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Noah's Ark Replica Schagen Netherlands

Replica of Noah's Ark built by a Dutch contractor.
It was built approximately to scale, however is 1/2 the length and 1/3 the width of the Biblical dimensions. It was built to show the world how massive the Ark was and how so many animals could have been housed for a long time.
There have been several comments on the improbability of getting 2 of every animal onboard the Ark. Take a look at this website http://www.biblestudy.org/basicart/sizeark.html . Briefly... The Ark had the same capacity as more than 500 train boxcars. Remember, not all animals needed to be full grown, not every variation of every genus. Also remember that not every variant of every genus was required onboard as their variant species would be produced over the years. Also, check out http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v19/i2/animals.asp . Consider all the facts, the 1.5million cubic feet of space on the ark, 40,000 animals, and it makes a lot more sense than the little 4-animal arks you see in pictures and toys. This thing was massive and amazingly effective as a safe haven for thousands of plants and animals.
Also, for more information you can go to the ark's official website http://www.arkvannoach.com/language/en/ .
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DocTrudy 29-Aug-2008 21:23
An AWESOME piece of art, and also a reminder that we are living as in the days of Noah. Noah and his family were hidden in the ark when the flood and storms were raging. They had prepared themselves for the worst.

We can easily recognize what we are heading for with the abominations and blasphemy all around us, destruction, wars and natural disasters besides the worldwide pollution created by mankind. This globe is doomed, if you want to believe it or not does not change the fact. Read Matthew Chapter 24 where Jesus foretold these things to happen.

I believe that the building of this replica Ark is a SIGN ON THE WALL; a last CALL to prepare yourself and hide in Jesus Christ before all hell breaks loose and you will be caught up in the FLOOD of this world.
a SIGN ON THE WALL to go on your knees and call upon the name of the Lord for forgiveness, restoration and SALVATION of your soul.

This replica ark was not build by accident, but God directed Johan Huibers to do so as a testimony that there is still time to accept Jesus Christ as the Savior and Rescuer, so you will have a SAFE place in time of need.

I am earnestly praying that you will pay attention and that the Christians will rededicate their lives to God Almighty and keep their eyes focused on that which matters most.... JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, who will return on the clouds to meet His own.

There is help for you at http://achristiancounselor.com
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DocTrudy 29-Aug-2008 19:45
An AWESOME piece of art, and also a reminder that we are living as in the days of Noah. Noah and his family were hidden in the ark when the flood and storms were raging. They had prepared themselves for the worst.

We can easily recognize what we are heading for with the abominations and blasphemy all around us, destruction, wars and natural disasters besides the worldwide pollution created by mankind. This globe is doomed, if you want to believe it or not does not change the fact. Read Matthew Chapter 24 where Jesus foretold these things to happen.

I believe that the building of this replica Ark is a SIGN ON THE WALL; a last CALL to prepare yourself and hide in Jesus Christ before all hell breaks loose and you will be caught up in the FLOOD of this world.
a SIGN ON THE WALL to go on your knees and call upon the name of the Lord for forgiveness, restoration and SALVATION of your soul.

This replica ark was not build by accident, but God directed Johan Huibers to do so as a testimony that there is still time to accept Jesus Christ as the Savior and Rescuer, so you will have a SAFE place in time of need.

I am earnestly praying that you will pay attention and that the Christians will rededicate their lives to God Almighty and keep their eyes focused on that which matters most.... JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, who will return on the clouds to meet His own.

There is help for you at http://achristiancounselor.com
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DocTrudy 29-Aug-2008 16:54
An AWESOME piece of art, and also a reminder that we are living as in the days of Noah. Noah and his family were hidden in the ark when the flood and storms were raging. They had prepared themselves for the worst.

We can easily recognize what we are heading for with the abominations and blasphemy all around us, destruction, wars and natural disasters besides the worldwide pollution created by mankind. This globe is doomed, if you want to believe it or not does not change the fact. Read Matthew Chapter 24 where Jesus foretold these things to happen.

I believe that the building of this replica Ark is a SIGN ON THE WALL; a last CALL to prepare yourself and hide in Jesus Christ before all hell breaks loose and you will be caught up in the FLOOD of this world.
a SIGN ON THE WALL to go on your knees and call upon the name of the Lord for forgiveness, restoration and SALVATION of your soul.

This replica ark was not build by accident, but God directed Johan Huibers to do so as a testimony that there is still time to accept Jesus Christ as the Savior and Rescuer, so you will have a SAFE place in time of need.

I am earnestly praying that you will pay attention and that the Christians will rededicate their lives to God Almighty and keep their eyes focused on that which matters most.... JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, who will return on the clouds to meet His own.

There is help for you at http://achristiancounselor.com
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DocTrudy 29-Aug-2008 16:16
An AWESOME piece of art, and also a reminder that we are living as in the days of Noah. Noah and his family were hidden in the ark when the flood and storms were raging. They had prepared themselves for the worst.

We can easily recognize what we are heading for with the abominations and blasphemy all around us, destruction, wars and natural disasters besides the worldwide pollution created by mankind. This globe is doomed, if you want to believe it or not does not change the fact. Read Matthew Chapter 24 where Jesus foretold these things to happen.

I believe that the building of this replica Ark is a SIGN ON THE WALL; a last CALL to prepare yourself and hide in Jesus Christ before all hell breaks loose and you will be caught up in the FLOOD of this world.
a SIGN ON THE WALL to go on your knees and call upon the name of the Lord for forgiveness, restoration and SALVATION of your soul.

This replica ark was not build by accident, but God directed Johan Huibers to do so as a testimony that there is still time to accept Jesus Christ as the Savior and Rescuer, so you will have a SAFE place in time of need.

I am earnestly praying that you will pay attention and that the Christians will rededicate their lives to God Almighty and keep their eyes focused on that which matters most.... JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, who will return on the clouds to meet His own.

There is help for you at http://achristiancounselor.com
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TRENDA IVEY 29-Aug-2008 16:12
AWESOME!! MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE CONCERNED WITH "THE FALLING OF FAITH." IT IS A SHAME. THIS ARK IS FANTASTIC AND IF I EVER COME TO EUROPE, IT WILL BE ON MY LIST TO VISIT. KEEP THE FAITH!!
Mark 29-Aug-2008 13:26
Hey, this is the BEST ! I wish we had something like this in America. I'm so happy that someone did this and it look so great !

Ever hear that Adam, the first man, his bones were brought on board the ark, taken out of the cave of treasures and deposited in Jerusalem afterward? This was the duty of Melchizedek to bring Adam’s bones to rest. Also holy artifacts made it on board the ark such as the clothes of skins God made for Adam & Eve after the fall in the Garden.
Sandi 29-Aug-2008 04:50
Jelpy - still afraid to take the challeges set before you I see....Hummmm...you'd rather rant than explore what you don't know...Hummmmm. Whatever!
Sandi 29-Aug-2008 04:50
Jelpy - still afraid to take the challeges set before you I see....Hummmm...you'd rather rant than explore what you don't know...Hummmmm. Whatever!
JELPY 29-Aug-2008 04:44
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SANDY, WHEN I LOOK UP RON WYATT ON THE INTERNET, I FIND WORDS LIKE THE FOLLOWING **DIRECTLY** ASSOCIATED WITH HIS NAME:
FRAUD: OVER 20 T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D ENTRIES!!!
SCAM: OVER 22 T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D ENTRIES!!!
CONTROVERSY: OVER 20 T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D ENTRIES!!!

