Was Noah's Ark actually a DNA bank?

[Noaidi]

Consider it's size this way. The capacity of the ark roughly is that of 250 railroad boxcars. Also, keep in mind that the animals selected 'according to their kind' were capable of breeding together and producing young. So the large number of species today could come from a relatively small number of 'kind's'. For example, all the different species of horses could come from a single pair, all dogs and many other canine species, from a single pair. The variety found today among humans is indicative of the potential for variety in the human 'kind', of which only 8 were in the ark. Some have estimated that only a few hundred 'kind's' of birds, mammals, and reptiles would be needed for the large number of species existing today. If adolescent rather than full-grown animals entered the ark, this would also have conserved space, although the Bible does not indicate the age of these creatures Noah put into the ark. Thus the carrying capacity of the Ark could easily have supported the animals and humans that entered it, with sufficient food for a year aboard.

What process could lead to such diversity, Rusra02? Any ideas....?!

 

[outhouse]

Trust me... I understand what you mean. Look at how much our society has changed. We have all this technology to do things for us. We are lazy and some of us don't bother to think for ourselves. There isn't a doubt in my mind that the Ancients could move heavy rocks themselves (they had to use logic and SMARTS to do it by hand). Do you know if Archaeologists have ever found any "machines" used by the Ancients to help move these things? I am sure they were a lot smarter than people think. :bow: If I could go back in time, I totally would.

*edit

Thanks to painted wolf I realized this.

there another post here about moving rocks i started, really cool. someone posted about how 1 man recently moved these huge boulders by himself in a matter of minutes and in a few hours had a huge block up 6'

if theres a will theres a way.

without aliens or ole magic man

 

[outhouse]

Consider it's size this way. The capacity of the ark roughly is that of 250 railroad boxcars. Also, keep in mind that the animals selected 'according to their kind' were capable of breeding together and producing young. So the large number of species today could come from a relatively small number of 'kind's'. For example, all the different species of horses could come from a single pair, all dogs and many other canine species, from a single pair. The variety found today among humans is indicative of the potential for variety in the human 'kind', of which only 8 were in the ark. Some have estimated that only a few hundred 'kind's' of birds, mammals, and reptiles would be needed for the large number of species existing today. If adolescent rather than full-grown animals entered the ark, this would also have conserved space, although the Bible does not indicate the age of these creatures Noah put into the ark. Thus the carrying capacity of the Ark could easily have supported the animals and humans that entered it, with sufficient food for a year aboard.

there was no ark as described

there was no flood

there was no global flood

its not up for debate unless your in the fantsy section

 

[gunho23]

Say that we as humans were at one other time in history as technologically advanced as we are now or more. We at that time prepared (just as we are prepared now) with backup DNA labs and seed storage facilities and the unthinkable happened. the world flooded with noone or nothing left alive except for those who took shelter inside of these emergency facilities. "Noah" and his family would know how to recreate organisms from DNA and seed because they came from a once technologically advanced society, and then they are the only ones left to tell the story of what happened.

 

[RitalinO.D.]

Say that we as humans were at one other time in history as technologically advanced as we are now or more. We at that time prepared (just as we are prepared now) with backup DNA labs and seed storage facilities and the unthinkable happened. the world flooded with noone or nothing left alive except for those who took shelter inside of these emergency facilities. "Noah" and his family would know how to recreate organisms from DNA and seed because they came from a once technologically advanced society, and then they are the only ones left to tell the story of what happened.

Creating a fairytale from another fairytale isn't going to accomplish anything I'm afraid.


Welcome to RF btw.

 

[gnostic]

The idea is also in the film: The Day The Earth Stood Still.

 

[jmvizanko]

If the flood were a mere myth or allegory, Jesus words would be meaningless.

Your point being?

 

[crocusj]

Your point being?

Oh, I think the point is succicnt. If the flood did not happen then Jesus is not the son of god. Modern Christians have a variety of ways of dealing with this, how satisfactory these ways are depends on sect, schism or faith.

 

[gunho23]

I don't care who you are....Christian, Muslim, Aethiest....when someone explains their belief to you, would it really hurt that bad just to say...sure it's possible, that's your belief and I respect that. Religion is probably the number one killer among humans. Don't bash it, just turn the other cheek.

 

[tumbleweed41]

If the flood were a mere myth or allegory, Jesus words would be meaningless.

I can use the fables of Aesop, or the myths of Beowulf to make a point.

Does that make what I say meaningless?

I would think a true follower of Christ would have more faith than to toss the baby out with the bathwater.

But this is what we see with many Creationists and Biblical Literalists. They must ignore reality in order to justify their faith.

 

[.lava]

yes, DNA bank, that's what i've heard too

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[RitalinO.D.]

I don't care who you are....Christian, Muslim, Aethiest....when someone explains their belief to you, would it really hurt that bad just to say...sure it's possible, that's your belief and I respect that. Religion is probably the number one killer among humans. Don't bash it, just turn the other cheek.

That is the problem nowadays. People are happy to let others live in ignorance. When there is zero evidence of an event, and loads of evidence to it's contrary, IMO it is only right that they should be made aware of such evidence should the occasion arise.

I don't criticize people for believing in God, as it is impossible to disprove such a thing. However, when it comes to a global flood, which has ZERO evidence for, and tons of evidence against, people should be made aware of that. If people don't want to know, they should leave their beliefs in the closet.

Maybe it's just me, but if someone says to me "The global flood is fact" I'm going to take that opportunity to show them it isn't.

Educating people is not a bad thing. Whether they chose to accept or reject that education is up to them.

 

[travisbrainerd]

I hope my answer can be of use to someone:
It would be best understood in context in a book I wrote, specifically the bottom paragraph of the chapter “Bank of Descent” on pg. 21.

If you don’t feel like clicking, it has to do with the golden ratio shared by Noah’s ark and DNA: two objects in consciousness which carried all life *ahem* in one boat. Also see the Gilgamesh flood myth from 7 BC.

To me, it has nothing to do with aliens, archaeology or impossibility. Prophetic imagery from sacred texts can be viewed as more than its literal counterpart.

 

[Twilight Hue]

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

Even with instructions, does anyone really think Noah would of had the technical expertise to extract and store DNA much less the issues involving it's reimplementation?