Dinosaurs on the Ark?

[-57]

2 Peter 3
In the last days mockers will come.
They deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Quite the biblical prediction....and to think some of those predicted are christians who deliberately forget.

 

[HighCherub]

Noah's Ark is measured, literally, in the Bible.

His ark is perhaps large enough to hold the species of the region, but certainly not the world, and less so if you want to include dinosaurs.

Fundamentalists want an ark so limited in size carrying every species on Earth- and that's just plain impossible.
They want a flood that covers the whole Earth, but lack a big enough boat to save each creature.


And that's why you don't take certain things in the Bible literally_

 

[-57]

Take your best guess.

Exodus 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Exodus 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

Some of the christians here disqualify the physical possibility of feeding the animals...what will they think about the miraculous.

 

[Lily of Valleys]

2 Peter 3
In the last days mockers will come.
They deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

Apparently apostle Peter also believed that the flood that destroyed the world did actually happen.

 

[-57]

Noah's Ark is measured, literally, in the Bible.

His ark is perhaps large enough to hold the species of the region, but certainly not the world, and less so if you want to include dinosaurs.

Fundamentalists want an ark so limited in size carrying every species on Earth- and that's just plain impossible.
They want a flood that covers the whole Earth, but lack a big enough boat to save each creature.


And that's why you don't take certain things in the Bible literally_

In your post you said....Fundamentalists want an ark so limited in size carrying every species on Earth-

I think you should re-read the post from yesterday which clearly explains the animals on the ark as well as dinosaurs.....EpiscipalMe in asked a similar question and I also referred them to yesterdays post.

After reviewing the post, if you still have any concerns, ask.

 

[-57]

Lets keep the language PG please. We are adults after all.

Then please post like one....you can use my real name...-57. Not lobster guy.

Just for the record...it was handed to you.

 

[-57]

There is nothing in Genesis about Noah traveling the earth collecting eggs and then setting up incubators on the ship.

Are you saying that an egg laying animal could not have traveled to the ark....then laid the eggs? OR.....will you continue to insist the eggs rolled to the ark or Noah traveled around and gathered them??


Looks to me like you have egg on your face.

 

[-57]

Once people realized that a 500 foot boat was too small to hold all the animals, rather than rethinking scripture they proposed baby animals and eggs.

Do you seriously want to revisit the math again?

 

[HighCherub]

King David seems to take the Flood as a regional event.
I didn't believe it myself until I was directed to the passages in Psalms where he makes a second account of the Pentateuch .

 

[SkyWriting]

Wouldn't T-Rex eat everything?
There's a Creation Museum in the Midwest where they show Dinosaurs walking up into the Ark, along with other animals.
Your thoughts?

If God brought the animals to Noah, then He influenced them to not eat
each other as well. Likely they hibernated the entire voyage.

 

[-57]

King David seems to take the Flood as a regional event.
I didn't believe it myself until I was directed to the passages in Psalms where he makes a second account of the Pentateuch .

Will you post the chapter and verse?

Here in Psalms 104....we read what happened to the flood waters....

6You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; 8they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. 9You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

...sounds like Psalms speaks of a WORLD WIDE flood.

 

[-57]

If God brought the animals to Noah, then He influenced them to not eat
each other as well. Likely they hibernated the entire voyage.

If I were Noah, I would have separated the ferocious animals into cages. Just like they do in zoos.
But, what you said is also a possibility.

 

[SkyWriting]

Will you post the chapter and verse?

Here in Psalms 104....we read what happened to the flood waters....

6You covered it with the watery depths as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight; 8they flowed over the mountains, they went down into the valleys, to the place you assigned for them. 9You set a boundary they cannot cross; never again will they cover the earth.

...sounds like Psalms speaks of a WORLD WIDE flood.

The "World" was the spread of man. Geography is not an issue.
Plants were not on the Ark or sea creatures.

The purpose was to cleans the earth of evil men, not make sure
the whole globe got wet.

"The world" that perished was the human empire. God did not
need to dip the globe in water.

 

[Lily of Valleys]

Another account from apostle Peter of the flood also suggests that the flood did happen and only eight people were saved:

For Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the sake of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God. Put to death in the flesh, he was brought to life in the spirit. In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison, who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. (1 Peter 3:18-20)

 

[SkyWriting]

If I were Noah, I would have separated the ferocious animals into cages. Just like they do in zoos.
But, what you said is also a possibility.

God did not hand pick animals intended to eat each other on the trip.
Lets give God some credit.

 

[EpiscipalMe]

The "World" was the spread of man. Geography is not an issue.
Plants were not on the Ark or sea creatures.

The purpose was to cleans the earth of evil men, not make sure
the whole globe got wet.

"The world" that perished was the human empire. God did not
need to dip the globe in water.

You bring up a good point. God directed Noah to save all the animals, but what about the plants? They would have been wiped out.

 

[AV1611VET]

The ark that's in the Bible......are you making fun of me because I believe the Bible?

Cut him some slack. His cross has flowers growing out of the ends of it.

Numbers 17:8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

 

[SkyWriting]

Noah's Ark is measured, literally, in the Bible.
His ark is perhaps large enough to hold the species of the region, but certainly not the world, and less so if you want to include dinosaurs.Fundamentalists want an ark so limited in size carrying every species on Earth- and that's just plain impossible.They want a flood that covers the whole Earth, but lack a big enough boat to save each creature. And that's why you don't take certain things in the Bible literally_

18,000 new "species" are found every year. "Species" is a modern scientific term.
The Ark only need the basic animals God had planned for the Ark to survive.
They had all the needed characteristics to re-populate the earth.

 

[Eryk]

Quite the biblical prediction....and to think some of those predicted are christians who deliberately forget.

Sir Robert Anderson:

Faith is not the normal attitude of the human mind towards things Divine. The earnest doubter, therefore, is entitled to respect and sympathy. But what judgment shall be meted out to those who delight to proclaim themselves doubters, while claiming to be ministers of a religion of which FAITH is the essential characteristic?​

Until a few years ago I was against YEC and a global flood, and I was quite vocal about it. But I kept reading these texts in my yearly Bible schedule, and they say what they say. I resolved to take God at his word, and it blessed my soul. When you read the Bible, God is saying to you, "this happened".

 

[KWCrazy]

Apparently apostle Peter also believed that the flood that destroyed the world did actually happen.

Yes, and so did Jesus.
Those who reject the creation and the flood don't do so because they have a better understanding, they do so because they've allowed the theories of man to take supremacy over the words of God.