Noah's Ark volume calculation

The ark (Heb., te·vah”; Gr., ki·bo·tos”) was a rectangular chestlike vesselIn size the ark was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. Conservatively calculating the cubit as 44.5 cm (17.5 in.) (some think the ancient cubit was nearer 56 or 61 cm), the ark measured 133.5 m by 22.3 m by 13.4 m (437 ft 6 in. 72 ft 11 in. 43 ft 9 in.), less than half the length of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.
This gave the ark approximately 40,000 cu m (1,400,000 cu ft) in gross volume. (think of the Titanic, and thats about the size of it)Internally strengthened by adding two floors, the three decks thus provided gave a total of about 8,900 sq m (96,000 sq ft) of space.

the same way the Papua New Guinea people immigrated to australia - walkedthe findings of oceanographers indicate that at one time land ridges connected what are now isolated land areas. For example, oceanographic studies indicate that the Mid-Atlantic Ridge may have crossed that ocean above the surface. Possibly there were also other ridges, and animals could have migrated by means of these before such ridges sank below the surface of the ocean. Other oceanographic studies have turned up evidence that once there existed a huge South Pacific continent that took in Australia and many of the South Sea isles. If such was the case, then, of course, the animals had no difficulty in migrating to these lands

as you knowe, Dinosaur bones are found in lower earth layers than are human bones, leading many to conclude that they belong to an earlier time period

i have no idea why anyone would try to include dinosaurs in the story of noahthere is no reason to do so, the bible does not mention dinosaurs because they were not existing when it was written im sure there is still a lot about the earths early history that we may never come to understand...everything we conclude about the earth as it is today is only based on our current knowledge. It will probably change in few decades and then it will change again a few decades after that. So for now, nothing is impossible.

Hi Larni, No webpage found at provided URL: http://www.mar-eco.no/learning-zone/backgrounders/geology/plate_tectonicsif the story of noah is true, then that explains why there is so much water on the earth... lets just say that before the flood, most of the water was not on earth, but as the bible says in the atmospher above the earth, then animals at that time would not have been restricted geographically by locationalso, it was only a few thousand years ago that the Papua New Guinea people immigrated to the norhtern tip of australia...and they walked here! So we have recent evidence of a much higher sea floor then it is today

this might be true today, but how do we know how many genre's were around 6 thousand years ago? Do we know with any certainty??there is only 1 human species on earth, yet the variety is vast...there is black/white/red/bronze skins... there are asians/afro/european... the sizes range from tiny pygmies to small asians to med europeans to large islanders...my understanding is that the animal 'Kinds' meant the animals who could breed together

some have suggested that there could have been as few as 43 “kinds” of mammals, 74 “kinds” of birds, and 10 “kinds” of reptiles in the ark, they could have produced the variety of species known today. if these estimates are anything to go by, then there would have been plenty of room on a ship the size of the titanic to house them.

if Man and Chimp were of the same kind or species, then they should be able to breedif they cant breed, then they cannot be the same speciesthis is what a 'kind' implies.... that it is of the same species and if its of the same species, it should be able to breed

not reallyhave you ever seen what happens to a domestic cat or pig when it starts breeding in the wild??? I've seen feral cats that were bigger then my medium sized dog... and we can see how wild pigs grow to huge sizesso animals can definitely get bigger under certain conditions.

i was tried to write it like that lollower sea levels enabled the Papua new guinea people to walk to australia....just as some ocean researches suggest that ridges aided animal migration.

in 7,000 odd years humans have managed to reproduce a vast variety of nationalities...why couldnt animals?scientists have researched human genes extensively. By comparing human genetic patterns around the earth, they found clear evidence that all humans have a common ancestor, a source of the DNA of all people who have ever lived, including each of us. In 1988, Newsweek magazine presented those findings in a report entitled “The Search for Adam and Eve.” Those studies were based on a type of mitochondrial DNA, genetic material passed on only by the female. Reports in 1995 about research on male DNA point to the same conclusion”that “there was an ancestral ”Adam,’ whose genetic material on the [Y] chromosome is common to every man now on earth,” Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

but through DNA analysis, the nationality can be identified...we know that it could be an asian person, or it could be an african, or it could be a Caucasian for exampleso we are 1 species of great varietywould you say that zoo's contain most of the representative species of all land animals ?

thats debatable though

today animals are restricted to their geographic locations, surebut perhaps back in noahs day, with a much lower sea level and much more land and continents closer together, animals were free to roam anywhere on the earthif the story of Noah is true, then obviously all the animals he collected could be found inhis geographic locationand back to the point of how the Papua New Guinea people walked to australia... that happened in the last 4-5 thousand years
so it in itself proves that sea levels must have been lower then they once were.

what event would that be?and yes your right, i'll be more precise in my use of the term nationality... i did have in mind ethnicity, so ill use this term in future