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this would make the story stupid. why wouldnt he need to build such a big ark and put animals and birds on it if the could just go where it wasnt flooding. it took him a year to build. it would take a lot less time to just walk to were it was not going to flood.
the story already is unbelievable, better that is believable then "stupid".
The fact that there is just so much that is wrong with the global flood makes it overwhelmingly unlikely as a key explanation for the world's geology.
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this would make the story stupid. why wouldnt he need to build such a big ark and put animals and birds on it if the could just go where it wasnt flooding. it took him a year to build. it would take a lot less time to just walk to were it was not going to flood.
It also doesn't make sense to ask legends to be logical. Logic ruins many a good story.
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It would have had to be more than a few hundred acres. Noah ended up at a elevation of around 5000 feet above sea level.
As far as I know there is no proof for the biblical Mt Ararat being the same as the one in Turkey. For all it's worth it could have been a 50 ft high hill nearby where Noah started from.
this would make the story stupid. why wouldnt he need to build such a big ark and put animals and birds on it if the could just go where it wasnt flooding. it took him a year to build. it would take a lot less time to just walk to were it was not going to flood.
I agree that makes a lot of sense - but it was more like 100 years it took him wasn't it I'm sure he would have been furious if he found out that he didn't really have to do it.
I agree that makes a lot of sense - but it was more like 100 years it took him wasn't it I'm sure he would have been furious if he found out that he didn't really have to do it.
Was Abraham furious when he found out he didn't have to sacrifice Isaac?
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Bump. Actually, all threads linked on the first page should be bumped, really.
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Let me just say I would not have been. Dont forget there were different dynamics surrounding each case.
Different how?
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