I DIDN'T LOOK FOR OTHER WORDS BUT IT'S MORE THAN ENOUGH TO PUKE HIM UP!!!

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JELPY 29-Aug-2008 03:59
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YEAH !!!

JUST WHEN WAYNE SAID IN HIS MESSAGE DATED: 27-Aug-2008 03:46 :
"JAYME DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO JELPY, NO ONE ELSE DOES AND YOU ARE NOT A FOOL. ***YOU CAN SEE 99% OF US IGNORE HIM.***"

JUST WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS WE HAVE A DELUGE (LOL!!! "DELUGE" IS THE FRENCH WORD FOR FLOOD, BWAHAHAHAHA) OF MESSAGES ANSWERING ME (AND OTHER NAYKNOWERS).

AS EXPECTED YOU JUST HAVE EMPTY ARGUMENTS.

IT'S FRIDAY HERE AND I'M OUT OF TOWN TILL SUNDAY, SO YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT A BIT FOR ME TO BLOW YOUR ARGUMENTS UP.

TILL THEN I'LL UNPRAY TO MY UNGOD FOR Y'ALL!!!

JELPY

PS: I HAD PREPARED A NICE REBUTTAL AGAINST THIS GROTESQUE ARK LEGEND, HOWEVER THIS WEBSITE ONLY ALLOWS VERY LIMITED TEXT LENGTH (WITHOUT EVEN TELLING THE LIMIT). TRIED TO SPLIT IT IN HALVES, STILL NO GOOD. WHEN I HAVE MORE TIME.

PPS: PLEASE MR. TEXAS GENIUS, YOU WHO SAID: "The proof [of god] was all around me." PLEASE BY ALL MEAN, BRING THEM BEFORE US. DO YOU GO TO A DOG, LIFT ITS SKIRT TO FIND A LABEL MARKED "MADE BY GOD"??!!

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Deb Russell 29-Aug-2008 02:52
I think this is wonderful. I have watched Even Almighty and have found it to show Gods amazing love for His children just as you building this replica of the Ark does as well. Those who do not have a relationship with God do not have the eyes to see that He can do anything. I have seen His miracles and have feel His love. So please do not let those who are not of the Lord discourage you. Keep doing what our Lord would have you do and He will not only bless you, but so many others may even come to know Jesus as their personal Savior through your work. God Bless
Ellen Bailey 28-Aug-2008 23:44
WOW! Thank you, Paul, and may God bless you abundantly for this work of art.

As for the 'nay-sayers', well, you must have known that would happen. After all, our times aren't so different from Noah's. He was roundly ridiculed for his work, but did what was right anyway.

Let's all pray for the conversion of hearts and minds to the LORD--even Jelpy might be saved, since 'nothing is impossible for God'. Peace and blessings from our gracious Lord to all of you!
Rev. Rodney V. Shultis 28-Aug-2008 19:41
This is a wonderful replica. At 1/2 the length & etc, it is still huge. Many people, out of ignorance of the fact, say all the animals, etc, could not have been housed, but all that was needed were baby animals & the main genus of the species, as evolution of the species would take place, so we had all the species we have today. Cudos to this miracle worker. I pray GOD blesses him abundantly for his work.
Dee 28-Aug-2008 15:42
I find it absolutely hilarious that Jelpy's biggest attack here is about spelling. As I have read Jelpy's comments, there is more spelling and punctuation errors than anyone else's. Jelpy, be careful when you throw your stones.
To this wonderful artist: The ark is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing your artwork with the world.
Guest 28-Aug-2008 15:35
Texas Guest says it so much better than I could. And by the way Jelpy, you don't have to be a good speller, writer or a degree to have spiritual knowledge. Thats one of the beauties of it. Why do you think millions have embraced it over the years? All walks of life, social status, education levels, etc. God designed it that way - duh! He is the master designer. He designed you brain. You may want to expand it further and take the challenges mentioned in this blog. There is soooo much to learn and discover. Come on! Go for it Mr. Intellegent!
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 06:09
JELPY - You ranting of how God is this and God in not that...wow...before you say such things you should realize that you know nothing about what you are saying. It is very easy for someone to go on like that when they have no KNOWLEDGE of the Bible. I'm not talking just looking at it as "stories". You are not getting it...You may want to really investigate the whole thing before getting on a website like this and attacking people. There is so much more to what we believe than you know and the reason you don't know is because you really don't want to. You seem to have your mind made up before you really know what it all intails. Yes - some who call themselves Christians have messed it up but that does not mean it is not real. You would have to experience what every true believing Christian has experienced to know this. It is a gift from God...for you...for me...for everyone on this Earth to experience His grace, love, mercy, etc. Go to Ron Wyatt's website and take a peek at the Ark. Read "Not Just A Carpenter" written by someone like yourself. There is more there than meets the eye (& ears). We are not weeklings who need a crutch etc. like many say. We, because of Jesus, have a strenght and joy that is wonderful. I challenge you to research it further...expand you mind and heart...you may just be pleasantly suprised. :)
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:48
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:47
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:46
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:46
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:45
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:44
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:43
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:36
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:31
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:30
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:29
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
Sandi 28-Aug-2008 05:27
For any unbelivers - I suggest looking up Ron Wyatt on the internet. You can see the ark in the mountains of Arrat (Turkey) for yourself. God Bless you.
WAYNE 28-Aug-2008 03:58
THAN YOU TEXAS GUEST WE NEEDED THAT FOR SURE.
Blessed lndeed 28-Aug-2008 03:12
Hmmm ... I was typing along when I decided to turn my keyboard over to shake something out of it. When I put it back down, my incomplete post had disappeared! I don't see it posted either . I'm going to repeat myself, but hopefully it's the first time you're reading it:

"to quote the great religious scientist Galileo Galilei 'I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.'”

I agree with this (and I notice that this statement implies a belief in God). I wouldn't want anybody blindly choosing to believe and serve God simply because I talked them into it, or it seemed a good idea at the time, or to get some loud mouth guilt-spewing preacher off their backs. Not you, not my children, not anybody.

My decision to serve God is based on my own personal experiences that prove to me He exists. My sense, reason, and intellect tell me it is so, as well as my heart, my soul, and my body. And not only does He exist, but he loves me. No scientific data can hold a candle to my personal "God data" ... so to speak.

Just because a doctor can find no scientific or medical reason for a person to be in intese pain, doesn't mean the pain doesn't exist. My point is: science isn't the end all authority on everything. Yeah, I rejoice when science DOES find proof of the truth in the Bible, but my faith does not depend on such findings, nor is it even strengthened by them. My reason for rejoicing is because maybe ... just maybe some scientist will come around to the love, joy, and peace of God because of the discovery.

I'm curious -- you say you are "an asmodian a for of Demon/Devil worship" (??) Was there a typo in there - or is my blondness revealing itself again? Anyway, what I'm curious about: If you believe and, indeed, worship Satan, does this mean that you also believe in God? You just choose to serve His enemies instead?
Texas Guest 28-Aug-2008 02:28
How interesting it is to see those who do not believe attacking with such vigor those who do. Those whose faith dictate the outstretched hands of peace are slapped down, mocked, castigated, and ridiculed by the "open-minded" advocates of Godlessness.

I know the peace, joy, and comfort I have received in my life since accepting Jesus. May I ask the "enlightened" writers, what do you have to offer me with your faith in a universe empty of God? Will I, too, become bitter and spiteful of others? Will I, too, feel free to attack those who have offered me no harm? Will exchanging the warmth of heart found in fellowship with other followers of Christ for cold, hard logic enhance my existence in some way?

