Talk:Noah's Ark

"asswaged"?

Yes. Asswaged is the proper Biblical spelling of the modern assuaged, as it is in the original authorized English translation of the Holy Scriptures. Many modern "King James" Bibles actually alter the text, which can lead to confusion and errant exegesis (see "King James Glossary" & "Believers Beware of Counterfeit King James Bibles" for other spelling alterations).

Um, how can changing the spelling in a translation result in exegetic problems? JoshuaZ 14:57, 7 March 2007 (EST)

King James-onlyism is not an official position of Conservapedia last I checked. MountainDew 15:01, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Oh my, was that the logic behind the user's comment. *checks link*. Yep, wow. I don't know what to say to that. JoshuaZ 15:08, 7 March 2007 (EST)

In fact, looking at that website in detail it argues for among other things the old-style British spelling of "Savior" as "Saviour" so per Conservapedias rules about British and American English if anything Conservapedia is anti-KJV onlyism. JoshuaZ 15:13, 7 March 2007 (EST)

By that reasoning, any edition claiming to be the King James Version that omits the Apocrypha is counterfeit. What do they have to say about the Apocrypha? Is it OK to omit them? Dpbsmith 16:13, 7 March 2007 (EST)

(Sigh) Why do I even ask? Yes, they have a pat answer. Dpbsmith 16:13, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Well at least they are aware that the apocrpha was in the original KJV. Many KJVist don't even know that. I can spot at least 4 factual errors in that piece though (ignoring things that aren't factual errors per se but just very odd language choice like the "Jewish Church"). What fun. JoshuaZ 16:17, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Conservapedia is obviously not King-James-only, since the article on the Ark of the Covenant says it was made of "acacia" wood. :-) Dpbsmith 13:37, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Dates

Excuse me but where the heck are the Roman calendar dates coming from? There is no way that that was the calendrical system in use. Most likely the system refferred to is a lunar calendar or lunar-solar calendar like that that Jews currently use. JoshuaZ 14:59, 7 March 2007 (EST)

Post-Diluvian Content

I am unsure that the explanation of the dispersal of animals from after they exited the Ark is within the scope of this article as it isn't really about the Ark itself. I think instead a separate article on the Post-Diluvian Diasporas should be created and linked to from here. Dr. Richard Paley 08:34, 10 March 2007 (EST)

I agree. Started article Post-Diluvian Diasporas--AustinM 11:23, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Polar Bears?

Were polar species such as Polar Bears and Penguins to be found on the ark? I'm guessing they would not be friendly with their cell-mates for 40 days: Feeding regiments must have been tricky, but above all the middle-eastern climate must have been damaging to their well-being.

If God can flood the Earth, he can keep penguins alive. MountainDew 01:21, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

If God can keep penguins alive, he could've just let all chosen animals and humans survive miraculously without the need for an ark. ;) --Sid 3050 09:29, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

I included a comment about dinosaurs, which conceivably could have had difficulty coexisting on the Ark with other animals, as another controversial issue about the Ark. However, I'm not sure why it was removed. Fairandbalanced 22:17, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Not being the one who removed it, I couldn't say for sure, but it was a fairly vague criticism (what "difficulty"?), and not worthy of an encyclopedia article as it stood. However, I don't think locking the article was justified; apart from your (presumably well-intentioned) edit there was only one attempt at vandalism. Philip J. Rayment 22:40, 21 March 2007 (EDT)

Pic added

And other improvements will follow. Karajou 21:58, 21 March 2007 (EDT)