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A Dutchman building a replica of Noah's Ark to its exact biblical proportions may have found the key to fame and fortune: following his dreams. Or rather...his nightmares.
Twenty years ago when Johan Huibers had a hellish nightmare that a part of Holland had flooded, he awoke with the burning need to build an ark just like Noah's. Despite objections from his wife, he hasn't dropped the matter since.
Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15 "And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 "You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
The ark was made of a material that the Bible identifies as "gopher wood". The actual Hebrew word is "Gopher". The exact meaning of this material is still unknown. It has been presumed by some to be Cypress wood, Cedar, Teak, or Mahogany, but these are only assumptions. What ever the actual material was, still remains a mystery, although it was probably some type of wood.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
1.6 million dollars. There are a lot of better things that he could have done with that money. Sjogrens research grants come to mind. Seriously though .. he dreamed PART of Holland was flooded. So why not just move to the part that he dreamed wasn't flooded instead of spending the money on the boat.
Whatever. It's his money. Damned shame of a waste. But it's his ....
Originally posted by FlyersFan
1.6 million dollars. There are a lot of better things that he could have done with that money. Sjogrens research grants come to mind. Seriously though .. he dreamed PART of Holland was flooded. So why not just move to the part that he dreamed wasn't flooded instead of spending the money on the boat.
Whatever. It's his money. Damned shame of a waste. But it's his ....
Originally posted by HomerinNC
I think the original Ark came from another planet, 2 frozen ovum from each of that other planet's life and brought here
Originally posted by Silcone Synapse
Originally posted by FlyersFan
1.6 million dollars. There are a lot of better things that he could have done with that money. Sjogrens research grants come to mind. Seriously though .. he dreamed PART of Holland was flooded. So why not just move to the part that he dreamed wasn't flooded instead of spending the money on the boat.
Whatever. It's his money. Damned shame of a waste. But it's his ....
No offense FlyersFan but I bet Noah heard the same kind of comments just before you know what happened
But even if there is no flood,that is some peachy woodwork.
Originally posted by HomerinNC
reply to post by jude11
Its a theory thats been put out there before...I remember reading it and it sounded plausible...theres no way Noah could have gotten 2 of each land animal on that ship as small as it was
Originally posted by HomerinNC
reply to post by jude11
Its a theory thats been put out there before...I remember reading it and it sounded plausible...theres no way Noah could have gotten 2 of each land animal on that ship as small as it was
Originally posted by neo96
i hope for his sake it floats imagine spending all that money to find out it wont and it sinks and oh man i forgot the lifeboats.
to each there own and only 1/5 the size of the original ark.
i believe in some outlandish theories myself the space ark is plausible if for this reason only where did noah get all the trees to build it?
op interesting findedit on 24-6-2011 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
The ark was made of a material that the Bible identifies as "gopher wood". The actual Hebrew word is "Gopher". The exact meaning of this material is still unknown. It has been presumed by some to be Cypress wood, Cedar, Teak, or Mahogany, but these are only assumptions. What ever the actual material was, still remains a mystery, although it was probably some type of wood.
There are serious problems with building a solid wooden ship longer than 300 feet. This is due to the structural stress caused by the effects of wave action upon wooden vessels. Gopher could have been a material which was far stronger than conventional wood. The Antediluvians may have had processes for strengthening wood that we are not aware of.