You presume much, with your claims of superior education, while repeatedly quoting Wikipedia. Perhaps you are unaware of this, but Wikipedia and any such source is considered as unreliable reference material in any respectable academic environment.

One must imagine by your posts that you have multiple degrees, as do I. One must also imagine your intellect has allowed entry into MENSA, as has mine. Perhaps your mind is so greatly superior to all others that your academic credentials consistently included grade point averages above 3.978, my lowest score among my multiple degrees. Perhaps you have been published in various professional journals, as have I. Maybe, like me, you are listed in Who's Who of American Colleges and Universities. You also, as was I, the highest ranking graduate for the entire graduating year at one of the colleges I obtained a degree from. I applaud your incredible achievements.

Though none of my education, training, or background is in theology, I know God is real. I know what my life was like as a Marine infantryman many decades ago. I know Satan, having been a diligent, albeit unknowing, worker on his behalf for many years. Today, however, I know God. I know Him through personal experience. I spiritually met God having had no long indoctrination by preachers, or in churches, or parental guidance. Finding him was hard for me because, like you, my ears were shut to the truth. I was filled with the arrogance of my intellectual superiority over almost everyone else. I had no time to waste on a fools errand, seeking something that so clearly was not there. Where was this Christian God? Why could I not see Him? Why would he not show Himself to me? Where was the PROOF?

The proof was all around me. He shows Himself daily in every facet of life. I could not see Him because I refused to open my eyes to the truth of His existence, found only in the mystery of actual love.

You criers of hatred, you may keep in your hearts and minds the bitterness of an empty life. Your words are not for me. Maintain your focus on yourself, and what you think you know. Your vision is not my vision. I and my house shall serve God, focusing on helping others, finding fullness of life in sharing love and kindness to those who will accept our open hand in friendship. I have walked the road you travel and acclaim so loudly and find the path leads nowhere. I will not follow you because I have a better road that leads to paradise.
Carita 27-Aug-2008 23:07
Throughout history, the once-born have tended to despise the "twice-born", because the father of the once-born despises the Father of the twice-born.
I pray that the "once-born" will come to the knowledge of Almighty God, Creator of Heaven and Earth and His Son Jesus Christ.. There are many who will not recognize and acknowledge the Creator, for to do so implies recognition of one's own sin and need for that God and for , Jesus the Messiah (Christ). who is both God and man.
Child of God 27-Aug-2008 15:05
How ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!! I wish I lived closer so my children could see the magnitude of such an undertaking. Wonderful work. I'm just sorry that people have to come on this website and bash your work. People, if you don't like it, don't look! God Bless!
JELPY 27-Aug-2008 05:29
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CONGRATULATIONS WAYNE !!!

***** YOU'RE THE CRACKPOT OF THE YEAR 2008 *****

IN YOUR MESSAGE DATED: 27-Aug-2008 03:46 YOU SAID:
"JAYME DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO JELPY, NO ONE ELSE DOES AND YOU ARE NOT A FOOL. YOU CAN SEE 99% OF US IGNORE HIM."

HOW COULD ANYONE OBSERVE WHAT OTHERS DO INDIVIDUALLY??

AND IF THEY DON'T ANSWER ME IT MEANS THEY CAN'T FIND ANY COUNTER ARGUMENTS...BECAUSE THERE ARE **NONE**, MEANING I'M RIGHT, CORRECT AND TO THE POINT!!!

AND JAYME **IS** A FOOL BY BOLDLY STATING A TOTALLY INCORRECT STANCE: THE SCIENTIFIC MEANING OF "THEORY" **IS** BASED ON FACTS, FACTS THAT CAN BE 1) TESTED AND 2) RESULTS REPRODUCED AT WILL IN SIMILAR SETTINGS!!!!! WHILE JAYME BOLDLY STATED EXACLY THE OPPOSITE AS IF S/HE DID UNDERSTAND WHAT S/HE TALKS ABOUT. S/HE CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY **DOESN'T**!!


IN YOUR MESSAGE DATED: 26-Aug-2008 14:44 YOU SAID:
"...IF ALL THE ANIMALS THAT ENTERED THE ARK WERE BABIES A DINASOUR WOULD HAVE FIT JUST AS PERFECT AS ALL OF THEM."

FIRST THERE WERE AROUND ONE THOUSAND DINOSAUR SPECIES, NOT JUST A SINGLE SPECIMEN AS YOUR PHRASE ABOVE TELLS US.

SECOND YOUR INABILITY TO SPELL DINOSAUR CORRECTLY (2 MISTAKES IN ONE SINGLE WORD, NOT BAD!!!) IS QUITE TELLING ABOUT YOU TOTAL LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE MATTER.

AS I JUST SAID, THERE WERE AROUND ONE THOUSAND DINOSAUR SPECIES, FROM THE HUGE BRONTOSAURUS AND T-REX DOWN TO ONES AS SMALL AS A CHICKEN OR SMALLER.

NOT ONLY THERE WERE EARTH KINDS, BUT FLYING ONES **AND** SEA DINOSAURS!!

SURELY THE LATTERS **MUST HAVE ESCAPED THE FLOOD** WITHOUT A NEED TO BE ABOARD THE ARK, JUST LIKE THE WHALES, THE SHARKS AND THE DOLPHINS!!

BUT... WHERE ARE THEY NOW? WHERE ARE THOSE MONSTROUS MEGALODON AND LIOPLEURODON TODAY?

SURELY AFTER ONLY A BIT OVER 3 DOZEN CENTURIES AFTER NOAH, THEY SHOULD STILL EXIST JUST LIKE THE WHALES, THE SHARKS AND THE DOLPHINS!!

A FEW LINKS SO THAT YOU DON'T STAY TOO STUPID :
(EDIT: SINCE NO URLS ARE ALLOWED PLEASE ENTER THEM MANUALLY)
ALL AT WIKIPEDIA:
SEARCH WORD: Dinosaur
SEARCH WORD: List_of_dinosaurs
SEARCH WORD: Megalodon
SEARCH WORD: Liopleurodon

IF YOU EVEN DARE READING THEM!!!!

