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Author Topic:   The Flood - Animals and their minimum food requirement
Wepwawet
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Message 36 of 239 (326904)
06-27-2006 4:36 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by CK
06-27-2006 4:22 PM


Re: Can we get a number?
You can only get about 12 pounds of hay in a cubic foot of space unless you use a modern bulk compression method which may give you as much as 20 pounds per cubic foot.
Assuming 20 pounds of hay per cubic foot and biblical measurements (450' X 75' X 45') that gives us a total of about 15,200 tons of food assuming every cubic inch was given over to storing food.

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Wepwawet
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Message 68 of 239 (326995)
06-27-2006 10:40 PM
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06-27-2006 10:28 PM


Re: Water Water everywhere, yet not a drop to drink!
This thread assumes a massive ark in order for it to float. I'll keep all technological claims within a nautical mile of that assumption - I promise
So far we've only used the measurements provided in The Bible. If you assume an 18 inch cubit this gives you a size of roughly 450' X 75' X 45'. Of course since Noah was such an old testament guy he may have had 36 inch cubits...or maybe not:
Mrs. Noah: (laughing)"Yes dear...I'm sure that really is six cubits".
And if Noah was such a technical old geek, why didn't he just collect DNA samples, stick the test tube in his pocket and clone the critters when he got out of his dinghy? Oh wait...The Bible doesn't say he didn't...hmmmm.
Edited by Wepwawet, : Capitalizing Bible because it's a proper noun and all...
Edited by Wepwawet, : No reason given.

When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data.
- Henry Morris, Head of Institute for Creation Research

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Wepwawet
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Message 78 of 239 (327014)
06-27-2006 11:30 PM
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06-27-2006 10:50 PM


Re: Water Water everywhere, yet not a drop to drink!
One of the stones in the Wall measures more than 40 feet long, and weighs 400 tons. This is the largest stone ever quarried by man - nothing near its size exists in Greece, in the pyramids, or in Manhattan. No crane today can even lift such a stone.
Are all your sources this reliable? Here...
Kockums Crane - Wikipedia
That one could lift 1,500 metric tons.
As for it being the largest stone every quarried by man, well if you go to the quarries at Aswan you can still see a chunk of fully quarried granite weighing approximately 1,000 tons that was abandoned by the quarrymen after discovering a crack. I don't think ancient engineers would have been too impressed by your rock.
Oh, and a perfectly joined piece of dry-joint masonry wouldn't allow a piece of paper in an inch. Your ancient wonder doesn't meet code I'm afraid.
Get better sources. In the meantime you might want to address the topic, which isn't about the size of rocks in Israel, but about how Noah kept all those animals on board his boat with nary a pooper scooper or film crew from Animal Planet.
Edited by Wepwawet, : Adding a little clarification
Edited by Wepwawet, : Correcting spelling errors
Edited by Wepwawet, : Gary pointed out a mistake. Thanks Gary

When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted its data.
- Henry Morris, Head of Institute for Creation Research

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