Was Noah's Ark actually a DNA bank?

[Dezzie]

I was reading an article on www.abovetopsecret.com and they were talking about Noah's Ark. They were questioning how it was even possible to store two of every animal, blah blah blah. They mentioned this theory: what if the DNA was actually stored on Noah's Ark, not the actual animal?

I thought this was an interesting thought, and it would make more sense but... did they have that technology back then? Supposedly not.

Anyway, what do you guys think about this theory?

Noah's Ark Was......A DNA Bank?, page 1

Now... don't get me wrong okay? I know that Noah's Ark may have never been real to begin with but... what if it WAS? Would the DNA theory make more sense? I mean... if God is real, he has the power to do such a thing.

-Dezzie

 

[buddhadev]

n 1987, a Californian research team used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to construct a human family tree. Their tree had two distinct branches: one contained only African mtDNA types; and the second was a mixture of all population types. The branch with African mtDNA types was closest to the tree root. Using this data, the team traced the lineage of modern humans back to a common ancestor who lived in Africa about 200,000 years ago.

These findings were controversial, but aligned with results published by another Californian team four years earlier. New studies have further reinforced the data.:clap

 

[Noaidi]

They mentioned this theory: what if the DNA was actually stored on Noah's Ark, not the actual animal?

-Dezzie

Couldn't access the link (I'll try again later), but my question is how would Noah go from DNA samples to creating whole live organisms? Was that covered in the article?

Personally, I don't think the idea is at all plausible, but I can see biblical fundamentalists loving the idea.

 

[Dezzie]

Couldn't access the link (I'll try again later), but my question is how would Noah go from DNA samples to creating whole live organisms? Was that covered in the article?

Personally, I don't think the idea is at all plausible, but I can see biblical fundamentalists loving the idea.

I guess I shouldn't call what I found an "article". It's merely just a theory I found. I wanted to post it in hopes of someone else having a thought about this.

I'm not sure how Noah would go from DNA samples to creating the actual organisms though... that's a good point.

I am trying to find something else on this. It's kind of hard though... especially when this idea originally stemmed from the new show Ancient Aliens. Don't judge this post on that show though, please. I didn't realize it was on the show until I looked it up more. I still think the theory is interesting. Not sure if it is possible but... eh... it's still interesting.

 

[doppelganger]

I saw this theory explored in an episode of "Ancient Aliens" on the "History" Channel. Their theory was ancient aliens have always intervened and were the "gods" and "angels" that ancient people were trying to describe. And that Noah's Ark was some sort of DNA bank designed by and built at the behest of extraterrestrial visitors.

Silly, yes, but no more silly than the most common alternatives. And the "ancient alien hypothesis" as they call it, has this over traditional interpretations of ancient texts - it at least proposes a "theology" that is somewhat compatible with our current cosmology. When ancient peoples talked about "Heaven" or the "heavens" they did not mean what religious people mean today. And the reason is that modern religious people cannot reconcile our current understanding of the cosmos with the theology of ancient people (including the authors of the various books of Bible) who had their gods and angels out among the stars and their devils and demons in the fiery core of the Earth.

 

[painted wolf]

Just storing some DNA isn't all that useful.

You need enough variation to ensure a healthy population as well as a way to produce a living organism from that DNA.

You also need at least a -80 degree (F) freezer but truly cold storage in a Nitrogen freezer would be better... to store DNA.

I'm not sure how Noah would have managed that in a gopher wood boat all those thousands of years ago.

wa:do

 

[Koldo]

It is possible but FAR from plausible.

How would the animals be recreated from the DNA?
Not to mention the huge work it would take to get a DNA sample of every living species.

 

[Dezzie]

I'm not sure how Noah would have managed that in a gopher wood boat all those thousands of years ago.

I totally agree. It seems silly when you think of it that way but I have no idea. Personally, I don't think many other people know either. Noah's Ark is still a huge controversy. Do we have proof that it never existed? No. Do we have proof it did exist? No. Just because we don't have proof, is it still a possibility? I think so.

I could be wrong of course... I tend to think everything is a possibility (even the Ancient Astronaut Theory... please don't judge me :areyoucra).

I can't not believe something because I don't have the proof not to believe it. Yet... I can't believe something either unless I have the proof. lol I guess I'm at an impasse.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I was reading an article on www.abovetopsecret.com and they were talking about Noah's Ark. They were questioning how it was even possible to store two of every animal, blah blah blah. They mentioned this theory: what if the DNA was actually stored on Noah's Ark, not the actual animal?

I thought this was an interesting thought, and it would make more sense but... did they have that technology back then? Supposedly not.

Anyway, what do you guys think about this theory?