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Mary Joe 27-Aug-2008 05:23
Jelpy,
I forgot to add one more comment. In one of your comments you start it off by saying similar to For God so loved the world, blah, blah, blah, that he send 6 billion people to Hell. That is not what his word says. It says that He loved us so much that he sent his only begotten Son that through Him we might be saved from hell. See, we choose where we go. It a choice. You know, schools have handbooks. Well, the handbook relays important information about what is expected from students. So, if the handbook says that a student found smoking pot will be expelled from the institution, that doesn't mean all students will be expelled. It means the student who chose to smoke pot and was caught will be expelled. It's choice Jelpy. We choose . The handbook is out there and we decide if we follow its code of conduct, and if we choose foolishly, then we will be punished. My kids don't always understand me or my rules, but they understand that they are my rules we are playing by and if they break those rules, they will be disciplined. There are no surprises. Oh, and lots of times, I don't explain why some rules are my rules. I just say, " because I say so, that's why." Why do I do that, because I can.
Mary Joe 27-Aug-2008 05:05
Jelpy, how sad it is that you choose to make comments about a God that you obviously do not understand or know. He is real. Take a good, long look at the world around you--at nature. It is obvious to anyone who is not afraid to admit it that there is design in creation. So, who do propose designed this world and its inhabitants? Think it was all just an accident? To ask me to believe that is to me most foolish. As far as the Bible being accurate, it was inspired by God, but written by man. These men were all indivduals, such as you and I, and their individuality is evident in their writings. I would ask you if you know the Hebrew language. Have the read the Bible in Hebrew? Have you even read an English Bible all the way through? Have you studied its words? I challenge you to do so, but be equipped with materials to help you study. Read with an open mind, and tell me why do you feel the need to struggle so hard to belittle those of us who choose to believe in a God ,that through his Son, offers such hope. What teachings of Jesus do you find so offensive? If every person in the world followed the teachings taught in the New Testament, this world would be a better world. So, I choose to believe, not because I am ignorant and not because I understand the Word of God in its entirety. But, rather because my heart tells me, that even though my mind sometimes doubts, that there is a supreme being responsible for all. I don't understand lots of things, but that does not mean that they are not real. God's thoughts are higher than ours. Our finite minds can not comprehend well enough to fully understand. I often pray to God, "Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief." See, being a Christian isn't about us, it's about Him. And, if Christians live their lives under the precepts of the Bible, what would it hurt if there were no God or afterlife? Nothing. Nothing at all. You can't judge Christ by Christians, because we are just human. We are not perfect, just forgiven. I do not condone hypocrisy; and, neither does God. I believe that we will all answer to Him for our actions. The Bible says that God is love. Don't argue that if God were such a loving God, why do bad things happen. The Word of God tells me that God is not responsible for death and disease. And, that is why someday in the future, they will be no more.

Again, I don't understand it all with my mind, but my heart tells me that He is real. I urge you to just have an open mind. Ask Him if he is real? I believe that if you ask him sincerely, even if it seems foolish to you, that He will answer you. Not an audible answer, but an answer that rises from your spirit or a visible sign that some call coincidences. The Bible also tells us that God uses the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Just have an open mind and ask yourself why it is such a terrible thing for people to believe in something bigger than them?
JELPY 27-Aug-2008 04:06

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to Riddle from KY: (and otthers for your information) : biblegod has been dispproved MANY TIMES!!!

See: www.godisimaginary.com and www.jesusneverexisted.com

Both URLs are quite telling about what you will discover inside.

I challenge you all to read both with an open mind, altho I understand that the 2 concepts "believer" and "open mind" are utmostly antagonistic!!!

You see, in my decades of life experience, I've noticed that believers are the MOST DISHONEST people!!!

You blindly belive what your parents, preachers and peers have told you 1) without exercising critical abilities (that you so much seem to lack) and 2) you exclusively study the bible and know nothing (so ridiculously little and you get it all mixed up and wrong: read my previous comment) about the thousands of proofs against the bible and its cookoo tales!!

Now if you indeed claim to be honest, for every ten hours you spend reading your reference book (that's been forged and altered beyond recognition; read Wikipedia about the incredible mess that pertains to most if not all the books of the bible, especially the NT books; written many generations after the alledged facts should I remind you!!! Should I also remind you that 1) the gospels have no clear author 2) they were NOT written by those the title suggest, 3) even if true, Mark and Luke NEVER met Jesus, they were Paul disciples 4) yet they put words directly in Jesus mouth; how dishonest!!!), so as I said, for every ten hours reading the bible spend at least a couple of hours reading the disproofs with the same dedication and fervor as you read the bible!!

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WAYNE 27-Aug-2008 03:46
JAYME DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO JELPY, NO ONE ELSE DOES AND YOU ARE NOT A FOOL. YOU CAN SEE 99% OF US IGNORE HIM.
JELPY 27-Aug-2008 03:37
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CONGRATULATIONS JAYME !!!

***** YOU'RE THE FOOL OF THE YEAR 2008 *****

IN YOUR MESSAGE DATED: 26-Aug-2008 06:56 YOU SAID:
"Oh wait, it is called the THEORY!!!! of Evolution. not the FACT of Evolution."

WELL YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW JACK SQUAT ABOUT WHAT A SCIENTIFIC THEORY IS, OR WHAT THE WORD THEORY MEANS IN REGARD TO SCIENCE.

NEXT TIME YOU DON'T WANT THE COVETED TITLE OF "FOOL OF THE YEAR 2008", YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT (I.E. READ WIKIPEDIA OR ANY GOOD PAPER OR ELECTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA).

UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF YOU BELIEVERS WHO WROTE HERE (AND THOSE WHO ARE READING THIS), YOU TOO DESERVE THIS HONORIFIC TITLE!!

SO LET'S READ WHAT WIKIPEDIA HAS TO SAY ABOUT THE WORD "THEORY" SO YOU MIGHT APPEAR LESS OF A JACKPOT NEXT TIME YOU TALK ABOUT THE "THEORY OF EVOLUTION"!!!

DIXIT WIKIPEDIA: "For the scientist, "theory" is not in any way an antonym of "fact"."

I REPEAT:
For the scientist, "theory" is not in any way an antonym of "fact".

NOTE: IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WORD "ANTONYM" I SUGGEST YOU LOOK UP FURTHER!!!

AND I SUGGEST YOU REPEAT THIS SENTENCE 10 TIMES OUTLOUD, SLOWLY ENOUGH SO YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND ITS MEANING!!
For the scientist, "theory" is not in any way an antonym of "fact".

AGAIN JAYME, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW TITLE: FOOL OF THE YEAR 2008!!!

NOTE: TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION: LIFE DID **NOT*, REPEAT **N-O-T** HAPPEN BY CHANCE AND MAN DID **NOT** EVOLVE FROM APES, BUT BOTH HAVE A COMMON ANCESTOR!!

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Riddle from KY 26-Aug-2008 21:40
I am in awe of God's work on a daily basis. I do not have any scientific proof to back up my belief but I don't need it either. For those non-believers out there I want you to know that I pray for you. But I ask you this, what does it hurt to believe and what are you afraid of? If, at the end of your life and mine you are correct then we will both become ant food. But if the believers are right then you will not reach Heaven and eternal life.

I certainly don't know the exact timeline from creation to today but I don't need to. I live today and read the Word to know about the Lord. One thing that has always concerned me over the theory of evolution is that if we all evolved from a single cell organism and man evolved from the apes then why do man and apes still BOTH exist? Shouldn't the apes be long since gone and man be continually evolving into another creature? So to the non-believers who say God cannot be proven I say to them that neither can the other side of the coin.

I, for one, will choose heads and go with the Lord.

