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Looking around for this pdf, John Woodmorappe in his book “Noah’s Ark: A Feasibility Study”.

Got something here.. it's only 55 pages though,

https://njbiblescience.org/presentations/Noahs%20Ark%20-%20A%20Feasibility%20Study.pdf

Noah’s Ark – A Feasibility Study Interpreting Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood as real history Jason D. Browning October 2009

That doesn't say John Woodmorappe. It's interesting because you have a nut who built a fucking ark that was 1/5th the size. lol!

Johan Huibers Ark Netherlands One-fifth size

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%27s_Ark

In the pdf they got pictures. It's like this tourist place on a dock. You go in and you see he's got full sized elephants and giraffes and you don't have much room around those areas. But I guess you just need 2. ok.. if you'd have an elephant on a boat for a year, it'd probably cause problems. However.. Bing AI tried to explain how oh they'd get them young.. and "god" would "sedate" them like in hibernation.

Hang on let's paste this text from the pdf.

Noah’s Ark – A Feasibility Study Interpreting Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood as real history Jason D. Browning October 2009 Johan Huibers Ark Netherlands One-fifth size

2 Peter 3:3 First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this „coming‟ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 14 Overview  The Book of Genesis describes how God destroyed the face of the earth through a year-long global flood, because of the “great wickedness” of the people  Noah and his family survived, along with representative animals, on a large boat (the ark)  Many regard this account as a myth, or as an exaggeration of an actual local flood event  Could Noah’s ark have occurred as described?  John Woodmorappe has performed a scientific study of the animal handling requirements of the ark and other issues and concludes that all potential problems have reasonable possible nonmiraculous solutions October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 15 Background  “Noah’s Ark: A Feasibility Study” by John Woodmorappe, published in 1996 by the Institute for Creation Research  Woodmorappe has a B.A. and M.A. in Geology, and a B.A. in Biology  Also wrote book “Studies in Flood Geology” October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 16 Timelines of History Evolution Biblical Creationism Creation in 6 days Global flood Tower of Babel End times, new heaven and earth Christ on earth ??? Big Bang Earth forms First life First humans Universe dies of heat death Ice Age 7-20 billion years ago 4.6B ~3.5B 100,000 6-15,000 years ago ~5,000 ~4,500 2,000 Today October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 17 The Genesis Flood Described in Genesis chapters 6-9  6:5 The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become  6:6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth  6:8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.  6:14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood  6:17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.  6:19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.  6:21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them. October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 18

• Noah had up to 100 years to plan and build • He was probably well off (blessed by God) • He could have hired help

October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 22 Ark Specifications Genesis 6:14-16:  437 feet long, 73 feet wide, 44 feet high  Three decks  A door in the side  Ark “window” was continuous slot under the roof eaves, 18 inches high  Made out of “gopher” wood (teak or other hardened wood)  Sealed with “pitch” inside and out October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 23 October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 24  Feb 10: Noah, his family, animals enter the ark  Feb 17: “All the springs of the great deep burst forth” and rain falls for 40 days and nights  Water floods the earth for 150 days  Jul 17: Ark comes to rest on the mountains of Ararat  Waters recede steadily  Oct 1: Tops of mountains become visible  Nov 9: Noah sends raven - returns; 7 more days dove brings olive leaf; 7 more days dove doesn’t return (Nov 23)  Jan 1: Water had dried up from the earth  Feb 27: The earth was completely dry and ark unloads The Flood Events •The ark was big enough for many more people • Everyone was probably invited to enter

October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 30 Competing Views of the Geologic Column Evolution Flood Evolution of animals of increasing higher orders More mobile, smarter animals Pre-flood, flood boundary Simpler shaped Habitat zones •Various Land • Near-ocean • Ocean Common belief about fish fossil formation – dead fish sinks to bottom and is gradually covered by sediment The observed fact today – dead fish float and remains are quickly scavenged Fossil formation requires quick burial through a catastrophic event! Mud hardens to form the intact fossil

October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 36 Who Was on the Ark?  Land mammals  Land reptiles  Terrestrial birds  Dinosaurs  Amphibians  Some animals now extinct  Eight people  Representative animals from each genus, not species  The genus is the smallest division of plants and animals that can be recognized without scientific study  Up to 16,000 animals (maybe as few as 2,000)  Large-sized were juveniles  Median size = a small rat  Only 11% larger than a sheep October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 37 Animal Space, Food, Water Needs  Ark situation equivalent to intensive livestock confinement (not a zoo)  Temporary captivity, need only to survive in reasonable health  Animal housing: 46.8% of ark floor space  2.5 sq. meters for juvenile of largest animals  Food: 6-12% of interior ark volume  Compressed hay, dried fruit, meat, fish  Water: 9.4% of ark volume  Or could have collected rainwater October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 38 Waste Management  12 tons of wet excreta produced daily (12 cubic meters) - comparable to intensive poultry house  Animal enclosures designed to minimize cleaning  Sloped, non-bedded floors  Slatted floors with manure pits  Thick sanitary bedding with no excreta removal  Manure gutters (animals can’t turn around)  Use of biological pest control (ducks, cats, mongooses)  Vermicomposting (use of earthworms to biodegrade manure)

