Noah and his Ark - Believe it or Not?

[robtex]

IF God can do that with fire and stone, why can't he do the magic trick with rain too?

Who said he can't ? The more important note is that he went about it the most tediouis way possible causing the most complications that could possibly be concievable which makes me think there are two options here:

1) God is not too good at event planning
2) A manufactured story with lots of drama and complications would be much more effective in recruiting worshipers by the author and proponets of this work of fiction.

 

[Druidus]

Hmm... If I can burp a burp, then I must be able to burp FIRE!!!

Seriously, it doesn't matter if God did other thinfs elsewhere in the bible, or where the water came from. The entire scenario is impossible.

 

[seraphimfire]

Apology accepted,Druid!

I do tend to use to many !!!!! but I guess that's my excitable nature.:bonk:
As to all this controversy, in short I see the First Testaments as books of general history and lots of allegory used by God to teach consepts to His children.If the Bible is taken literally it can not be understood by any scientist or a non believer in God! Not to mention fundamentalists! To prove that the flood of Noah was world wide is:banghead3 !! I think there is more at stake here then just a little flood in the Mid-East. The whole earth was not destroyed by floods and the other continents have many legends that point to fire, earthquake, volcanic eruptions and horrible darkness for many years! I really suggest any true seeker wether Christian literalist or skeptic to check out Emanual Velikovski's works.
"World's in Collision" and "Earth in Upheaval" the latter being more of the scientific work. The flood that happened over 4000 years ago ended a certain civilization that was pre UR. most of our libraries have been lost. The one at the city of UR is to bad and the one at Alexandria, lost by Roman desruction, hurts more! Velikovski has done much research into the flood layers around the world.
The flood of Noah happened! What it encompassed is open for much discussion! I really believe that only the animals that God wanted in that particular area were saved. To many holes in the story.
God did give us brains that can logically deduce matters. I for one think that the legend of "The cave of the ancients" is real and the things in there are from the world that was before the destruction
of those times long ago. A time capsule, we do it today. These books I talk about are not occult or
Deniken type stuff. Velikovski was a rebel heritic against the established science community of his day(50's). Anything that "rocks" the boat is put down and the books burned!
At that time God was dealing with the known world and the civilization that brought His wrath upon it. Again I really think it was a world wide cataclysm but diferent things happened around the globe.
I think I will end my input here!
Seraph

 

[LittleNipper]

So the elephants were embryos?


Indeed, who said that? Another of the divinely inspired?


ROTFLMAO!!!! :biglaugh:
al Contradictions:

These are so old and so lame. It was not until the day of "modern" science that bats were labeled mammals. That does not mean that to a Near Eastern mind or GOD's that Bats were not created on the 5th day with all other birds of the Earth.

Rabbits actually poop selective pellets that they will re-ingest. This is the same thing a cow does but from the other end.

The hebrew word translated here as circle can also be used to describe a ball or orange. The word is better translated sphere. Interestingly, can you imagine anyone sitting on the edge of a plate? I can imagine someone sitting on a ball or globe or sphere.

Just like there are Dragons in the Bible-----should they have known the "modern" word "terrible lizard" or as we say Dinosaur. The word was made up in the 18th century. It maybe accepted as the scientific term today; however, you can hardly blame someone 3000 years ago from not applying it.

He who laughs last.....:biglaugh:

 

[LittleNipper]

More signifigantly, they all seem to realize that

1) the story isn't adding up which is why they are all inspired to rewrite so now we have the gospel according to (insert religious forum posters name) .

2) that some how God who can do all these neat things failed to get it right the first time (so much for omnipotenency) and than went about it the most difficult and time consuming way possible and put an enormous burdon on Noah probably ruining the man's life.

Noah was doing what he was suppose to be doing------what GOD wanted and not what he wanted to do. Doing want GOD wants us to do might not always be easy, but it sure is enlightening. What good is life if you cannot please GOD while living it.

 

[LittleNipper]

Who said he can't ? The more important note is that he went about it the most tediouis way possible causing the most complications that could possibly be concievable which makes me think there are two options here:

1) God is not too good at event planning
2) A manufactured story with lots of drama and complications would be much more effective in recruiting worshipers by the author and proponets of this work of fiction.

That is why I consider GOD SUPERNATURAL and what GOD does miraculous.

 

[robtex]

Little Nipper don't you get it? To say the boat task wasn't easy is the grand understatement of this thread. It was impossible. If God could do a mirlce to correct his first mistake (how an omnipotent God makes mistakes is beyond me), why pick the most tedious long lasting labor driving difficult way to do it? God is never gonna be a foreman on any home improvement projects I have with a head like that.

