Did the Noah's Arc story actually happen?

Question

Did the story of Noah take place as told in The Bible or is it a fable? Explain why or why not.

Craftsman · Accepted Answer

The part I think is a myth is the actual Noah-built boat and the time spent there-on. Think of the headache God gave Noah in separating wolves from sheep, antelopes from lions, and so on. How did he carry enough food? Why did he take along mosquitos? Many things point to the story being in great part a myth.
On the other side of the equation, almost every oral history of people worldwide includes a great flood. In most cases, this flood came due to rain, in a world in which there was no rain. Perhaps water would settle as night-time dew to nourish plants, but did not fall in the form of rain. Then some cataclysm occurred and rain fell for a long time, flooding the land. Would this be possible? My personal theory is that yes, it is plausible.
If modern scientists have found that Earth had at one time rings such as Saturn has, and which was made of ice gathered from somewhere in space or ejected from Earth at some earlier time, the water would be present in orbit. Given there are volcanoes that can spew debris and gasses high into the atmosphere and perhaps beyond, an eruption might have upset the structure of the ice rings around Earth, causing a collapse into the atmosphere. An asteroid or meteorite strike might do the same.
It is likely the ice would melt much like a meteorite burns, but since ice is solid water, it would simply dissipate as water vapor and steam, both of which would then condense into clouds, and as the water vapor forms drops, rain would be the ultimate result. As the rings disintegrate, Ice would continue to fall, melt, and fall as rain, maybe continuously, flooding land that did not as yet have eroded channels such as streams and rivers to drain excess water.
Then again, the previous may be the result of an imaginative mind with too much time to explore and a desire to escape boredom.

lasher010 · Accepted Answer

A lot of people won't believe this and that's fine. But there is a guy that found a fossilized bottom of a boat that fit exactly what Noah's Ark would be in Turkey. Course the media downplayed it and said that it was all bulshit. The media is ruled by demonic forces the world is ruled by the Mind forces. You wouldn't expect people to all of a sudden be believing in Noah's Ark. The guy who found this has found all kinds of different things. That's another way that God would do things. He would have one guy find a bunch of stuff that was incredible that one guy could find it. The guy found blood Under The Mercy Seat that did not have a human father when they tested the blood. Of course you're wondering why isn't this the biggest news in the world. Because people don't want it to be true. Investigated yourself with an open mind I can't remember his name he died recently Ron Wyatt was his name and he was a very good respectable trustworthy man. And he found all kinds of crazy stuff. You should see the pictures of how this you can tell it's about the bottom of a boat that sunk down into the mud it slid down the mountain. They can never find figure out why it was further down the mountain and slid down and fossilized. The measurements seemed off at first and then later on they found out that the measurements originally they were using for what a cubit is in the Bible was not accurate. The Bible always proves itself at the right moments. It might not all be complete fact and laid out like a science book. The God did that on purpose but I won't even go into that. Believe it or not I'm I know a lot about theology I love God even though I'm a bad person

Raider · Accepted Answer

Well... they found a boat in Turkey that fits the measurements and description.

Did the Noah's Arc story actually happen?

Also, you have to take in consideration of the era. The story of Noah's Arc was passed on, through generations of people who taught the story of their ancestors by word of mouth because words were not invented yet. It wasn't until Moses wrote it down because he was probably taught how to read and write. Then in the Book of Job, you have a different narrative because it's written down as it happens, a winter storm in Jerusalem, which we know today as the Ice Age. This has a different narrative because words and reading were around for awhile so you get more of a journal as it's happening. Here is the website where I found it. I was doing some research and this seemed possible to me. https://www.google.com/amp/s/opentheword.org/2016/06/27/the-book-of-job-and-the-ice-age/amp/

purplepoppy · Accepted Answer

Do you believe 2 penguins walked from Antarctica to the middle east to get on a boat in the middle of the desert?
Even if the story was true the arc would have to be a lot bigger than the bible claims. Then there's simply not enough water on the planet to flood everywhere.

