n\n[71:25] Because of their sins they were drowned and assigned to the hellfire. They found no helpers to protect them from GOD. \n\n[71:26] Noah also said, "My Lord, do not leave a single disbeliever on earth. \n\n[71:27] "For if you let them, they will only mislead your servants and give birth to nothing but wicked disbelievers. \n\n[71:28] "My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and anyone who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. But do not give the disbelievers anything but annihilation." \n\nhttp://www.submission.org/suras/sura71.html
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Since Noah's ark never existed it would be very hard for anything to be on it.\n\nNoah's Ark was an old Babylonian myth that the Jews adopted into their own religion when they were enslaved by the Babylonians. It never actually happened, it is just a story.\n\nAs for Kent Hovind, the man is both a fraud and liar. That is all that needs to be said of him.
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The answer to your question can be found in Genesis Chapter 6. The reason for the deluge or flood was because GOD saw that the earth was wicked and full of violence. Due to the size of the Ark, it would have taken many years to construct and during this time Humans were given the opportunity to aid Noah and seek refuge in the ark. According to the Bible only Noah and his immediate family heeded GOD'S warning. And they were spared, while the wicked drowned. The Bible also goes on to state, that after the flood waters had reseeded, in Genesis 9:12, that GOD made a covenant with man that the earth will never be destroyed by a flood again. The Rainbow is GOD's reminder of that promise to man.\n\nAS FAR AS THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT BEING ONLY A STORY..EXPLAIN WHY EVERY CULTURE REGARDLESS OF RELIGION  HAS A FLOOD STORY!!!
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No, Noah and his family were only one race and stayed that way until today.  the flood was locale and killed all except Noah and his family.  Other races were all around and alive before and after the flood.  there is Asia kingdoms that date their kings back before the flood and all though it.\nif you look up the word "world" in a Strong's you'll find that it means "land", "nation", or "country".  this tells us that God put Adam and Eve on the earth and also other "Adam and Eve's" of other races.
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Ok, i got 2 good ones. The story aboout Balaal and the talking donkey at Numbers 22; 28- 35\nAlso Absalom getting stuck in the tree from his hair at 2 Samuel 18; 9\n\nHere's some more doozies;  Jacob dressing up and getting hairy like Esau in Genesis 27; 15 - 40\nIsraelites disobeying Moses about the manna provision and getting worms in their food at Exodus 16; 19 and 20\nMy personal favorite is Exodus 32; 24 where Aaron is explaining to Moses how he took the jewelry from the people , threw it into the fire , and the golden calf happened to come out on its own. What he really did is mentioned at verse 4.
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I think that in the book of Genesis, it does mention a "Behemoth" of some ilk- with an enormous tail (ergo, it could not have been an elephant).\n\nAdditonal notes:\n\nIt is in the story of Noah and the ark, where it makes this reference.
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LOL sorry I wasn't aware of that relic. Has it been scientifically studied? Or is it off limits to everyone like the ark in ethiopia?\nHell, we could do that, then implant it in a virgin and bingo, homemade holyman. I guess scientists work in mysterious ways too. LOL
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I've heard that theory. There are books about it, and it was covered on a History channel program, also. But remember, it is only a theory based on an ancient cultural legend.\nOthers have proposed that the ark is either under the Temple in Jerusalem or under Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland, hidden there by Freemasons who found it during Temple excavations during the Crusades. As you can see, there are more than one theories. \nIntriguing, no? But only the SWAG method of theorizing (Simply a Wild-Assed Guess).
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Some people take the Bible literally. These people are called fundamentalists. But other Christians see much metaphor in the Bible and story-telling that contains a moral point to it. I possess no doctorate degree in theology, but it shows how much Noah cared not just for his family he was saving but wanted to save the animals from God's wrath as well. It shows his compassion. That's one of the things you get out of the story of Noah and his ark, but there are many more lessons to be learned from that story too besides that one.\n\nAlso, it should be noted that if an interesting story with a moral point to it in the Bible can be proved to not have happened it does not prove that therefore there is no God.