HOW INTERESTING! WISH IT WAS IN THE U.S. SO WE COULD SEE IT.
Man Builds Noah's Ark ... to exact scale given in Bible
Now that I am old and
gray...give me the time
to tell this new
generation (and their
children too) about all
your mighty miracles.
Psalm 71:18
Working Replica of Noah's Ark Opened In SCHAGEN Netherlands
The massive central door in the
side of Noah's Ark was opened
to the first crowd of curious
townsfolk to behold the wonder.
Of course, it's only a replica of
the Biblical Ark , built by Dutch
Creationist Johan Huibers
as a testament to his faith in the
literal truth of the Bible.
The ark is 150 cubits long, 30
cubits high and 20 cubits wide.
That's two-thirds the length of a
football field and as high as a
three-story house.
Life-size models of giraffes,
elephants, lions, crocodiles,
zebras, bison and other animals
greet visitors as they arrive in the
main hold.
A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine. Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.
Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern
tools and with occasional help from his son Roy.
Construction began in May 2005.
On the uncovered top deck
- not quite ready in time for
the opening - will come a
petting zoo, with baby lambs
and chickens, and goats, and
one camel.
Visitors were stunned.
"It's past comprehension",
said Mary Louise Starosciak,
who happened to be bicycling
by with her husband while on
vacation when they saw the
ark looming over the local
landscape.
"I knew the story of Noah, but I had no idea the boat would
have been so big,"she said.
There is enough space near the keel for a 50-seat film theater where kids can watch a video that tells the story of Noah and his ark.
Huibers, a Christian man, said
he hopes the project will
renew interest in Christianity
in the Netherlands , where
church going has fallen
dramatically in the past
50 years.
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