God Bless you all!
Believer in God 26-Aug-2008 21:24
I think this is one of the best since Noah's time. My belief in Jehovah God is very STRONG. The building of the Ark was to show us in that time and our time that God means business. God loves us and said he would no longer destroy the earth by water, but he gives us storms, ect. to remind us that we need to change our evil ways and come unto him. The day will come when the whole earth will know the truth and then there will be no doubt in anyones minds who God truly is. The Ark was one of his reminders to us and there are many more to come. Thank you for building the Ark and reminding us who God is. No human will ever change that. Not the scientists, satan worshipers, and non believers. God bless us all!!
WAYNE 26-Aug-2008 14:44
NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE IF DINASOURS EXISTED AT THE TIME OF NOAH'S ARK BUT IF ALL THE ANIMALS THAT ENTERED THE ARK WERE BABIES A DINASOUR WOULD HAVE FIT JUST AS PERFECT AS ALL OF THEM. MAY THE LORD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND THOSE WHO PREPARED THIS ARK.
jayme 26-Aug-2008 06:56
in response to the scientist looking for proof!!!
Wow, to think your whole statement was to be backed up by the prhase (theres bo proof)
I would like to know what type of scientist you are? I have a feeling your going to tell me there is proof that evolution is more then just a dead mans theory. Oh wait, it is called the THEORY!!!! of Evolution. not the FACT of Evolution. See its not fact because there is no fossil evidents to back up the THEORY is there. as a scientist you must know the Laws of Thermodynamics right?! well what does the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics state. Well I happen to know what it states, in laymen's terms THAT SOMTHING CANNOT COME FROM NOTHING. or The entropy of a closed system cannot decrease. now lets look at some fun proven sinentific FACTs.
fact:
the moon moves away from the earth at the same distence every year. it has never changed since we could determin that it does move away from the earth. so lets place the moon as close to the earth as possile so that a single celled organism can exists and then start its moving away process. If the process had started any more then about 6000 or so years ago, we could not see the moon with the naked eye. So if life has only been able to exists for lets say 6500 years. how have we evolved over millions and billions of years to oue current state of being. and all Science would agree that it has taken millions of years for us to reach our none monkey state! So based on pure fact and a little common scenes, any one can see that Evolution has not taken place. I know I know your saying but what about all the insects that have changed over the years and now have different legs and what not. It's not called Evolution, its called ADAPTATION!! which is very different at it root then Evolution is even if you pick one of its none traditional meanings.

Fact
Darwin said himself that he was faced with 2 things, fact (fossils) for Theory (his thoughts on an unproven and untested and later to find out not even accurate thought about maggots) and where they came from.

well I leave it for you to bring me PROOF. I find that the BIBLE i still the #1 best seller of all time, and is still out selling every other book ever in print. there must be something to it dont you think. why not try to read some of it without your (its not possible) filter and see what you think. All of it can be dated and found in history, in the scrolls of kings and the documented history of the middle east.
jayme 26-Aug-2008 06:19
in response to the rant about free will. I have a little girl, i can tell by her actions what she is going to do before she does it. some times i inter-fear because its a safty issue, and some times i just let her go. but just because i know what she i going to do before she does it, does not mean she dose not have free will. It simply means I some times step in on her behalf so she does not get hurt. she still chooses to do what ever she wants to, and i can have knowlage of that and it does not take away her right to do what ever she wants. thats called love. just because God knows what choices were going to make before we make them doent mean he made us pick the out come he wanted. He will speak to your heart, and if you listen (just as to a teacher in shcool about an answer to a test question) you will get it right, or if you ignor the voice, you may have to repeat your steps. but its all up to you.
A CHILD OF JESUS CHRIST 25-Aug-2008 16:35
This is amazing
You know God is with you in your work when something that seemed so impossible became possible
Cecelia 25-Aug-2008 05:23
I received this at a perfect time. I just watched with disgust a program on TV to prove Noah's Ark was not possible to have been built and came out of a legend from another country. At the same time, there were commercial for a show later that would show the Ark could have been built. Well, here we have it! The Ark is built! It's all about faith people! With God, all things are possible! Thank you to the builder and his son. I hope this makes it over to USA somehow. I'd love to see it!
Guest 25-Aug-2008 04:36
Beautiful work from one carpenter to another. As for the dinosaurs not being there...They were extinct 65 million years before Noah built the Ark!
vickie in michigan 25-Aug-2008 02:03
the dinosauars didn't get on the boat, thus no dino's made it.
Dwight 25-Aug-2008 01:43
As a woodworker, and as a believer in Jesus the Christ (Messiah), I applaud your workmanship for the Lord.
I will ask in myt prayers tonight that God will continue to bless you for years to come.
Guest 25-Aug-2008 01:25
How did Noah get Dinasaurs on the ark??
brendrew 24-Aug-2008 21:44
Thank you for answering God's call to rebuild the ark! What a testimony to a waiting world!

In His grip,
Brenda from Indiana
Guest 24-Aug-2008 21:23
Great Work, Yes I'm a beleiver.
MJ 24-Aug-2008 20:57
It is a beautiful tribute to "Noah's Ark". I certainly DO believe it happened, because the story comes from my Bible, which is GOD'S WORD! God can't lie! I know HIS
WORD is TRUE! He resides in my heart and is coming back very soon for HIS children. God tells us that our belief in Him is foolishness to the world, therefore
to the WORLD I am foolish....BUT...I still choose to serve HIM!
NOW is the hour to prepare for HIS SOON coming! Just read your Bible and ask
God to come into your heart in JESUS NAME, and HE will. HE does not wish to see
one of HIS children LOST! God bless all HIS BELIEVERS!
Guest 24-Aug-2008 19:54
"This is the will of GOD, that we keep His commandments."Jesus Christ is Lord.
Guest 24-Aug-2008 02:58
our fther who is in heaven holy be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread, forgive our sins as we forgive those who sin aginst us for your is the kingdom the power and the glory forever amen
Brenda 24-Aug-2008 01:14
I am extremely impressed and completely in awe of a person who put so much work into something to spread the Word. His labor of love is a gift to this world, whether others realize it or not.
For the non- believers: What you just aren't understanding is that faith is believing without seeing. Think of faith as being the wind. You can feel it, you can see the effects it has, but you can't see IT. The same principle applies to faith. I don't see the embodiment of God, but I feel Him and I see how He affects everything in this world. I choose to serve Him not because I'm a being without a mind of my own, but because He is the One who has given each of us all that we are blessed enough to have. I pity you for not having what I have: A deep, unshakeable faith and knowledge that there is something better awaiting me when this life is over.
God bless!!!
Alex 23-Aug-2008 21:45
Wow somebody with that big of a heart for God and that much patience deserves a place on this earth this is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
william carl 23-Aug-2008 19:01
Nothing can demean the heart of a man who would undertake--and complete--such a wonderful project as the Ark.
Sandy Storherr 23-Aug-2008 17:35
Thank you so very much for this lovely work of ART. I assure you it will travel all over the USA for you. I am in awe. Sandy Storherr Eastern Shore of Virginia
John Riedell 23-Aug-2008 16:16
Thank you so much Johan Huibers for constructing the ark. It's appreciated, a great idea and should help people visualize the Biblical story. Perhaps too it help people see the wickedness in the world today, and what may result from it. God, for example will, not bless us for abortion and things akin to it. John Riedell
Blessed lndeed 23-Aug-2008 14:57
Hmmm ... I was typing along when I decided to turn my keyboard over to shake something out of it. When I put it back down, my incomplete post had disappeared! I don't see it posted either . I'm going to repeat myself, but hopefully it's the first time you're reading it:

"to quote the great religious scientist Galileo Galilei 'I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.'”

I agree with this (and I notice that this statement implies a belief in God). I wouldn't want anybody blindly choosing to believe and serve God simply because I talked them into it, or it seemed a good idea at the time, or to get some loud mouth guilt-spewing preacher off their backs. Not you, not my children, not anybody.

My decision to serve God is based on my own personal experiences that prove to me He exists. My sense, reason, and intellect tell me it is so, as well as my heart, my soul, and my body. And not only does He exist, but he loves me. No scientific data can hold a candle to my personal "God data" ... so to speak.

Just because a doctor can find no scientific or medical reason for a person to be in intese pain, doesn't mean the pain doesn't exist. My point is: science isn't the end all authority on everything. Yeah, I rejoice when science DOES find proof of the truth in the Bible, but my faith does not depend on such findings, nor is it even strengthened by them. My reason for rejoicing is because maybe ... just maybe some scientist will come around to the love, joy, and peace of God because of the discovery.

