Does anyone know how long it took for Noah to build the ark?

-- Anonymous, February 10, 2000

Answers

Duane,

It took Noah about 2 pages in my Bible to build it.......:~).

I would needs to do a little more research for a good guesstimate.

-- Anonymous, February 10, 2000

120 years

-- Anonymous, February 10, 2000

Well, maybe not. That was the number that was stuck in hy head. Don't know why. After a cursory look, I can't immediately locate anything that says.

-- Anonymous, February 10, 2000

Ah, here it is. I guess it depends on how you interpret Genesis 6:3. If God is saying, "Boy, a hundred twenty years from now, these guys are gonna be gone!", then He talked to Noah and 120 years later, the flood came.

But if God is refering to the average age of the average human at the time, then there is no way to know.

-- Anonymous, February 10, 2000

Duane,

Did he have a air nailer ;) ???? ;)

-- Anonymous, February 11, 2000

No, but he had heir nailers. Three of 'em.

-- Anonymous, February 11, 2000

Q: What kind of boards did Noah use?

A: 2x2's (two by two's)

-- Anonymous, February 11, 2000

Since we are on the suject of the Ark, I heard a Creation Science lecture that stated that there were dinosaurs (babies) on the ark. Nothing in scripture alludes to this other than God state two of every kind. What do you guys think?

-- Anonymous, February 12, 2000

Understanding that there is not any scripture that is crystal clear on the subject (at least by popular scholarly concensus), I think it highly likely that some animals that we refer to as "dinosaurs" may have been on the ark. Why?

1) I am a "young earth-er." I understand the creation account to have taken place in six of what we call "days"; that is, periods of roughly 24 hours. I think the earth is about 10,000 yrs old, give or take a little. I think, therefore, that dinosaurs and man must have existed on the earth at the same time. Maybe not in all the same places, but I think their paths had to have crossed. I think the flood was the end of most of them, but that some survived, presumably on the ark or in the water.

2) I think it most likely that the two animals in Job -- "behemoth" and "leviathan" -- are the remnants of the dinosaur age, about to die out but still encountered by men.

Feel free to disagree -- most do. And don't ask for Biblical about dinosaurs and men together; except from Job, I don't see it mentioned anywhere else.

-- Anonymous, February 12, 2000

Sam...

You are right on the money this time, my friend! Only one disagreement -

You wrote:

And don't ask for Biblical about dinosaurs and men together; except from Job, I don't see it mentioned anywhere else.

What does Genesis 1:25-28 say? God made all the land animals on the sixth day, correct? Is T-Rex a land animal? Did he also make Adam on the sixth day?

Can I dogmatically assert that T-Rex and Adam walked on earth together? Absolutely!!!

I mean, is this the Word of God, or isn't it? We have to stop thinking through our evolutionistic lenses and start thinking Biblically...as God would have us do.

There is plenty of Biblical support for dinaosaurs and man walking together...we just examined it. As for all else you said...DITTO!

-- Anonymous, February 12, 2000

Sam and Michael, I agree with both of you! Another thing to consider: The Bible says that sin and death entered the world through Adam. If the dinosaurs existed millions of years before Adam .... how did they die?!

-- Anonymous, February 13, 2000

Sam, so the Lockeness Monster, could be a plesiosaurus? I have heard that theory before, and it seems logical to me that if it does exist, that it could be one.

-- Anonymous, February 13, 2000

Goodness! It's nice to say something now and then that folks agree with!

Mike: Yes, of course, the creation day order implies that man and dino LIVED at the same time. My point was that we don't explicitly see them physically interacting anywhere but in Job. It may have been that most of the "terrible lizards", the most deadly and dangerous and aggressive ones, were largely or even exclusively in areas of the earth not populated heavily until after the flood, or perhaps after the tower of Babel episode. Just speculation, mostly.

Jon: I think you hit on one of the strongest arguments for man and dino living at the same time. It's an argument that Dr. Ken Ham stresses strongly.

(oops, now that I'm on the answer page, I forgot who wrote the last note. sorry.) Loch Ness a pleiseosaur? In the words of former Cardinals pitcher Joaquin Andujar, "Yaneverno."

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2000

Concerning dinosaurs, man, & the Ark - here are a few speculations:

Man & Dino absolutely existed together from the time of Creation, but I believe that co-existence ended with the Flood. About all scientists agree that the dinosaurs met a quick & unexpected demise (they just all have their timelines wrong), and I would suggest that this sudden ending was due not to a meteor strike (as is the current craze) but instead the result of a universal flood. This thought also explains how the fossils of supposedly different eras have been mixed up into what is considered to be the wrong sedimentary layers of rock.

This flood destroyed all land & flying creatures, but not necessarily the sea creatures. That explains findings like the giant squid & octopus, the "prehistoric" Coelacanth fish that have been caught, maybe even ol' Loch Nessy. Possibly such works out for Job as well, but remember, Job is considered the oldest book of the Bible (as it occurred during the Patriarchal Period)so its events "could" have occurred before the flood, when dinosaurs where still present on land, sea, & air.

Finally, I don't think it was necessary for dinosaurs to be present on the ark. The reptilian lineage could have been maintained by bringing aboard just a couple types of lizards & snakes that had well-mixed genetic makeup. Just like it was not necessary to bring 200 different varieties of dogs on the ark. A well-selected couple of mixed-breed mutts could well have been able to bring about the many breeds of dogs that exist today. This would also apply to cats (big & little), birds, frogs, etc. Notice that Noah didn't go out to find all the animals, but instead God brought the animals to the ark. God would have been able to select animals with the perfect genetic makeup to accomplish a re-population, since He is the Creator of the genetic codes that make all life what it is.

Like I said, this is all speculation and definitely not something to argue about. But, to me, it is logical, consistent, and it does not contradict any scripture I know of.

Food for thought.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2000

One theory that I have heard, is that dinos went onto the ark (two by two) the others died. They repopulated the earth, then an ice age hit North America (due to the cooling of the water) and then those dinos died. This theory tries to fit in with what science says happened. If there was an ice age then when... before or after the flood. Many creationist place the ice age after the flood.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2000

I have also heard that theory, and to me, it makes sense. Certainly, after a flood of global proportions, not only the climate but also the environment would be drastically altered. Perhaps some plants critical to certain animals' survival could not withstand the flood, or could not make a comeback in time for those animals to make use of them as a food source. Some animals would be able to adapt, others would not and would die out. We see the same thing happening in the world today. In certain areas of the world, the climate is changing, sometimes because of the agency of man, sometimes not. Animals that are able to adapt, continue. Animals that are not become extinct.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2000

Sam...

You wrote:

My point was that we don't explicitly see them physically interacting anywhere but in Job.

What does Genesis 7:12-16 say: And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. 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.

Seems to me that we do see them interacting.

-- Anonymous, February 16, 2000