October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 40 Ark Inventory by Mass Category Tons Empty Ark 4,000 Biomass at start 111 Biomass at end 411 Food at start 2,500 Water at start 4,070 Total needed 11,000 Cargo capacity 17,000 Spare mass 6,000 October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 41 Gathering of Animals Both Noah (Gen 6:19, 7:2) and God (Gen 6:20, 7:9, 7:15) were involved (reproduction of Figure 6 from book) Ark Tolerance to Wild Animals Captivity Filter Behavioral Filter Genetics Filter Noah’s Menagerie Divine Filter October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 42 Factors Lessening Difficulties of Gathering Animals  Antediluvian world was much different  (Possibly) Just one continent (Pangea)  Warm climate throughout (probably not due to “vapor canopy”)  Animals were more evenly distributed  Animals did not fear humans (Gen 9:2)  Animals were originally vegetarians (Gen 1:30)  Migration instinct may have been introduced at this time (Gen 6:20)  Hibernation instinct may have been introduced at this time October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 43 Other Alleged Ark Difficulties  Building a large wooden vessel  Care of the animals by eight people  Animals that eat fresh or live food, or have special diets  Animals that have differing climate needs  Heat buildup in the ark  Illumination in the ark  Violent flood waters, large waves (tsunamis) October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 44 After the Flood  (Possible) Breakup of the unified landmass during the flood (catastrophic plate tectonics) (Gen 7:11)  Mountain ranges formed as plates collide  Introduction of varying climates and seasons (Gen 8:22)  People and animals given permission to eat meat (Gen 9:3)  Introduction of hydrological cycle - possibly no rain prior to the flood (as there we no rainbows, Gen 9:12-14)  An ice age caused by excess heat in the oceans and barren landmasses  Drastic climate changes lead to extinction of the dinosaurs and many other animals October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 45 Catastrophic Plate Tectonics – One Pre-Flood Continent (Pangea) October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 46 Catastrophic Plate Tectonics  Speeded-up version of standard plate tectonics  The pre-flood ocean floor plates are forced below the continent plates  Occurs in a catastrophic fashion due to the potential for thermal runaway in silicate rock (minerals that form over 90% of the earth’s crust)  Began with the start of the flood  Genesis 7:11 “on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth”  Was largely completed by the end of the year-long flood October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 47 Plate Tectonics Illustration October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 48 CPT Modeling From www.globalflood.org After 15 days After 25 days October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 49 Ice Age – A Natural Result of the Flood Cooler land (stripped of vegetation) (snow-cover cooling) Much warmer ocean (fountains of the deep) (plate movement friction) Greater cloudiness (volcanic dust) From Oard, “An Ice Age Caused by the Genesis Flood” October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 50 Duration of the Ice Age “Fountains of the deep” break open Hot water gushes into oceans End of flood Waters drain off land Still warm from volcanic activity and plate movements More evaporation from the oceans = more snow and rain Ocean evaporates faster Much more snow & rain after the flood Snow over much larger area due to volcano dust blocking sun Land cooler due to volcano dust Snow does not melt in summer Eventually oceans cool and dust clears away Ice age is over 500 years to build up 200 years to melt back October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 53 Recovery After the Flood  Survival of organisms outside the ark  Water salinity stratification allowed some fresh, brackish, and salt-water fish to survive  Large floating mats of vegetation  Seeds buried and re-exhumed by erosion, or floated  Food sources after the flood  Plants, seaweed, fungi, carrion, fish, insects, earthworms, rodents  Three months between first dry land and emergence of animals gives time for some plants to grow October 2009 NJBibleScience.org 54 Recovery After the Flood  Repopulation of the world  Animals migrated from Ararat  Mountain landing: encouraged fragmentation of populations; offered varying ecological zones  Genetic diversity and speciation  Rapid post-flood speciation  Modern examples of single-pair founders  A single pair possesses most of the genetic diversity of the parent population Conclusions  The flood is necessary to explain the geologic column  There is historical and physical evidence that a global flood has occurred about 4,500 years ago  World-wide flood traditions  Early European written history back to Noah  Population build-up statistics  Sedimentary rock formations covering continent size regions  Great fossil beds  Interior mountains made of ocean bottom rocks  It is feasible that a barge/ark could have been built to carry about 16,000 animals + food + water  Only needed representatives of each genus, not species  Median animal size = small rat  Eight people could care for the animals  Some animals in hibernation state  Labor-saving housing systems  God was involved of course, but continuous miracles were not necessary  The history of the Bible can be trusted!

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