The author of “The Biblical Basis for Modern Science", a creationist text, is Henry Morris, states that "The ark was to be essentially a huge box designed essentially for stability in the waters of the Flood rather than for movement through the waters… taller than a normal three-story building and about one and a half times as long as a football field. The total volumetric capacity was equal to 1,396,000 cubic feet... equivalent to 522 standard railroad stock cars, far more than enough space to carry two of every known kind of animal, living or extinct." The flaws in Morris's calculations become apparent when you consider that, according to many creationists, Noah's Ark included hundreds of dinosaurs. That would mean, for example, the brachiosaurus (two of them, of course), each of which weighed about 50 tons and reached 85 feet long. Even if two representatives all of Earth's animals could somehow fit on the ark, enough space would be needed for drinking water and food for an entire year. …show more content…
Resulting, in some cases, in fourteen of many animals. There simply would not be nearly enough space for all of them. There's also the problem of collecting all those animals in the first place.
How would koala bears from Australia, llamas from South America and penguins from Antarctica have managed the trip to the ark's location in the Middle East? "And how would their human caretakers have looked after this vast menagerie of animals? Noah, his wife, and his three sons and their wives (that's only eight people) providing food and water to the animals would have been an impossible task. What (or who) would the carnivores, living in close quarters with all those delicious herbivores, have
Sadly, the Bible reports that nearly all of Adam’s descendents “had corrupted their way upon the earth and lost their true direction” (Gen. 6:12 Amplified Bible), and, as a result of this intolerable situation, God told Noah that He had determined “to make an end of all flesh [as well as] destroy … the land … by [bringing] a flood of waters upon the earth” (Gen. 6:13, 17). After the Holy Creator had uttered this apocalyptic intent, He proceeded to provide Noah with instructions on how he was to build an ark, which included information on a list of vital materials (Gen. 6:14), some details on the manner they were to be used (Gen. 6:14), basic blueprints of its structure (Gen. 6:14, 16), and, what measurements the floating vehicle was to have when it was completed, which Scriptures report was to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:15).
God provided direction on the inhabitants of the ark to include Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives, seven of each clean animal, two of each animal that was unclean a male and a female.
William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Macbeth, written in 1606, and is renowned for being Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedy. The play is also known for its complex and infamous characters including the protagonist, Macbeth. It is important that Shakespeare does not allow the readers to despise the Macbeth, Shakespeare must have the readers sympathize with him instead. Shakespeare must make the reader have a sense of understanding with the protagonist, he must make them have feelings of pity and sorrow for Macbeth’s misfortunes. Shakespeare maintains the readers’ sympathy for Macbeth, by having him experience despair and adversity throughout the play.
Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.” 22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.” This was God’s command to Noah, unlike Utnapishtim who was told the secret of the flood by one of the gods.
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At the time of this story God saw how the thoughts of mankind were evil and he decided to destroy what he had created with a great flood intending to drown the earth. He chose Noah and his family to build an ark big enough to contain two of every animal to repopulate the earth. The world was flooded for a hundred and fifty days until the water subsided back into land.
Ea told Utnapishtim to build a boat, “Of seven stories each with nine chambers” (Gilgamesh 10). The boat was also to be cube shaped and able to hold food, wine, minerals, his family, and the “seed of living animals” (Gilgamesh 10). Similarly, God instructed Noah to build an ark of cypress with rooms. It has to be “three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high” (Genesis 6:15). The ark also contained upper, middle, and lower decks, and a door on the side. Both had been told how the boat should be built by a divine figure, but God’s instructions to Noah were different than those given to Utnapishtim.
It was not made to sail, but to float until the water went down and the angel of the Lord opened the only door of the Ark (Cremades, 2000). Noah, being a righteous and faithful man, was obedient to God’s divine direction in the building of the Ark. Noah also trusted that God would keep His covenant with him—that if Noah built the Ark and loaded it with the animals and food according to God’s explicit instructions—that God would keep them all safe through the flood and cause His angel to open the door of the Ark when the flood waters had receded. The Biblical lesson for the modern man of science is that God has called us to obediently follow His teachings in all of our scientific endeavors—His precision in measures and His integrity and truth in reporting results—yet with the humility of fallen creatures who are prone to sin and error.
Both Gilgamesh and Noah build arks because of an impending devastation of the earth by rain and flooding. Shamash had warned, "In the evening, when the rider of the storm sends down the destroying rain, enter the boat and batten her down." (p. 147) God told Noah, "For in seven days' time I will make it rain upon the earth, forty days and forty nights, and I will blot out from the earth all existence that I created." (p. 172) Both boats were built to detailed specifications in order to withstand the torrents of rain. Following the cessation of the rain, both Noah and Gilgamesh send out birds as a test of the recession of the waters so that they can safely exit onto the land. Gilgamesh sends first a dove, then a swallow, and then a raven, who, "…saw that the waters had retreated, she ate, she flew around, she cawed, and she did not come back." (p. 148) Noah first sends a raven which, "…went to and fro until the waters had dried up from the earth. " (p. 173) He then sends a dove that returns to the ark having found no resting place. After seven days Noah again sends the dove which returns with an olive leaf in its bill. "Then Noah knew that the waters had decreased on the earth. He waited still another seven days and sent the dove forth; and it did not return to him any more." (p. 173) Both Noah and Gilgamesh, immediately upon leaving their boats, make a sacrifice. Gilgamesh says, "Then I threw everything open to
God also told Noah about the plan for the flood, and what he was to do with the ark. Noah, his wife, his sons, and his sons wives would all be on the ark an spared from the destruction the flood would cause. Along with his family, God wanted Noah to bring two of all living creatures, one male, and one female. Brining a male and a female of each kind of creature would allow them to reproduce and repopulate their species. The last thing God commanded Noah to do was to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and stored for his family and the creatures.
“Shakespeare's play Macbeth is said to be cursed, so actors avoid saying its name when in the theatre”. Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, is a well known tragedy where the encouragement from others and Macbeth cause a downfall. William Shakespeare has written many tragedies, however Macbeth explores how peer pressure for others can cause bad actions. Macbeth’s ambitions, Lady Macbeth’s encouragement, and the witches’ prophecies hasten macbeth’s ascension to the throne of Scotland.
Gilgamesh had a different way of building his ark he had everyone's help and despite knowing that almost everyone was going to be wiped from existence he threw a party.” He gave the shipwrights wine to drink as though it were river water, raw wine and red wine and oil and white wine. There was feasting then” (The Epic of Gilgamesh pg. ). Noah took the whole thing more serious the Gilgamesh ever did, but he still managed to have the boat done in seven
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month – on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in. For forty days the flood kept coming on earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. The water rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
Theories X & Y have existed since the times of the Bible. Through analytical evaluation of situations in the Bible, we can see the results of using either theory.
What is the relationship between religion and science? In his book, Consilience, Edward O. Wilson aims to find a unified theory of knowledge. Consilence also seeks to show how science is superior to and can replace religion. In this paper, I intend to show how Wilson understands this relationship and science as well as how. as well as show John Stuart Mill would agree or disagree with Wilson.