It comes down to two things:
1) God is not too good at event planning (which the Bible seconds in as far as he had to commit genocide on all his creations)

2) A manufactured story with lots of drama and complications would be much more effective in recruiting worshippers by the author and proponets of this work of fiction.

which one of those two makes the most sense to you?

 

[t3gah]

Little Nipper don't you get it? To say the boat task wasn't easy is the grand understatement of this thread. It was impossible. If God could do a mirlce to correct his first mistake (how an omnipotent God makes mistakes is beyond me), why pick the most tedious long lasting labor driving difficult way to do it? God is never gonna be a foreman on any home improvement projects I have with a head like that.

It comes down to two things:
1) God is not too good at event planning (which the Bible seconds in as far as he had to commit genocide on all his creations)

2) A manufactured story with lots of drama and complications would be much more effective in recruiting worshippers by the author and proponets of this work of fiction.

which one of those two makes the most sense to you?

Door number 3.

We on earth are just a simulation to God. God isn't God, it's a computer like Hal 9000 with the programming gone astray and we, and all of this are just a simulation.


I think everything in the scriptures are plausible as the one scripture states:

"with God all things are possible"
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I think on the other hand that God, being what he is, created the Universe and all that's in it to have fun.

That age old word comes to mind.....

diversity


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must be pretty boring in heaven or where ever God is to have created all of this ::looks around::

 

[LittleNipper]

Little Nipper don't you get it? To say the boat task wasn't easy is the grand understatement of this thread. It was impossible. If God could do a mirlce to correct his first mistake (how an omnipotent God makes mistakes is beyond me), why pick the most tedious long lasting labor driving difficult way to do it? God is never gonna be a foreman on any home improvement projects I have with a head like that.

It comes down to two things:
1) God is not too good at event planning (which the Bible seconds in as far as he had to commit genocide on all his creations)

2) A manufactured story with lots of drama and complications would be much more effective in recruiting worshippers by the author and proponets of this work of fiction.

which one of those two makes the most sense to you?

Your first mistake is to believe GOD makes mistakes. The Lord knew that the Flood would happen. He knew why it would happen, when and how. HIS purpose is to HIS honor and GLORY. I feel GOD wanted to become a human and perform the greatest of sacrifices by suffering for those HIS loves. GOD may know of terror and pain and suffering-------but I believe GOD wanted to experiance it first hand.

Secondly, you don't believe any of this. The truth is stranger then fiction----why make this up? Does it impress you? GOD isn't trying to impress---HE does not have to. GOD is looking to build faith and trust. You don't do that by providing all the answers. You do not do that by making life easy. You do it one step at a time. To build that Ark took 100 years. Noah may have hired workers. They got paid and went home laughing about the stupid man who warned that rain was coming... Noah's faith grew and he and his family were saved----so he was rewarded.

Thirdly, just what has your atheism done for you. Built your character. Made you a caring individual, encouraged you to be modest, polite, or thoughtful? Just what will become of you when the rains come.....? (and they will)

 

[linwood]

Thirdly, just what has your atheism done for you. Built your character. Made you a caring individual, encouraged you to be modest, polite, or thoughtful? Just what will become of you when the rains come.....? (and they will)

Thats an excellent question for you Rob.

Got an answer?

 

[Druidus]

Thirdly, just what has your atheism done for you. Built your character. Made you a caring individual, encouraged you to be modest, polite, or thoughtful? Just what will become of you when the rains come.....? (and they will)

:biglaugh: This is gonna be good!

 

[t3gah]

I hope people don't get out of control like they did one my "Errors in Bible translations..." thread. That thread got locked. The poll is closed.

This better not be an attempt to sabotage my threads. I'm going to have to stay online 24/7 if this keeps up so I can report everyone with that little link 'report' in the upper corner.

calmate talk.

 

[robtex]

We gotta stay on target on this one but tell you what...if you don't thread the question Linwood highlighted by tomarrow I will cause I would love to have a thead on that too.

Second on "Why make this up" That could be another thread too and completly again dodges the ark questions so I am assuming you hit a dead end at this point. A quick answer without starting another thread (unless you would like too) is that it is a tool to gain control of others.

God's omnipotency is already thread a few times on these forums and I want to keep this one on track with the magical boat. In the context of the boat and mistakes if God created all of mankind in his imagine than changed his mind and murdered them all by drowning them than that concedes to a mistake in relation to the tale of the ark.