What we do know as fact is several megafloods have occurred around the world at different times. It's plausible that stories were passed down the generations and eventually became a basis for the noah myth

Red_Arrow · Answer

The story of Noah comes from the Jewish religion. But there are stories passed down in many religions that tell of a great flood, just the details differ. So it is quite possible that huge flooding of at least a major area actually happened. Plus studies of changes of the earth prove many events happened throughout time that changed the surface of the earth. Scholars have looked at the religious stories and the scientifically proven changes, and conclude that some events happened that the people of the time explained with stories that fit their religions, and the flooding is one of them. Plus remnants of an ark have been found where no water was anywhere near. So a great flood, or aliens levitating a ship to the mountains. Which do you believe?

PositiveNote · Answer

Wow, you start off with Noah's arc and then want to us to explain the whole bible? Got a few years? LOL
Here's a little: From 1971 to 1986 astronaut James Irwin spent a good portion of his life searching for Noah's Arc. He didn't find it, but he didn't stop believing it was on Mount Ararat... In fact there are pictures that distinguish an arc-like remnant left there. The country of Turkey wouldn't allow them to finish their search, however.
If you are serious in your search about the truth of the bible, watch this video... it's believable, and if you are still searching, follow up on the studies published by each of the people in the film: The God Who Speaks (free on Amazon Prime.)

DWornock · Answer

There may have been a local flood, the basis for the legend but a world wide flood covering most of the mountains was impossible. The atmosphere could not have contained that much water at a temperature less than a couple hundred degrees and pressure of less than hundred of PSI. And if that much water fell from outer space in 40 days the kinetic energy converted into heat would have raised the temperature of the atmospheres 100 to several hundred degrees.

Even if 40 days could have been 40 years allowing adequate cooling, there would be nowhere for the water to go and the earth would still be covered with water.

ChrisMaster69 · Answer

Historically something is believed to have happened, as many cultures around the world have stories of a huge flood etc.

the biblical story, is a story.

you imagine the logistics for feed.

it has immense holes in the entire story, you could sail a 1000 mythical arks through.

abc3643 · Answer

Noah's Arc? This Noah: Was he some ancient Greek guy studying geometry or something? Oh! You mean "Noah's Arc", that show in the mid-2000s involving gay black men, right?

SlightlyEccentric · Answer

>Senior citizen rounds up two of every animal on the planet
>World completely floods for a fort night
>Literally all animals on the planet are near extinction at this point (only two of each left)
>Noah and his family are the only people left
>Noah repopulates humans through incest
>Rest of animals repopulate planet by themselves... through incest

Seems legit

slatyb · Answer

Why not? There's no evidence of such a flood anywhere and the idea that a boat could carry every land animal on earth is ludicrous. There is a theory that there was a catastrophic flood of the Black Sea basin that may have been the basis for the myth of Noah's Ark.

genericname85 · Answer

Of course not. And that's objectively true for three major reasons.
1. cause the boat is physically impossible
2. there was never a global flood
3. the evolutionary history of the species we can look at would not make sense if that did actually happen.

Of course there's countless minor reasons that add up to a major nope for this story.

Anpu23 · Answer

First it's a continuation of an earlier story (the earliest version comes from Ancient Sumarian) as Abraham was from Ur a Babylonian city it's natural to assume that he took his childhood stories with him.
I believe that there was a localized flood that seemed catastrophic at the time.

Anonymous · Answer

yes GOD broke the earth  that's why its cracked from the flood  he also drowned the giants in the flood and their bodies cover the earth

Anonymous · Answer

I you think you can build a boat and put 2 of every animal on it and sail around for a month in the rain; try it.

Spoiler alert: The rain isn't the part which is the problem so you won't need to worry about recreating that.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I wasn't there. But being a boat and ship builder myself I am confident to say that the Ark as per description could not have done the job.
So I consider the narration as a ''story'' that aims to transmit a conceptional idea or message.

_乃尺OЩ刀_TITI · Answer

No, most most most likely not. I recommend this guy's counter on the story.

Anonymous · Answer

None of the global flood story of Noah's arc happened. At best Noah was a merchant in the middle east when a bad storm happened causing the river he was on to over flow its banks.. There literally was never enough water on this planet to good the whole earth.. the premise is straight up stupidity. The story is meant to teach a lesson no more no less.

