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About the GreatFlood and Noah’sArkThey,and every beast afterhis kind, and all the cattleafter their kind, and everycreeping thing that creepethupon the earth after his kind,and every fowl after his kind,every bird of every sort. Andthey went in unto Noah intothe ark, two and two of allflesh, wherein is the breath oflife.—Genesis 7:14-15PointstoPonder2Peter 3:3-8 tells us that people who scoff at the Bible are“willingly ignorant” of the Creation and the Flood. In order tounderstandscienceandtheBible,wemustnotbeignorantofthosetwogreateventsinEarth’shistory.•1 Over270Floodlegendsfromallpartsoftheworldhavebeenfound.MosthavemanysimilaritiestotheGenesisstory.•2Scoffers point out that 300-foot sailing ships leak, butNoah’s ark was built only to float, not to sail anywhere.Manyarkscholarsbelievethatthearkwasa“barge”shape,notapointed“boat”shape.Thiswouldgreatlyincreasethecargocapacity.•3Even using the small 18-inch cubit (my height is 6-ft. 1-in.andIhavea21-in.cubit)thearkwaslargeenoughtoholdalltherequiredanimals,people,andfoodwithroomtospare.•4The length-to-width ratio of 6to 1is what shipbuildersoftenusetoday. Thisisthebestratioforstabilityinstormyweather.(Godthinksofeverything!)•5The ark may have had a“moon-pool” in the center. Thelargershipswouldhaveaholeinthecenterofthebottomofthe boat with walls extending up into the ship. There areseveralreasonsforthisfeature:a. It allowed water to go up into the hole as the shipcrestedwaves.Thiswouldbeneededtorelievestrainonlongerships.b. Therisingandloweringwateractedasapistontopumpfreshairinandoutoftheship.Thiswouldpreventthebuildup of dangerous gasses from all the animals onboard.C. The hole was agreat place to dump garbage into theoceanwithoutgoingoutside.•6The ark may have had large drogue (anchor) stonessuspended over the sides to keep it more stable in roughweather.Manyofthesestoneshavebeenfoundintheregionwherethearklanded. See video#3ofourSeminarSeries.•7Noah lived 950 years! Many Bible scholars believe the pre-Floodpeopleweremuchlargerthanmodernman.Skeletonsover 11 feet tall have been found! If Noah were taller, hiscubit(elbowtofingertip)wouldhavebeenmuchlargeralso.Thiswouldmakethearklargerbythesameratio.Seevideo#3formoredetails.•8God told Noah to bring two of each kind (seven of some),notofeachspeciesorvariety.Noahhadonlytwoofthedogkind which would later became the wolves, coyotes, foxes,mutts, etc. The “kind” grouping is probably closer to ourmodern family division in taxonomy, and would greatlyreduce the number of animals on the ark. Animals havediversified into many varieties in the last 4400 years sincethe Flood. This diversification is not anything similar togreat claimsthattheevolutioniststeach.Dr. Kent Hovind • office (850) 479-DINO (3466) •Fax 479-8562 18