And if God's solution was to spend a man's lifetime making a ship that was too small to hold everything too light to float and than have to use divine intervention to make it all work in the first place than he made a huge and long lasting mistake by not just making the creatures he wanted to murder just disappear anyway or have them drop dead and than dissappear.

Sorry about going backwards I was just using a mirror.

 

[linwood]

I started it here....

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=87477#post87477

 

[Ceridwen018]

Your first mistake is to believe GOD makes mistakes. The Lord knew that the Flood would happen.

Honey, the Flood itself was a direct result of god's mistakes. Don't say god doesn't make mistakes and then talk about the Flood. If God didn't make mistakes, he never would have needed the Flood.

Secondly, you don't believe any of this. The truth is stranger then fiction----why make this up? Does it impress you? GOD isn't trying to impress---HE does not have to.

Maybe not god, but I'm sure there's some lucky Isaac rolling in his grave, laughing as only the dead can.

GOD is looking to build faith and trust. You don't do that by providing all the answers. You do not do that by making life easy. You do it one step at a time.

I disagree, but perhaps this is off topic. All I can say is that I am not very willing to trust someone who keeps things from me and intentionally makes my life more difficult than it has to be.

To build that Ark took 100 years. Noah may have hired workers. They got paid and went home laughing about the stupid man who warned that rain was coming... Noah's faith grew and he and his family were saved----so he was rewarded.

So was Odysseus. What's your point?

 

[LittleNipper]

GOD never makes mistakes. HIS will is HIS will. The Flood was for our benifit and not GOD's. The implications are that fallen angels were likely being used of Satan in an attempt to pollute the genetic line that the Savior was to eventually be born to. Read Genesis 6:4-6. The fact is that everyone dies of something. I believe I'd rather drown then be burned alive, so in that regard I feel GOD was more than merciful. The eternity that those that drowned received was of their own choice. Read the book of JOB. There I believe GOD has attempted to provide to man in the only way possible, insight to the interaction between GOD, Satan, and Man. I can only imagine that Satan was doing the exact same thing before GOD allowed the Flood.

 

[Druidus]

GOD never makes mistakes.

I Sam. 23:1-13
"1 Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
2 Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
3 And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
4 Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah: for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.
8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
9 And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
10 Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth."

Was it a mistake or a lie?

Jonah 2:10-3:10
"10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
3:1 And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
4 And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not."

To repent means that your first course was a mistake.

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"And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them." (Genesis 6:6-7)

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"It repenteth Me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following Me, and hath not performed My commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night." (1 Samuel 15:11)

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HIS will is HIS will.

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The Flood was for our benifit and not GOD's.

Then why does "God" say that he had repented creating man on Earth, and wants to destroy them for the sorrow they wrought?

 

[may]

Jesus​

and the Flood




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Jesus Christ had a prehuman existence. (Proverbs 8:30, 31) He was a spirit creature in heaven during the Flood. As an eyewitness, Jesus therefore gives us the greatest Scriptural confirmation of Noah and the Deluge. Said Jesus: "Just as the days of Noah were, so the presence of the Son of man will be. For as they were in those days before the flood, eating and drinking, men marrying and women being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark; and they took no note until the flood came and swept them all away, so the presence of the Son of man will be."—Matthew 24:37-39.​

Would Jesus use folklore to warn us about the coming end of this system of things? Hardly! We can be confident that he used a genuine example of the execution of divine judgment upon the wicked. Yes, lives were lost, but we can draw comfort from knowing that Noah and his family were saved through the Flood.

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Did the Flood Occur?


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The Bible provides chronological information that allows for a careful count back to the beginning of human history. At Genesis 5:1-29, we find the genealogical line from the creation of the first man, Adam, to the birth of Noah. The Deluge began "in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life."—Genesis 7:11.

 

[LittleNipper]

Was it a mistake or a lie?


To repent means that your first course was a mistake.



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Then why does "God" say that he had repented creating man on Earth, and wants to destroy them for the sorrow they wrought?

GOD is expressing in human terms HIS deepest feelings. I have a son. I love him to death. But sometimes he does things that make me feel bad. He isn't even a teenager yet... I would never want anything to happen to him and yet I can imagine that there will come moments when I will wonder what life would have been like had he never been born. GOD is saying, "Hey, I can relate to you!"

 

[Druidus]

But it's blatantly showing that she believed her first course of action to be wrong, thus, a mistake.