You can read the full story here. Religious questions aside (although I'm sure someone will hijack this thread eventually), my question for you guys is the same one this dude's wife had: Why is this asshole wasting his money on stupid shit like this and not digging wells in Ethiopia or something? If he wanted to help the world, building a fucking boat is not the way to go about it. And not even a particularly accurate boat at that; if he's trying to show kids that the Ark really existed, is he implying that Noah had access to power tools and welding equipment (notice that his replica includes a steel motherfucking hull)? What did they run on, coal?

Anyway, thoughts?

How can you make a replica of something that has no existing plans or directions in the first place? How can you make an exact replica of a description taken from simple text?

Edit: It may just be because I was originally Jewish that this bugs me, but why have they now claimed that the tale of Noah's Arc is now exclusively for Christian benefit?

Damn it! Ninja'd by the wife!

Yeah, why the fuck is he spending money on that bullshit? Its completely useless. And how do you make a replica of something that never existed?

It's his money. He can use it on whatever he wants. I really don't care.

I wonder if I can hitch a ride on his boat when global warming dooms us all.

well... you pretty much said it all. Interesting story just not much to discuss.

I guess it's a pretty huge waste of time and can't wait until he shoves all the animals of the earth in there at once.

Agreed with the wife.

Honestly, if he's trying to prove something then he'd have to do it accurately.

Aby_Z:
How can you make a replica of something that has no existing plans or directions in the first place? How can you make an exact replica of a description taken from simple text?

As far as I can tell, the Bible gives some dimensions and mentions "gopher wood" (no idea what the hell that is, but whatever). It most definitely does not say that Noah used his wood-fired circular saw to fit the joists or anything.

(Don't know what a joist is, don't care.) :D

...ugh...this reeks of "Evan Almighty"....................that's not a good thing..........

Wow lol... this is fail. God gave Noah the plans, and they were never written down. How do you build a replica of something that never had any plans? I guess maybe from the bibles description. And this in no way proves the ark ever existed, just that people can create large boats and call them an ark.

You people laugh. But this guy is thinkin ahead. 2012 man, 2012. Right around the corner...

TheGreatCoolEnergy:
You people laugh. But this guy is thinkin ahead. 2012 man, 2012. Right around the corner...

Those fake giraffes oughta come in handy when the apocalypse comes...

Well you can say "Why waste your money on that?" But then you can say that about ANY luxury. Why waste that hard earned money on TV, the internet, games, fashionable clothes, expensive cars and on and on and on. That money could be spent helping all those other unfortunate people elsewhere.

So I don't buy that excuse of "He is wasting his money, it should be put to better cause." Only say that if you spend ALL your extra money helping other people, because you are just as guilty.

OT: Coolish I guess. Not really for or against him doing it. It is sort of just... There.

I applaud this man and his efforts. He just woke up one morning and decided "Y'know what? I'm gonna build a big fucking boat that carries animals and shit. Oh yeah, and it'll help make people aware of my religion peacefully and not obnoxiously. " And he did.

Well at least it's smaller then the "real' ark. If he was going for that, he'd be better off just buying an aircraft carrier and replacing the planes with cows and shit :P

MazzaTheFirst:
Well you can say "Why waste your money on that?" But then you can say that about ANY luxury. Why waste that hard earned money on TV, the internet, games, fashionable clothes, expensive cars and on and on and on. That money could be spent helping all those other unfortunate people elsewhere.

So I don't buy that excuse of "He is wasting his money, it should be put to better cause." Only say that if you spend ALL your extra money helping other people, because you are just as guilty.

OT: Coolish I guess. Not really for or against him doing it. It is sort of just... There.

Here's an argument for ya. Think of all the trees he killed to make that boat that's just sort of... there. By extension, you could say religion kills trees, but that may be going a bit far (but hey, I'm all for a fun religious debate.) Anyway, he killed so many trees on his journey to recreate what may or may not have existed for the cause of making an organization profit! (Whether or not you like this organization is up to opinion, of course.)

MazzaTheFirst:
Well you can say "Why waste your money on that?" But then you can say that about ANY luxury. Why waste that hard earned money on TV, the internet, games, fashionable clothes, expensive cars and on and on and on. That money could be spent helping all those other unfortunate people elsewhere.

So I don't buy that excuse of "He is wasting his money, it should be put to better cause." Only say that if you spend ALL your extra money helping other people, because you are just as guilty.

OT: Coolish I guess. Not really for or against him doing it. It is sort of just... There.

