Noah's ark

[Believer69]

Noah's Ark-God, Giraffes & Genocide - YouTube

I was just wondering if their is anyone was that beliefs the story of noah ark to be true and why. And if not what do christians draw from the story? Is it to be taken symbolically or literally? Or otherwise as others threads have enlighten me.

 

[drich0150]

I was just wondering if their is anyone was that beliefs the story of Noah ark to be true and why. And if not what do christians draw from the story? Is it to be taken symbolically or literally? Or otherwise as others threads have enlighten me.

The events happened as they were described. But know the flood is not a story about the logistics of building a ship, how to water proof it, how to locate and document animals, how to feed them and keep them alive. Why? Because it is a story about the amount of Faith it took to preserve Humanity from the coming flood. It is also a story on how God used Noah's token of faith to perform all of those things and how He sustained this last remnant of creation, as His righteous wrath reset the balance of power in this world.

The Story of Noah is the Story of how God save this world through the faith of one man and his family. Not the actual work and efforts of those people.

 

[Brenda Morgan]

The interesting fact concerning the fossil record is that 98% of all the species that ever lived are now extinct. [Go ahead look this up]

Why would God create animals and then kill them all? Can't God protect the animals he created from extinction?

 

[Faulty]

The interesting fact concerning the fossil record is that 98% of all the species that ever lived are now extinct. [Go ahead look this up]

Why would God create animals and then kill them all? Can't God protect the animals he created from extinction?

Why would God be required to keep them all alive?

 

[drich0150]

The interesting fact concerning the fossil record is that 98% of all the species that ever lived are now extinct. [Go ahead look this up]

Why would God create animals and then kill them all? Can't God protect the animals he created from extinction?

What if those animals who died out simply served a purpose while they lived and when they no longer served that purpose they were allowed to die?

What if they were simply the best form of matter or supported the best form of life/organic matter that would eventually break down and form the vast oil deposits that his purposed creation was to use as an energy resource?

Bottom line we were created in His image and they were not. Their purpose was to serve and support Man even if it was just to live for a span and then break down and form the oil we use to subdue this world.

 

[ebia]

Noah's Ark-God, Giraffes & Genocide - YouTube

I was just wondering if their is anyone was that beliefs the story of noah ark to be true and why. And if not what do christians draw from the story? Is it to be taken symbolically or literally? Or otherwise as others threads have enlighten me.

IMO the Noah story, which goes all the way to the end of chapter 9, is fundamentally scripture's answer to the question still common in our day "if god is so powerful why doesn't he just wipe put evil?"