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Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:21 PM Mar 2014

Bible contradictions. Did the animals go onto the Arc by sevens or by two's?

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In light of the new movie Noah directed by an Atheist. Whenever discussing Noah's Ark with fundies I always ask them about this and it's usually a big surprise to them that they can't answer:



In Genesis 6:19-21, it is written:


And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

In Genesis 7:2-3, it is written:


Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

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Bible contradictions. Did the animals go onto the Arc by sevens or by two's? (Original Post) Quixote1818 Mar 2014 OP
GD SoP: struggle4progress Mar 2014 #1
With the movie coming out it's big news right now. nt Quixote1818 Mar 2014 #2
Over 500 movies are produced annually in the US struggle4progress Mar 2014 #4
And this one is being discussed by all the liberal talk shows such as Young Turks, Bill Maher Quixote1818 Mar 2014 #13
You're not discussing the film, you're discussing the Bible (nt) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2014 #19
Clean critters by sevens. Unclean critters by twos. dawg Mar 2014 #3
That is correct, there is no conflict. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #8
Binary for 2 is 10 dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #5
There are only 10 kinds of people. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #6
The Bible is a wiki... ramblin_dave Mar 2014 #7
Yes this confused the hell out of the unicorns underpants Mar 2014 #9
This is what the wacky, wild-assed hair dude Sissyk Mar 2014 #10
how do Santa's reindeer fly? NightWatcher Mar 2014 #11
Which verse says they took Dinosaur eggs (I've been told that's what they did). JoePhilly Mar 2014 #12
Were the DINOS clean or unclean? undeterred Mar 2014 #15
Good question ... I wonder if all EGGS would be clean. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #17
Yeah, because Noah is actually Utnapishtim, and they just stole the story. Xyzse Mar 2014 #14
If there were only two fleas on the ark, did they go on one animal or two? Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #16
If I were the fleas, I'd have stayed on Noah. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #18
Locked as off-topic for GD by consensus of GD hosts LeftishBrit Mar 2014 #20

Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
2. With the movie coming out it's big news right now. nt
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:26 PM
Mar 2014

struggle4progress

(118,278 posts)
4. Over 500 movies are produced annually in the US
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:31 PM
Mar 2014

Quixote1818

(28,928 posts)
13. And this one is being discussed by all the liberal talk shows such as Young Turks, Bill Maher
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:46 PM
Mar 2014

David Packman, Secular Talk etc. etc.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,306 posts)
19. You're not discussing the film, you're discussing the Bible (nt)
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 07:23 PM
Mar 2014

dawg

(10,624 posts)
3. Clean critters by sevens. Unclean critters by twos.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:29 PM
Mar 2014

Cause Noah and the family could eat the clean critters, and still have some left over for breeding.

Yummy, yummy critters.

TheKentuckian

(25,023 posts)
8. That is correct, there is no conflict.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:38 PM
Mar 2014

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
5. Binary for 2 is 10
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:34 PM
Mar 2014

so maybe they went in in 10's

 

Jgarrick

(521 posts)
6. There are only 10 kinds of people.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:36 PM
Mar 2014

Those who understand binary and those who don't.

ramblin_dave

(1,546 posts)
7. The Bible is a wiki...
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:37 PM
Mar 2014

underpants

(182,769 posts)
9. Yes this confused the hell out of the unicorns
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:40 PM
Mar 2014

And thus they perished but they were kinda unholy anyway with things things on the foreheads ~~~you know what I mean. Rhinos new someone on the inside.

Sissyk

(12,665 posts)
10. This is what the wacky, wild-assed hair dude
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:41 PM
Mar 2014

on Ancient Aliens said:

"The ark was a DNA Bank!!!"

His eyes lit up.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
11. how do Santa's reindeer fly?
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:41 PM
Mar 2014

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
12. Which verse says they took Dinosaur eggs (I've been told that's what they did).
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:45 PM
Mar 2014

Since many Dinosaurs were very big, and some might eat you (or the other animals), they took eggs.

And don't even try to imagine how much poop a T-Rex might create ...so again, dino eggs.

But I've looked and I can't find the section on Dino eggs.

undeterred

(34,658 posts)
15. Were the DINOS clean or unclean?
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:46 PM
Mar 2014

What about the RINOS?

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
17. Good question ... I wonder if all EGGS would be clean.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:58 PM
Mar 2014

And I'm pretty sure RINOS don't have eggs.

But, they also create large amounts of waste ... elephants too.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
14. Yeah, because Noah is actually Utnapishtim, and they just stole the story.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:46 PM
Mar 2014

The epic of Gilgamesh is older by far.

A lot of the stories in the Bible is just them putting together a bunch of old stories together in to what they think is a cohesive whole.

I'd pay to see Gilgamesh put on screen.

 

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
16. If there were only two fleas on the ark, did they go on one animal or two?
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:48 PM
Mar 2014

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
18. If I were the fleas, I'd have stayed on Noah.
Wed Mar 26, 2014, 04:59 PM
Mar 2014

Cause ya know he wasn't going to drown.

LeftishBrit

(41,205 posts)
20. Locked as off-topic for GD by consensus of GD hosts
Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:34 AM
Mar 2014

Please feel free to re-post in Religion forum.

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