{"id":8545,"date":"2012-12-10T12:35:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T18:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2012-12-10T12:35:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T18:35:37","slug":"noahs-ark-sails-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/zackhunt\/2012\/12\/noahs-ark-sails-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah’s Ark Sails Again!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Ken Ham must be so proud.<\/p>\n

Or is he jealous of the competition<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Dutchman launches life-sized replica of Noah\u2019s Ark<\/h2>\n

By Toby Sterling, Associated Press<\/p>\n

DORDRECHT, Netherlands (AP) \u2014 Just as the first storms of winter roll in, Dutchman Johan Huibers has finished his 20-year quest to build a full-scale, functioning model of Noah\u2019s Ark \u2014 an undertaking of, well, biblical proportions.<\/p>\n

Huibers, a Christian, used books 6-9 of Genesis as his inspiration, following the instructions God gives Noah down to the last cubit.<\/p>\n

Translating to modern measurements, Huibers came up with a vessel that works out to a whopping 427 feet (130 meters) long, 95 feet (29 meters) across and 75 feet (23 meters) high. Perhaps not big enough to fit every species on Earth, two by two, as described in the Bible, but plenty of space, for instance, for a pair elephants to dance a tango.<\/p>\n

Johan\u2019s Ark towers across the flat Dutch landscape and is easily visible from a nearby highway where it lies moored in the city of Dordrecht, just south of Rotterdam.<\/p>\n

Gazing across the ark\u2019s main hold, a huge space of stalls supported by a forest of pine trees, visitors gaze upon an array of stuffed and plastic animals, such as buffalo, zebra, gorillas, lions, tigers, bears, you name it. Elsewhere on the ark is a petting zoo with actual live animals that are less dangerous or easier to care for \u2014 such as ponies, dogs, sheep, and rabbits \u2014 and an impressive aviary of exotic birds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis boat \u2014 it\u2019s amazing,\u201d said Alfred Jongile, visiting from South Africa with his Dutch wife.<\/p>\n

For Huibers, a builder by trade, it all began with a nightmare he had in 1992, when the low-lying Netherlands was flooded, as it has been many times throughout its history.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a>\u00a0OR\u00a0click here to scroll through pictures of the new ark<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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