Dear Pastor Sid,
I was reading the verses in Genesis and the story of the Noah and the Ark. I was wondering: how did he fit all the animals on the Ark? The Ark was not big enough for all the animals was it? — Martha in Walkertown
Hi Martha in Walkertown,
The Ark was about 500 feet long and about three stories high. It was build with three decks and thousands of square feet for storage and cages for animals. Go and visit the Ark Encounter in northern Kentucky if you get the chance. So what about the animals? All of the animals were not required to enter the Ark, only some of them. And the Genesis account refers to “kinds” of animals. “Kinds” means species, and there are only about 7,000 different specials of animals. Canines or dogs is a species, and so is felines or the cat families. But only two dogs, a male and female, entered the Ark. And all the dogs that exists now came from those two dogs. Likewise with all the species. It is speculated that the Ark could have held around 50,000 animals. Keep in mind that baby dogs, giraffes, and dinosaurs, would have been on the Ark, so the cages were still pretty small. This also means that each person on board (8 total) would have cared daily for about 6250 animals. Can you imagine?
— Sid Stewart, pastor of Hoover’s Grove Wesleyan Church, as reported by Yes! Weekly
Bruce Gerencser, 67, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 46 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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Wow. Only 7,000 species of animals. I’m gonna hate breaking it to the 5.5 million species of insects, 6,500 of mammals and 11,000 of birds. That’s just the beginning. It’s amazing how delusional people can still sound sane.
nope, they only needed two insects, two mammals, and two birds – a “kind” of animal.
presumably they had two dinosaurs, as well, because dinosaurs are a different “kind” of animal than birds… 😉
all subsequent generations of animals are related to those two, on the ark… all 5.6 million of them! 🤣
delusional doesn’t even come close! 🤯
Make sense, since every human who has ever lived traces back to the first humans, Adam and Eve. 🤣🤣
I was a young earth creationist until my late 40s. I’m so embarrassed that I not only believed these things, but I also taught thousands of people to do the same. 😢😢
I was illiterate regarding science. No need for it, I had God’s science textbook, the King James Bible. 😢😢
🤣🤣🤣🤣✅
Also, what did the carnivorous animals eat during that lengthy boat ride?
Well, according to my late 1980s “bible college” teacher, those carnivorous animals were all baby / infant carnivorous animals. So, they were incapable of eating other animals… because they were babies / infants.
Logical conclusion: they drank milk, silly skeptics.
I’m not making this shit up.
In my Fundamentalist circle, it was commonly believed God put many of the animals in stasis. Those hungry carnivores slept through their boat ride. 🤣🤣