Sorry, I've been involved with other matters...
This is a bogus Answers in Genesis sham! I need an actual independent evaluation by engineers that DO NOT have a religious agenda. The Korea Association of Korean research is NOT a reliable source.
No, this was apparently only
funded by AiG ; the supervising engineer involved in directing the study, S. E. Hong, is a naturalist...as I posted. He had No "religious agenda", lol.
And the Organization is / was KRISO...again, no agenda.
With all the technology available today no one has managed to construct a sea worthy ark. Why not?!?!?!
The study has already verified it's feasibility. And the average naturalist doesn't want to prove the Bible accurate.
The most famous parallel, of course, is the Epic of Gilgamesh, wherein one of the many Babylonian gods charged the man Utnapishtim to build an ark, in a story that parallels Noah's in
all the major details and
most of the minor ones
No....certainly not the dimensions of the Ark and it's ratios of the length to width to height.
Would it have been possible to find enough material to build Noah's Ark?
Scientists have discovered air bubbles that have been trapped in fossilized tree sap (amber). When analyzed, they reveal 35% of oxygen, as opposed to today's 21%, in the atmosphere.
This would result in plants and trees growing larger and being more abundant than today.
So, I'd say yes. The fossil record agrees.
It's never been clearly stated exactly where Noah's Ark is said to have been built
Exactly...so a non-starter. (Must've been near trees.)
However, if you were a giant and reached down to pick up a normal passenger car, your fingers would crush it
Lol.
Recall that when the Titanic sank, that massive steel structure tore completely in half simply because one end was heavier than the other
"Simply because"?
Yeah, that end was filled
water! Lol.
The sailing ships the 100 meter Wyoming (sunk in 1924) and 99 meter Santiago (sunk in 1918) were so large that they flexed in the water, opening up seams in the hull and leaking.
The Ark was used for 1 year. Actually, 5 months floating. The
Wyoming was
in service for 14 years! The
Santiago was in service for 63 years! (
Why did the article not mention that? It lends some dishonesty to the piece.)
Some of these ships, the Wyoming and others mentioned, were
masted ships.
All, though, were designed to
move under power, from the wind or other means.
All the Ark needed, was to float. So really, nothing about these ships in the article, applies.
Plus, the Ark was built over a span of at least 50 years...the pre-Flood atmosphere being more humid, would allow the hull's resinous planks to expand, forming a more water-tight barrier. In addition, it was covered inside & out with bitumen!
I've been saying the dimensions were ideal. That is not correct, it's not the point, really. We don't even know which kind of cubit -- the base measurement -- was used. It could vary from about 15 inches to 22 inches.
But we do know the ratios used: the length was 10x the height, and 6x the width.
These very ratios are the basis of what modern shipbuilders use, with slight modifications depending on the vessel's purpose.
How did Moses know? Just guessing? No, this is evidence of Divine inspiration, detailing an actual event.