I'm curious -- you say you are "an asmodian a for of Demon/Devil worship" (??) Was there a typo in there - or is my blondness revealing itself again? Anyway, what I'm curious about: If you believe and, indeed, worship Satan, does this mean that you also believe in God? You just choose to serve His enemies instead?
Mary 23-Aug-2008 14:48
Thank you so much for your work and your time to make this beautiful replica. I really shouldn't comment on all the other negative comments but it sure doesn't bother people when money is wasted on Amusement parks and spots stadiums. As one person said, those who believe don't need to see it, but it sure is nice to get a glimpse of that part of the Bible.
Tourman 23-Aug-2008 04:26
It is a very neat project!! The materials and time could probably have better served humanity if it were made into housing for the poor/homeless!
Lisette 23-Aug-2008 03:51
Blasphemy is a victimless crime.
Guest 23-Aug-2008 03:28
to Blessed indeed, yeah that was a typo on my part, yes i do believe in satan, but do satan is not my patron Asmodeus is my patron he is one of the fallen seraphim. yes i do believe in this, and also in god and i do choose to serve his enemies by my choice and through pact. by the way, just so you know, pain is cause by the physical or electricle stimulation or pain receptors, the pain must breach the threshold level then travel in electron signals to the brain where it is inferred as pain the level of pain depends on the amount of stimuli :D
Lorenz 23-Aug-2008 01:44
It is a magnificent and impressive project. To think they had all to those animals to feed and clean up after, that alone must have been tiring, no wonder they have Noah laying down. I would think the odor of ammonia alone would have killed the whole crew, but I'm sure God provided ventilation below decks. I didn't see any shovels in any of the pictures, were there automatic gutters on all levels to clear the animal waste out? The Ark has no outlets below the main deck as far as I can see in the photos. I don't think I could have lasted as long as Noah did on the Ark, our cat litter box is enough to get me sick.
ellie chac 22-Aug-2008 23:04
I'm with Sherron E. of the US. It's a good thing Obama wasn't around in those days. God forbid Noah would've needed 2 of him on the ark.

Ellie C.
Pat B 22-Aug-2008 19:36
This is a wonderful work of art. The lost are commenting about how it couldnt be done with out modern tools ect. Read the story in the Bible yourself, see for your self the labor and years for it to be completed. Read about how Noah begged God to spare his friends and what God said to him. It gives the exact measurements of the Ark and what God told Noah. The New Testament says to study to stand approved before God. Jesus said to "Abide in Me" that means to live in Him and His Word. The Word is the Bible. ' Faith is like the bird that sings before the dawn'.
Sherron E. USA 22-Aug-2008 18:33
How blessed you are to receive such a vision from God and to be able to follow it through. I have read many of the comments from believers and non-believers. To the non-believers I must say "Shame on You". How can you so blatantly mock a man's faith? You have a choice not to believe just as others have the right to believe. I am so fearful that, if Obama becomes president of our great country, you will find out the hard way if the bible is true or not.
Mary A. T. 22-Aug-2008 16:27
Thank you ,thank you for your wonderful labor of love. Even though we who know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, and have believed in the story of Noah without seeing, how encouraging it is to walk on, touch and see that in which we have always believed. By the way to all who have written in and said that we're all God's children, we're not. We are all His creation, but not His children. Only those that have received Him have the right to become His child...John 1:12. I was always His creation, then one day I committed my life to Him and received HIm and then became His child. I pray that all those who read about this ark will believe and become His child and not be left out like all the unbeliever in Noah's day who heard this message for hundreds of years and scoffed at it....
Mary A. T. 22-Aug-2008 16:26
Thank you ,thank you for your wonderful labor of love. Even though we who know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, and have believed in the story of Noah without seeing, how encouraging it is to walk on, touch and see that in which we have always believed. By the way to all who have written in and said that we're all God's children, we're not. We are all His creation, but not His children. Only those that have received Him have the right to become His child...John 1:12. I was always His creation, then one day I committed my life to Him and received HIm and then became His child. I pray that all those who read about this ark will believe and become His child and not be left out like all the unbeliever in Noah's day who heard this message for hundred's of years and scoffed at it....
Mary 22-Aug-2008 16:24
Thank you ,thank you for your wonderful labor of love. Even though we who know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, and have believed in the story of Noal without seeing, how endouraging it is to walk on, touch and see that which we have always believed. By the way to all who have written in and said that we're all God's children, we're not. We are all His creation, but not His children. Only those that have received Him have the right to become His child...John 1:12. I was always His creation, then one day I committed my life to Him and received HIma and then became His child. I pray that all those who read about this ark will believe and become His child and not be left out like all the unbeliever in Noah's day who heard this message for hundred's of years and scoffed at it....
Mary 22-Aug-2008 16:24
Thank you ,thank you for your wonderful labor of love. Even though we who know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, and have believed in the story of Noal without seeing, how endouraging it is to walk on, touch and see that which we have always believed. By the way to all who have written in and said that we're all God's children, we're not. We are all His creation, but not His children. Only those that have received Him have the right to become His child...John 1:12. I was always His creation, then one day I committed my life to Him and received HIma and then became His child. I pray that all those who read about this ark will believe and become His child and not be left out like all the unbeliever in Noah's day who heard this message for hundred's of years and scoffed at it....
FRANCES ALLEN 22-Aug-2008 11:44
what you have done with this is wonderful.we need more people involved in God's work. People need to see with their eyes what some believe is only a story.Seeing it and walking through it brings the story alive.Brings it all closer to home.Thank you.
Blessed lndeed 22-Aug-2008 01:49
Hmmm ... I was typing along when I decided to turn my keyboard over to shake something out of it. When I put it back down, my incomplete post had disappeared! I don't see it posted either . I'm going to repeat myself, but hopefully it's the first time you're reading it:

"to quote the great religious scientist Galileo Galilei 'I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.'”

I agree with this (and I notice that this statement implies a belief in God). I wouldn't want anybody blindly choosing to believe and serve God simply because I talked them into it, or it seemed a good idea at the time, or to get some loud mouth guilt-spewing preacher off their backs. Not you, not my children, not anybody.

My decision to serve God is based on my own personal experiences that prove to me He exists. My sense, reason, and intellect tell me it is so, as well as my heart, my soul, and my body. And not only does He exist, but he loves me. No scientific data can hold a candle to my personal "God data" ... so to speak.

Just because a doctor can find no scientific or medical reason for a person to be in intese pain, doesn't mean the pain doesn't exist. My point is: science isn't the end all authority on everything. Yeah, I rejoice when science DOES find proof of the truth in the Bible, but my faith does not depend on such findings, nor is it even strengthened by them. My reason for rejoicing is because maybe ... just maybe some scientist will come around to the love, joy, and peace of God because of the discovery.

I'm curious -- you say you are "an asmodian a for of Demon/Devil worship" (??) Was there a typo in there - or is my blondness revealing itself again? Anyway, what I'm curious about: If you believe and, indeed, worship Satan, does this mean that you also believe in God? You just choose to serve His enemies instead?
saint of God 21-Aug-2008 18:48
What a TESTIMONY for the LORD Yeshua! For all who hear His voice!

Thank You for serving the LORD. Your labor has given me strength and encouragement to stand bold in this day. May your labor, faith, heart, mind, family be blessed, and deeper oneness in Spirit with the LORD be YOURS. Continue to stand bold as led by the Spirit of God.