But here's the difference: If I buy a TV, I'm not doing it under the pretense that it's going to help anybody. This guy specifically says that he wants to help people, which is dandy except he's going about it all wrong. It would be like trying to help a homeless guy by giving him a ride around the block in your car; nice, but it doesn't accomplish anything.

Yeah, they already made a film about this.

HardRockSamurai:
...ugh...this reeks of "Evan Almighty"....................that's not a good thing..........

With two of every animal on board it would reek.

dantheman931:

MazzaTheFirst:
Well you can say "Why waste your money on that?" But then you can say that about ANY luxury. Why waste that hard earned money on TV, the internet, games, fashionable clothes, expensive cars and on and on and on. That money could be spent helping all those other unfortunate people elsewhere.

So I don't buy that excuse of "He is wasting his money, it should be put to better cause." Only say that if you spend ALL your extra money helping other people, because you are just as guilty.

OT: Coolish I guess. Not really for or against him doing it. It is sort of just... There.

But here's the difference: If I buy a TV, I'm not doing it under the pretense that it's going to help anybody. This guy specifically says that he wants to help people, which is dandy except he's going about it all wrong. It would be like trying to help a homeless guy by giving him a ride around the block in your car; nice, but it doesn't accomplish anything.

Ah okay. Yeah I see where you are going with that. That makes sense.

dantheman931:

TheGreatCoolEnergy:
You people laugh. But this guy is thinkin ahead. 2012 man, 2012. Right around the corner...

Those fake giraffes oughta come in handy when the apocalypse comes...

Guy's gotta eat

dantheman931:
(notice that his replica includes a steel motherfucking hull)?

That's the barge that carries it.

It's a bit easier to see on the boat's website.

It's his damn borrowed money
let him do what he wants with it

Fanusc101:
I applaud this man and his efforts. He just woke up one morning and decided "Y'know what? I'm gonna build a big fucking boat that carries animals and shit. Oh yeah, and it'll help make people aware of my religion peacefully and not obnoxiously. " And he did.

As incredibly stupid I think this is, you do have a very good point

He's proving his faith by what is no doubt a pretty large feat, and he's doing it without resorting to I'm right and your wrong you fail at life tactics.

Bravo

Heh

Reminds me of Gibbs

...the animals are going to resort to eating eachother within an hour

SilentStranger:
...the animals are going to resort to eating eachother within an hour

seriously, 40 days and 40 nights later the only thing thats left is a koala with a big ass stomach

My church did it first. Our church is an overturned scale model of Noah's Ark.

If he wants to try to show that Noah's Ark existed, then so be it.

I think it's a great thing to do.

Like he's said, he has been involved in projects in Ethiopia, but this is his dream.

dantheman931:
... my question for you guys is the same one this dude's wife had: Why is this asshole wasting his money on stupid shit like this and not digging wells in Ethiopia or something?

I could ask the same question to any person who purchases a big-screen T.V. or a fancy car.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

Seriously! What a dumb shit! I have a question for him, how do you build a replica of something that has no plans, no diagrams, and in fact never existed?

Meh, people have spent more on less. Personally, I'm intrigued by this bit:

"This will speak very much to children... they'll hear the creak of the wood, smell the smell of the dung"

I love how he thinks this is one of its big selling points.

Aby_Z:
Edit: It may just be because I was originally Jewish that this bugs me, but why have they now claimed that the tale of Noah's Arc is now exclusively for Christian benefit?

Yep! Haven't you heard that all the Jewish stories are now exclusively Christian? Look, just because our book sold better than yours while ripping the entire thing off and adding on a second bit doesn't mean you have to get all upset about it! You've still got matzo balls! /sarcasm

D-Mic:
Meh, people have spent more on less. Personally, I'm intrigued by this bit:

"This will speak very much to children... they'll hear the creak of the wood, smell the smell of the dung"

I love how he thinks this is one of its big selling points.

Aby_Z:
Edit: It may just be because I was originally Jewish that this bugs me, but why have they now claimed that the tale of Noah's Arc is now exclusively for Christian benefit?

Yep! Haven't you heard that all the Jewish stories are now exclusively Christian? Look, just because our book sold better than yours while ripping the entire thing off and adding on a second bit doesn't mean you have to get all upset about it! You've still got matzo balls! /sarcasm

And don't forget them potato pancakes! And the funky little skullcaps! Oh, right, and the money! Gotta love the money... /sarcasm(The money part is actually partially true...)