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Stephen Churay
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Um, God; what's a cubit?
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Conrad Teves
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Re: Cubits.
Obsolete unit of measure. Length from your elbow to the tip of your middle finger.
So it presents some engineering issues due to different-size people. They'd clearly need a specific person to act as a standard.
If you are familiar with woodworking though, you are probably aware that the less measuring the better. Using gages (<-yes, in this context that's spelled right) like story-sticks etc. are the only really practical way to get consistency. So, in practice about "yay big" (a cubit) is probably plenty accurate.
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John Byrne
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My former house, built in 1845, was slightly bigger than its "identical" sister, two lots over. I said it was probably because the guy who paced off my house had longer legs!
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Jeff Patterson
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I passed this today in Marylandhttp://dcist.com/2014/02/gods_ark_of_safety_i-68s.php In progress since 1976. The pastor is still looking for funds. This is a problem I assume Noah did not have...
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Stephen Churay
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Conrad, thanks for the information. I
actually was trying to reference a stand
up routine Bill Cosby once did. It's
pretty hilarious.
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Monte Gruhlke
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Ultimately, what matters to me is this insipid insistence that this Ark will 'set sail,' when clearly it has none. I would have preferred 'launch.'
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Eric Ladd
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A little update on ark related stuff:
Did the bible mention it took Noah and 1000+ craftsmen to build the ark? Maybe when the end of the world is coming people work a little faster than they would on a theme park attraction. I can't help but wonder if one day this will all boil down to something comparable to this:
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Eric Sofer
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Yes, but how old did Noah get to be? 950 years old? He probably could devote several decades, or possibly even a century or two, to constructing the ark. Maybe God really wanted to give everyone a fair chance to change their debauched ways. And, y'know, give the animals a chance to change THEIR ways before destroying them too. Damn those chimpanzees...
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Steven Legge
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Sure is a nice looking boat. Does it have wifi?
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Eric Ladd
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Holy crap it is complete. How in the world can anyone with an ounce of sense look at this and think it happened just like in "the book". I wish the Vogons would just level the planet already.
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Jeremy Simington
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The most amazing part is that the taxpayers of Kentucky ponied up $18 million for this bullshit. Condolences to any Forum members in Kentucky.
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Robbie Parry
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Despite reading that article, I'm no wiser how these creationists scammed taxpayers money to build this absurdity.
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