Halleluah!
A 21-Aug-2008 15:45
Beautiful....simply beautiful
Guest 21-Aug-2008 15:19
This is reply to BIessed, not BLessed. since you mentioned faith although you did not know what it was i will assume that your reffering to me the "guest" and not the guest below susan. my faith is a form of private prayer im an asmodian a for of Demon/Devil worship. I was reluctant to discuss it before as most people i have met are christian in name but not in principal (most i have met would rather cast the first stone than turn the other cheek) and disuading people from their beliefs is not what i try to do, i would just like them to think things through and understand it before they accept it. there can be no shadow without the light. I myself am not an unhappy person if you knew the house of which my master resides you would understand. but the reason that non believers seem so angry and unhappy to you, you would understand if you would empathize with them, to look through their eyes. to them die hard christians are like the cult from the silent hill movie, or lemmings wandering off the cliff. to quote the great religious scientist Galileo Galilei "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
Guest 21-Aug-2008 15:03
This is reply to BIessed, not BLessed. since you mentioned faith although you did not know what it was i will assume that your reffering to me the "guest" and not the guest below susan. my faith is a form of private prayer im an asmodian a for of Demon/Devil worship. I was reluctant to discuss it before as most people i have met are christian in name but not in principal (most i have met would rather cast the first stone than turn the other cheek) and disuading people from their beliefs is not what i try to do, i would just like them to think things through and understand it before they accept it. there can be no shadow without the light. I myself am not an unhappy person if you knew the house of which my master resides you would understand. but the reason that non believers seem so angry and unhappy to you, you would understand if you would empathize with them, to look through their eyes. to them die hard christians are like the cult from the silent hill movie, or lemmings wandering off the cliff. to quote the great religious scientist Galileo Galilei "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.”
JudyB 21-Aug-2008 03:47
When I was a little girl and my dad would tell me the story of Noah and his ark, I always imagined it was huge, with animals running all over the place, like a big petting zoo. Seeing the pictures of the inside of this massive undertaking, which looks extremely well done, by the way, stirs up all of those feelings of excitement created by an imagination where the "rules" of adulthood don't have to apply.

I am curious about the windows, though. Although the technology existed to create glass (it pretty much takes sand and intense heat), I do wonder how the openings would work in an environment of severe rain and flood. On the one hand, there would have to be some sort of opening, for many reasons (air, waste disposal, water collection, etc), but how would that work with heavy rains and possibly strong winds? Do you think that there were some sort of shutters that could be opened and closed as necessary? I also wonder whether there was some sort of pitching of the wood inside of the structure, in order to help make it a little more water resistant, since it would have been 100% humidity. Wood tends not to hold up real well in that type of environment, especially when you add animal waste to the picture.

One of the other posts talked about fresh water and vegetation, as well as what to do with animal feces. Well......what about a water collection container (I mean, fresh water was raining down all around at an extremely fast rate)? What about using some of the animal waste to fertilize an area for vegetation? Add to that the possibility that some animals were able to hybernate (wouldn't that be nice) and a typical "stress response" that includes a lot of sleeping and less eating, peeing, and pooping (sorry for the gross factor), and it might not have been as difficult as one might think. Of course, I'm just throwing out some ideas. :-) Just because something is difficult (or unlikely) doesn't mean it's impossible.

Oh, and to the scientist - the eyes see what the mind looks for. In a very real sense, evidence is in the eye of the beholder. There is simply too much data for anyone to claim to have gone through it all, and that's just the data that's been collected. That doesn't take into consideration the massive amounts of data that have never been collected simply because no one expected to find it, or no one expected to find it where it's located. What we do know is that your house may defy gravity and float away tomorrow (in which case, I hope you have really good homeowner's insurance), but it probably won't given that it never has in the past. However, probability is not even close to possibility, and, as a scientist, your greatest tool is a mind open to possibility, while taking probability under advisement. Is the story of the flood probable? I haven't looked at all of the evidence you say you've seen, so I can't speak to that. Is it possible? Yes...and that is really all we can say for sure on the scientific front.
Blessed lndeed 21-Aug-2008 02:37
My "name" is Blessed Indeed - not Biessed Indeed. Though, I may be biessed too. :)

Dear Guest: I will answer your question though I'm not religious (ugh). This replica of Noah's Ark to me is ... well ... a replica of Noah's Ark. And the result of three(?) years of hard work for a man and his son. That alone is impressive.

I don't care how it was built or what kind of wood it is. I'd love to see it in person and imagine what it must have been like for Noah and his family.

I can only speak for myself, but I've a feeling the others will agree: I don't need the "proof" or the "evidence" of which you speak. And you're wasting your time trying to disprove anything to me. You're missing the whole concept of "faith" here.

It's OK with me if you choose not to believe what I believe. Why is it so important to you that we believe the same thing you do? It's even OK with me if you think I'm being ignorant and foolish. What I don't understand is, why does it bother you so much?

For the record, I'd rather be considered a fool by man than by God. And since God's ways seem foolish to man, I'm expecting that. So, the more foolish I appear to people, the happier I am! And I'm blonde too! Whoo Hoo!
BIessed lndeed 21-Aug-2008 02:12
Marvelous! I'd love to see this in person some day.

I'm also thrilled that this has generated such controversy and attracted so many non-believers! Hallelujah! Just like Gibson's movie, huh? The controversies bring more attention to the wonders of God than the creating men intended, I'm sure! The enemy must be getting pretty nervous!! Whoo-Hoo!! I love it! We're getting close folks!

I welcome all you nay-sayers - you are doing God's work more than you realize. I walk in His love and do not judge you for your beliefs as you are judging us for ours. I do not attempt to dissuade you from your faith in ... in ... (what is it you have faith in again?) ... as you are trying to dissuade us from ours. I don't need proof one way or the other, and I certainly don't need the approval of man. I base my faith in God on the very personal experiences I have had of Him and of His love. HIS approval is all I seek. That's all I need. Hallelujah!

If words made any difference, I would only tell you of God's love - not in an attempt to convince you that you are wrong and I am right, but in an attempt to spread joy and happiness. You seem so angry and unhappy!

However, you who are posting here in a vain attempt to engage us in an argument are not the ones that can be reached through words, so I won't even try. I will, however, pray that someday you'll experience the love that God has for you. YOU - personally. He loves you NOW. It's so sad to see how you've shut yourself off from such a liberating, blessing, healing, nurturing, unconditional, all-encompassing love. He wants to do SO MUCH for you, but you won't let Him! Well -- there I go -- I said I wasn't going to try words, but I did. Just know that you are loved and welcome here.

