So... Noah and his Ark...

CliffyBiro · 19 Apr 2011 at 11:58

Two of every animal to be saved via this ark. The rain stops, the floods fall, and it's time for everyone to get out. Ignoring the fact that this would mean every animal would be in a very localised area, what did the animals eat? For example, a lion eats one of the two gazelles that came off the ark. The gazelle is extinct.

And this is not for a deep religious debate, but purely for forming a hypothesis.

Greenlizard0 · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:00

Two of every dirty animal, seven of every clean one.

CliffyBiro · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:03

Even still, that's a food shortage right there.

Lysander · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:04

A lot of the Old Testament is parable.

However, this topic WILL turn into a massive religious fight come page three. So that's the last I have to say on it.

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:06

skippi90 said:
Two of every animal to be saved via this ark. The rain stops, the floods fall, and it's time for everyone to get out. Ignoring the fact that this would mean every animal would be in a very localised area, what did the animals eat? For example, a lion eats one of the two gazelles that came off the ark. The gazelle is extinct.

And this is not for a deep religious debate, but purely for forming a hypothesis.

ROFL !

The question first is what and how many animals were onboard the ark?

PS the noah wins because he eats the lion.... we are at the top of the food chain.

ubersonic · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:06

Lysander said:
A lot of the Old Testament is parable.

However, this topic WILL turn into a massive religious fight come page three. So that's the last I have to say on it.

Religion has no place on page three, that's where the boobies live.

Castiel · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:06

It's allegorical, Biblical and Rabbinic symbolism for the offer of Salvation, and not to be taken literally in it's detail.

mattyg · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:07

How did Noah find all the animals. When were still discovering new species every day. Well apart from sunday coz you'll burn in hell if you work sunday's.

Or is it an ancient "Do you want to see some puppy's" line

lookitsjonno · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:08

i'm sure the big man would have thought of this :confused:

mattyg · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:10

Tim has sorted it

Deleted member 77746 · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:11

mattyg said:
Tim has sorted it

I'm laughing here ! class.

Metalface Mark · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:13

Castiel said:
It's allegorical, Biblical and Rabbinic symbolism for the offer of Salvation, and not to be taken literally in it's detail.

Yet many people do, including some of my own family. They believe in the literal word of the bible.

RomanNose · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:14

They ate Noah.

Metalface Mark · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:15

chaosdestro0 said:
They ate Noah.

You would 'ate him too if you forced you onto an ark.

Cosimo · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:15

chaosdestro0 said:
They ate Noah.

He started eating them, one by one.

mattyg · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:18

Only Overclockers could turn it into a thread about beastiality.

Oh... not that kind of eating

Castiel · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:22

Metalface Mark said:
Yet many people do, including some of my own family. They believe in the literal word of the bible.

Then you want to tell them the story of Gilgamesh, which predates both the Rabbinic and Biblical Noah stories by some margin.

or that of Manu from the Mahabharata, or Deucalion from Greek Myth.

All of which indicate a succession of parables and allegory rather than a literal history.

Gibbs-UK · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:22

I guess not much work in the office then

Robbo · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:24

You've done it now skippi...

Cosimo · 19 Apr 2011 at 12:25

The truth and nothing but the truth:

So... Noah and his Ark...

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