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In reply to the discussion: Creationists Try to Outsmart Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Great Flood and Climate Change [View all]Vattel
(9,289 posts)We only had room in the ark for our dog, a pair of cats, and some frozen fish. Some pigeons roosted in the boats rafters for a few days. Some early versions of the flood story claim that we had a gopher too, but that was a result of confusing "gopher wood" which is what we made the ark out of, with the animal "gopher." Also, we measured the ark in cubytes, not cubits, which has led to some underestimating the size of the ark (there are 8 cubits in one cubyte).
I would also like to point out that I never claimed that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights. What I said is that it rained for WHAT SEEMED LIKE 40 days and 40 nights because I was so bored on that ark. It actually only rained for the better part of four days. There was a flood though because a couple of levies built by the Babylonian Army Corps of Engineers broke (some claim it was sabotage).
Oh and my boat was way cooler than Gilgamesh's.