DaisyM23 · Answer

No way did one man build a massive ark and save two of each animal from a flood that killed everyone else. Maybe it’s a biblical fable on original sin or whatnot but there’s no evidence

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

It couldn't have happened EXACTLY as it is suggested, because taking on board two termites would have ultimately caused the ark to sink!

Anonymous · Answer

there was a boat there was a massive flood but the flood didn't cover the earth just a certain small country (i forget which one and i'm to lazy to look it up). it was recorded because one of those desert countries hadn't seen water in ages and it's rare for one of those desert countries to rain and when it does it gets recorded

Rachelspiks · Answer

I can't believe there are actually grown, supposedly mature adults who actually take this silly story seriously. Of course it didn't happen.

Stoner710 · Answer

There is evidence of a huge global flood did happen he necessarily Noah’s ark story is real me in the Noah’s Ark story is real

smølf · Answer

The youtube channel, "Answers in Genesis" addresses most of you questions:

Aquariusmystery · Answer

I think it’s more of a metaphor. I spoke to a priest once who said to take the Old Testament with a pinch of salt

zagor · Answer

There are a lot of flood stories in ancient mythology. Some think it is from when the Black Sea was flooded by the collapse of the land that kept out the Mediterranean.

veronicagirl973 · Answer

i believe bill nye proved that it could never have happend.. i'm sticking to it

oddwaffle · Answer

Yeah, they ate the Dodos when they ran out of food.

jshm2 · Answer

Depends which version of events you want to believe.

Pj1981 · Answer

Well Noah was 950 years old when he died so if you can believe that I'm sure his story is true as well.

Made4sex · Answer

The simple question to that is do you believe the Bible is Gods word?

Massageman · Answer

Yes. Check out The Ark Adventure / Answers in Genesis for the answers.

Anonymous · Answer

It's a myth, but it may be based on a real event, the flooding of the Bospherous valley around 8000 years ago. Look up "Black Sea deluge hypothesis"

Anonymous · Answer

Properly presented science DOES prove that this DID actually happen. God's Word is incapable of lying. Noah and his family were the only humans at that time who were worthy of escaping death. The world had become THAT reprobate and wicked

Prakbio · Answer

actually, you can find, a similar type of story is also in Hinduism.

chriscdi · Answer

Well there's unexplained marine fossils on Mount everest so how 🤷

OddBeMe · Answer

Of course! There was a global flood the exact same time the Egyptians were building the pyramids. But they reported nothing of the sort.

MrJMM · Answer

We don't know! If anything a person could just have an idea and just wrote it down.

Anonymous · Answer

Polar caps melting at the end of the ice age? Doesn't have to be a literal story.

Anonymous · Answer

Nope, no evidence of a worldwide flood anywhere , there's absolutely no way they could habe got the animals on board , just a complete myth

Hulk30 · Answer

there's proof that it never happened and ya can't see evidence that noah ever existed

Anonymous · Answer

It probably did rain a lot. There may have been some localized flooding. The ark story is clearly nonsense though.

tron_dk · Answer

Yes and plenty of evidence of a worldwide flood too.

EmmaMary · Answer

Only in cloud Cuckoo Land.

suisuiola · Answer

No. It didn't happen.

Slartybartfast · Answer

Captains log, day ten. Roast unicorn is delicious.

Aakash_Hangargi · Answer

I wasn't there so who knows 🤷

FunkyMonkee · Answer

How COULD it be possible?

humanearth · Answer

I dont know, I was not there back then

loveslongnails · Answer

I believe the story is allegorical.

supercutebutt · Answer

It is a myth. :)

GaryBacon · Answer

Everything in the Bible happened.

Anonymous · Answer

much more likely than covid occuring naturally

Sabretooth · Answer

... did covid happen?

strateguy632 · Answer

fable

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. Every religion reports that story.

Sugar_7 · Answer

Yes, end of story.

karaspara · Answer

Fuck knows

Iron_Man · Answer

Yes of course

SamFromFL · Answer

Nope

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

100% fact.

admles · Answer

No. LOL.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Obviously

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