Historical Evidence of Noah's Ark

[Eusebius]

Why do you call it the Mesopotamian Ark? Who said Noah lived in Mesopotamia?

Since Josephus never told lies in his historical accounts, we can rest assured he told the truth concerning Noah's ark.

Since there were probably thousands of documents related to the historic Noah's ark and those documents were destroyed by wars and fires and time, we still have some documents related to it.

Who says there really aren't UFO's interacting with humans? Just because you find it implausible does not mean it doesn't occur. People like you don't really believe we went to the moon too.

The historic accounts written in stone which we still have of Noah's ark and the world-wide flood are actually proof the account the Bible portrays is correct. In the 3300 year old cuneiform tablet God was bringing a flood and the person was told to take animals two-by-two into the ark. The writer of the cuneiform adjusted the type of ship to accord with what they then used in that area. I suggest they got the story from Noah and they changed parts of the story to accord with their own ideas of the ship/ark.

The Sumerian cuneiform writing has been estimated to go as far back as 3,300 B.C. So we know this was written after the world-wide flood and most likely from Noah's offspring.

In brief, Utnapishtim had become immortal after building a ship to weather the Great Deluge that destroyed mankind. He brought all of his relatives and all species of creatures aboard the vessel. Utnapishtim released birds to find land, and the ship landed upon a mountain after the flood.

GENESIS GILGAMESH
Extent of flood Global Global
Cause Man's wickedness Man's sins
Intended for whom? All mankind One city & all mankind
Sender Yahweh Assembly of "gods"
Name of hero Noah Utnapishtim
Hero's character Righteous Righteous
Means of announcement Direct from God In a dream
Ordered to build boat? Yes Yes
Did hero complain? Yes Yes
Height of boat Several stories (3) Several stories (6)
Compartments inside? Many Many
Doors One One
Windows At least one At least one
Outside coating Pitch Pitch
Shape of boat Rectangular Square
Human passengers Family members only Family & few others
Other passengers All species of animals All species of animals
Means of flood Ground water & heavy rain Heavy rain
Duration of flood Long (40 days & nights plus) Short (6 days & nights)
Test to find land Release of birds Release of birds
Types of birds Raven & three doves Dove, swallow, raven
Ark landing spot Mountain -- Mt. Ararat Mountain -- Mt. Nisir
Sacrificed after flood? Yes, by Noah Yes, by Utnapishtim
Blessed after flood? Yes Yes

[TroutDude]

Eusie, your posts are the written equivalent of one hand clapping.

[Eusebius]

Originally Posted by TroutDude

Eusie, your posts are the written equivalent of one hand clapping.

That is better than no hand clapping.

[Tantalust]

Wow, they're getting close!



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