Many people struggle with the idea that Noah actually existed, and if you are a skeptic, I wish nothing more than you read this article with an open mind, why? Because the story of the Great Flood is document in over 2000 ancient documents, existing not only in Christian records but many other cultures.
The story of the Great Flood tells us that when Noah was 500 he had three sons Shem, Ham, Japheth. Noah was given instructions on how to build the ark including size, height, waterproofing (300cubits X 50 cubits X 30 cubits, 3 stories high). The ark was to hold Noah, his wife, his three sons with their wives, 8 people in all.
(Please note 1cubit=21.88inches)
He was told to gather food for the journey, told to save the animals, and that it will rain for 40 days to cause a flood, the flood happened in his 600th year, the water rose by fifteen cubits? although it states mountains were covered, the waters stayed high for 150 days.
Afterwards, Noah and sons told to replenish the earth, Noah lived 350 years after flood (total 950) and as grandsons and great grandsons were born, they spread out and formed settlements They are recorded as spreading out to all countries, to the isles, to the east and west. This links in to an alternative story of Sambethe who is said to have been part of Noah's family, actually rumoured to be Noah's daughter in law, Sambethe moved to Greece and founded the Sibyl sisterhood. Other documents such as the Book of Enoch tells how Enoch (Noah's grandfather) was the one who was told about the coming flood, and that when Noah was born as an albino, it was seen as a sign that the flood would happen during Noah's lifetime, making him to be the one to survive the Great flood.
Most non-believers call this story nonsense, despite the existence of the Ark being noted during the Greek Empire, in fact scientists are said to have identified sites which could be the Ark, found in Turkey near the border with Afghanistan. The picture above is from the first site, and I have actually attended a lecture from the discoverer of the site. His arguments and evidence are surprisingly believable. The second site was supposedly discovered by a Chinese expedition to the area, the video below is supposed to be what they found.
These claims have been totally rebuked by the scientific community, first claiming that the Chinese built a wooden structure on the mountain and then froze it with ice, how convenient, especially when the site is located on a cliff far above where machinery can go!(at 12000ft) So when that argument failed, they moved on to other ways to call it into disrepute. I want to ask why !! Here is a valid theory and a valid site to investigate, isn't that the job that scientists are supposed to do??
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