Noah's Ark Was......A DNA Bank?, page 1

Now... don't get me wrong okay? I know that Noah's Ark may have never been real to begin with but... what if it WAS? Would the DNA theory make more sense? I mean... if God is real, he has the power to do such a thing.

-Dezzie

I think that once you've allowed for "magic poofing" as an explanation (as you need to do in the first place to get to the idea that the flood myth might be literally true), you don't need to look for additional things to make it more plausible:

- where did the water come from? Poof - God did it.
- where di the water go? Poof - God did it.
- how did a boat that would've been structurally unsound and (IIRC) buoyantly unstable stay afloat? Poof - God did it.
- how did these tiny groups of human beings and other animals produce genetically viable populations? Poof - God did it.
- how is it that none of what happened left any physical traces whatsoever? Poof - God did it.


- ... how did Noah fit all those animals into the Ark? We won't accept magic poofing there - that's the question that needs a better answer!

I just think that by the time you're at the point where you're even asking questions about the details of animal storage on the Ark, you've had to accept "God just did it somehow" as the explanation so many times that it would be inconsistent to reject it for this issue.

 

[Dezzie]

I think that once you've allowed for "magic poofing" as an explanation (as you need to do in the first place to get to the idea that the flood myth might be literally true), you don't need to look for additional things to make it more plausible:

- where did the water come from? Poof - God did it.
- where di the water go? Poof - God did it.
- how did a boat that would've been structurally unsound and (IIRC) buoyantly unstable stay afloat? Poof - God did it.
- how did these tiny groups of human beings and other animals produce genetically viable populations? Poof - God did it.
- how is it that none of what happened left any physical traces whatsoever? Poof - God did it.


- ... how did Noah fit all those animals into the Ark? We won't accept magic poofing there - that's the question that needs a better answer!

I just think that by the time you're at the point where you're even asking questions about the details of animal storage on the Ark, you've had to accept "God just did it somehow" as the explanation so many times that it would be inconsistent to reject it for this issue.

I see your point here but I personally do not blame God for doing everything. I never stated that the Ark was real, or that God was for that matter. I only stated that they are a possibility. All the things I have mentioned are theories. I don't have to believe in God for anything. I could just make up another theory to help explain something if I wanted to.

Did the flood happen? Who the heck knows. Why else would the "flood myth" be all over the World? Every Culture has their own interpretation of it.

 

[RitalinO.D.]

Did the flood happen? Who the heck knows. Why else would the "flood myth" be all over the World? Every Culture has their own interpretation of it.

Because the idea of a great flood in religious terms has been around since the invent of religion itself. Christianity wasn't the first one to use it.

 

[Dezzie]

Because the idea of a great flood in religious terms has been around since the invent of religion itself. Christianity wasn't the first one to use it.

Point taken. When was Religion invented?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Did the flood happen? Who the heck knows. Why else would the "flood myth" be all over the World? Every Culture has their own interpretation of it.

Large floods happen worldwide. It's not surprising that they'd be incorporated as a feature of many local myths.

I think that calling them "interpretations" of the Biblical flood myth is Christian cultural chauvinism.

 

[Dezzie]

Large floods happen worldwide. It's not surprising that they'd be incorporated as a feature of many local myths.

I think that calling them "interpretations" of the Biblical flood myth is Christian cultural chauvinism.

Thank you for your input and well... you're right.

 

[EtuMalku]

I wouldn't know where to begin a comment on this but I must say that this theory holds much promise.
As science helps to define the Abrahamic Mysteries it only makes 'them' appear to be more rational and believable.
And I thought science was on MY side!! :sarcastic LOL

 

[outhouse]

It is simply horse pucky

they make up storys to sell internet time [add space]

There was never a global flood

what is pitifull is modern man is using more imagination then ancient men.


its like the TV program ancient aliens, knowing history I have caught them in more lies then i care to admit. Its hard to stomach the puckey

 

[outhouse]

Did the flood happen? Who the heck knows. Why else would the "flood myth" be all over the World? Every Culture has their own interpretation of it.

everyone knows a global flood didnt happen, it's not up for deabte.

why you say, because everywhere in the world a flood happens every year, if you had no communication like they didnt, you wouldnt know it didnt happen everywhere.

you have allot of imagination

 

[Dezzie]

you have allot of imagination

Wow! Thanks!





I guess I have a lot of sarcasm too? :areyoucra

 

[MSI64]

I like the way Aliens making DNA samples of every animal on the planet is cast aside as nigh on impossible
But God moves in mysterious ways is laid out as a far more realistic notion?

 

[buddhadev]

DNA was discovered by Watson and Crick.