LostSheep Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 What did the lions, tigers, and bears (oh my) eat on Noah's ark? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Perhaps they ate all the fresh water fish floating on top of the water. That at least is what the dinosaurs would have done, had they not misunderstood that the ark was launching on Tuesday rather than Wednesday. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 The animals went in two by twoHurrah hurrahThe elephant and the kangarooHurrah hurrahThe animals went in two by twoThe elephant and the kangarooAnd they all went into the ArkFor to get out of the rainThe animals went in three by threeHurrah hurrahThe wasp, the ant and the bumble beeHurrah hurrahThe animals went in four by fourHurrah hurrahThe great hippopotamus stuck in the doorHurrah hurrahThe animals went in five by fiveHurrah hurrahBy eating each other they kept aliveHurrah hurrahThe animals went in six by sixHurrah hurrahThey turned out the monkey because of his tricksHurrah hurrahThe animals went in seven by sevenHurrah hurrahThe little pig thought he was going to heavenHurrah hurrahPoor old monkey - that's all I can say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) Perhaps they ate all the fresh water fish floating on top of the water.That at least is what the dinosaurs would have done, had theynot misunderstood that the ark was launching on Tuesday rather than Wednesday.:)According to Kent Hovind, baby dinosaurs were carried on the Ark, but their descendents were later hunted to extinction by Man. (Except possibly a few like Ogopogo, Bunyip, the Loch Ness Monster etc.)(By the way, Hovind is very much the "soft underbelly" of biblical literalism, so it's no great victory to find holes in his reasoning.) Edited October 30, 2009 by Jamie123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnn727 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 unicorns, cockatrices, behemoth's and jabberwockies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Tofu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 What did the lions, tigers, and bears (oh my) eat on Noah's ark? Three possible answers:Genesis 7:2-3"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."Now, how you can take animals "by sevens" by taking "the male and his female", I've never quite understood. Nevertheless, you have an overabundance of "clean" (i.e. edible) animals. If you aren't concerned about genetic narrowing, that might give you some good eats, at least for a couple of days.Isaiah 7:11"And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox."The predators put those sharp, pointed, flesh-ripping teeth to good use by going vegetarian.Madagascar-ish broken Aesop fish-eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthSeekerToo Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 More possibilities: *All the animals went into some kind of hybernation mode during the voyage. I saw this idea on a flood site that talked about how many tens of thousands of creatures would have been on the boat. *The story is not meant to be understood at a literal level. The message is symbolic. This way I don't have to worry about what they ate or who had to shovel all that poop. Vort, I think the "seven" number is had by 3 couples and a spare. The spares were all sacrificed when they got off the boat. That's the only thing that makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdfxdb Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 If God can gather animals into an ark, and see to it that they don't go totally nuts, then surely he can see to it that they aren't hungry. They probably didn't eat otherwise the resulting mess (poop) would have been unimiginable for a small family such as Noah's to logistically take care of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john doe Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I think this thread belongs in the humor section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hordak Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 The tigers were in Asia, the lions in Africa and nether were affected by the flood of Noahs "world" the same way the Alexander the Great conquered the "world" even though his kingdom was only in 3 of the 7 continents and just a small portion of them at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor2112 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Maybe God caused them to hibernate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 It seems I remember reading something somewhere that the carnivores were changed during their sojurn on the ark and ate grain. I'll see if I can look it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Maybe God caused them to hibernate? Or encased them in carbonite... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Or, what if the entire ark was a starship that once afloat placed the crew and cargo into hyperstasis and spirited them away to another planet where the Tigress and Euphrates Rivers were located in Mesopotamia. Sometimes my apologetic skills astound me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthSeekerToo Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Moksha you are hilarious!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 If anyone has ever learned to ask questions - one of the first things they will learn is that the Biblical narrative is not complete. So then next question for those that dare to ask questions of G-d; where can we go for answers. (James 1:5) What I am trying to figure out is why he gives different answers to people in different religions asking the same question???The Traveler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 It seems I remember reading something somewhere that the carnivores were changed during their sojurn on the ark and ate grain.I'll see if I can look it up. I have heard that somewhere too..but I don't remember where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northern_dad Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 What did the lions, tigers, and bears (oh my) eat on Noah's ark? Stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deseretgov Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I think it would be an interesting experiment to try and build and ark. Load it with supplies and animals, float it and try to maintain it for the necessary period of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSheep Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I find it funny that there are other religions that totally believe this story, yet they think that Jesus visiting the Americas is ridiculous, because there's no scientific evidence to back it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Three possible answers:Genesis 7:2-3"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."Now, how you can take animals "by sevens" by taking "the male and his female", I've never quite understood. Nevertheless, you have an overabundance of "clean" (i.e. edible) animals. If you aren't concerned about genetic narrowing, that might give you some good eats, at least for a couple of days.And why should we accept that account instead of the priestly account found in Genesis 6 (19) that very clearly stipulates that two, not seven of each animal was taken on board the boat?"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I find it funny that there are other religions that totally believe this story, yet they think that Jesus visiting the Americas is ridiculous, because there's no scientific evidence to back it up. Well - do you find ridiculous the idea that Xenu, dictator of the Galactic Confederacy, 75 million years ago brought billions and billions of space aliens to earth, stacked them around volcanos and then killed them with hydrogen bombs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Snow, what are your observations on the nature of Xenu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snow Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Snow, what are your observations on the nature of Xenu?None. My point is that one man's religion is another's point of ridicule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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