Were the Pyramids made out of concrete?

[Damian]

Thus, Noah couldn't have built an Ark that was very large. It was obviously only a small crude raft on which he saved his livestock from a local river flood. But the story got bigger and better with each retelling around the campfire, like the "telephone" game.

That sounds like a reasonable assessment. I approve of this statement. :jazz:

 

[carolus magnus]

False dichotomy. Spruce Goose =/= Noah's Ark

Hughes' "flying lumberyard" has the added condition of being verifiable, a quality the Ark lacks in abundance...

You are missing the point. The feasibility of a wooden boat that size was being questioned. Engineering has clearly proven that it is possible. So the argument that a wooden ark of that size could not be possible is disproved.

So what we end up with is a lot of good reasons to accept the historicity of the ark, and none not to accept it.

 

[billwald]

You saying Noah built his boat from moulded plywood?

 

[bob b]

You saying Noah built his boat from moulded plywood?

The Ark did not have to fly so it could have been built with wood materials other than moulded plywood. The possibilities are many.

The example was given simply to show that engineering ingenuity can do things beyond your imagination. Your problem is that you are using the discredited "argument from incredulity".