MJ
Susan 21-Aug-2008 02:10
I'am very astonished by the great hard work you, and your son have done, to show the people in todays world, to remember, and love God...
Guest 21-Aug-2008 01:59
This question is for religous people: what does this model ark mean to you?
does it mean that the bible story about noah building a large boat has to be true because a man in 2008 also built a large boat? how does this work logically? or does logic not matter because god can do anything?
people, this event did not really happen. there is zero evidence for it in geology, palentology or biogeography. if god made it happen by magic, than literally anything can happen and life is completely random and up for grabs. my house could defy gravity and float away tomorrow. cars could change into horses while driving down the highway. who needs evidence?
consider this: we have huge aircraft carriers and cruise ships as big as apartment buildings today. can you imagine putting 40,000 animals on one of these enormous modern ships, getting on with just your family and staying on it for any length of time? even with running water, modern plumbing and electricity?
it boggles the mind, and the nose. there are a lot of animals that only eat one kind of plant (koalas only eat eucalyptus, pandas eat bamboo) did noah grow this for them on the ark in his spare time, when he was not mucking out the gorilla, elephant, rhino and hippo cages? do you have any idea how much poop one elephant produces in a day? just a couple of elephants would fill the entire ark with poop in a few weeks. you could not shovel it out fast enough before you would die from the contamination.
what about fresh water? how much does one elephant drink in a day? what about otters and beavers that need fresh water to live in and land to dry off on? people, this event did not really happen.
how did polar bears get to the north pole, penguins get to the south pole, kangaroos get to Australia and corn get to Mexico, and only those specific places after the great flood? Not one lion got to Canada? not one elephant got to Brazil? not one tomato plant got to China? not one pig got to Cuba?
all the pine trees headed off to the high latitudes and all the tropical plants headed off to the tropics. every plant and animal species lined up and marched straight off to where it was supposed to be. this never happened, people. think about it, please.
if all the plants, animals and people on the planet died off at the same time in one huge flood, the entire fossil record would be a random jumble with baby and adult penguin fossils next to baby and adult lion fossils next to baby and adult koala fossils all mixed in with baby and adult human fossils. not to mentions fresh and salt water species mixed together.

and then you have to add in dinosaurs! dinosaurs on the ark, people. if you buy that, I've got some nice investments a nigerian friend wants you to look into. there are no dinosaur fossils found mixed with modern mammal species (dogs, cats, cows, monkeys) in the fossil record. dinosaurs were extinct millions of years before modern mammals evolved. ( a good thing, because a few t.rex species would have pretty much done god's job of getting rid of all humans.)
were there trilobites on the ark? did they immediately go extinct as soon as they got off the boat?

this huge flood did not happen folks. there is no evidence for it. the logic holes in this story are big enough to drive the replica ark through. I am a scientist. why would I lie about this? I know, satan told me too. sigh.
JELPY 21-Aug-2008 00:56
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DEBORAH ET AL: IF YOU BELIEVE MEN HAVE FREE WILL (I DON'T THINK "FREE WILL" IS ANYWHERE TO BE FOUND IN THE BIBLE), THEN YOU DENY THE EXISTENCE OF GOD!!! GOD'S WILL AND MAN'S FREE WILL ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE!!!

IF GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING, HE THEREFORE KNOWS EVERYTHING YOU WILL DO IN YOUR LIFE, GREAT OR SMALL!! THEREFORE YOU HAVE NO CHOICE TO CHOOSE SOMETHING ELSE THAT GOD KNOWS AND PLANNED ALREADY, THEREFORE YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO FREE WILL!!!

THEN YOU CAN'T CLAIM TO HAVE FREE WILL AND SAY THE LORD'S PRAYER THAT SAYS "THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS DONE IN HEAVEN". YOU CAN'T FORFEIT FREE WILL TO GOD AND CLAIM YOU HAVE IT!!!

THIRDLY EVEN JESUS DIDN'T HAVE FREE WILL: HE SAID: "LET THIS CUP MOVE AWAY FROM ME. HOWEVER THY WILL BE DONE, NOT MINE." CLEARLY **JESUS NEVER HAD FREE WILL EITHER**. SO IF JESUS **NEVER** HAD FREE WILL HOW CAN **YOU** CLAIM TO HAVE FREE WILL!!!

SO IF YOU STILL CLAIM THAT WE HAVE FREE WILL, THEN YOU AUTOMATICALLY DENY THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, BECAUSE IF MEN HAVE FREE WILL THEN GOD IS THERFORE NOT IN TOTAL CONTROL. AND A GOD THAT DOESN'T CONTROL EVERYTHING DOESN'T EXIST!!!

EITHER GOD IS IN TOTAL CONTROL AND YOU HAVE NONE!!! OR YOU HAVE FREE WILL AND GOD DOESN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU CAN DO!!!!

EITHER IT'S GOD'S WILL OR MAN'S WILL!! THERE'S NO SPACE FOR BOTH!!!

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Linda 20-Aug-2008 21:46
This ark is unremarkable!! It is FABULOUS!! I would love to be able to see it in person. Isn't God great to give someone the time, talent, knowledge,love for God, & the courage to build such a thing?---whether it be original, or a replica.
Erica 20-Aug-2008 21:31
I am so awed and inspired by what you have done. Thank you for honoring God in this way. What an amazing testimony!!!!
Nina 20-Aug-2008 19:06
May God continue to bless you as you minister the message of His love to all creation!
Destiny In NC 20-Aug-2008 18:28
This is a wonderful creation, i pray this will help people who don't know jesus take an intrest in the bible and the many blessings that can come from believing in the true Lord, Jesus, Christ. Always remember "To Walk In Faith And Take Big Steps" For all who are saved there is a beautiful land waiting, just over the horizon-where God's children will walk on streets of gold and no one will ever grow old, there will be no sorrow or pain-just endless sunlight and peace. The roses will NEVER Fade In Heaven!!! God Bless Everyone
Roberta 20-Aug-2008 18:07
I think this is soooo! awesome. For those who write in with crazy responses and with no foresite of the greatness of this work; they are as those in the days of Noah. . . they will be left out! Continue to expand you vision! Be Blessed!
Woody in FL 20-Aug-2008 15:10
To correct Guest's comment...we are NOT ALL God's children. We are all God's creations. Only believers are God's children based on the Gospel according to John.
God created us. God can do away with us. However, He also loves us and gives us the opportunity to choose to love Him and live for all eternity with Him. BUT that requires faith. Mr. Schagen has shown his faith by creating this wonderful tribute to a God our creator and, for Mr. Schagen and me, our Father.
Guest 20-Aug-2008 14:17
the replica of a functional Noah's ark is quite impressive, however the reaction it is getting I find somewhat scary. Being a man of faith, neither Christian or Judaism, it is always a joy to see someone with such ferver and dedication, but the unbridled faith that i have seen in the comments is unnerving. if my understanding of old testament or hebrew bible is correct than it implies the majority of the faithful are celebrating the near genocide of everyone and everything on our planet by the holy father. I understand the need of a parent to discipline their children, and we are all gods children, to kill ones children ones creations I find inherently wrong.
Ruth 20-Aug-2008 06:08
AWESOME thank you for this beautiful work you have done to share your faith of the Lord Jesus Christ. God is honored by your work and it shows us how God loves us so much that he would have Noah build this to continue man and animal. Thanks and God Bless you.
WAYNE 20-Aug-2008 01:54
THANK YOU TINA YOU ARE SO RIGHT AND TO ALL THE OTHERS WHO DEFEND OUR LORD CHRIST THANK YOU AND I AM SO THANK FUL THIS ARK WAS BUILT TO REMIND US HOW MERCIFUL OUR LORD IS.
Deborah 19-Aug-2008 21:49
One of my favorite bible story's come to life! Awesome! People seem to think GOD's word needs to be proven to be true and spend their time and lives miserable and without hope. All through the ages GOD's word is constantly being proven time and time again with or with out the help of Cristians. GOD's word talks of the rapture and it is not war or famine, it is simply that Christ is going to return for his church, that is the rapture. The war and famine are going to come after this, and for those of you who don't believe in GOD and his son JESUS, tell me how it is because I wont be here! I don't know who disappointed you in your life, let you down or abused you but GOD does love you and what happened to you is not his fault but the free will of the person who did those things to you. You came on this web site for some reason, what was it? I think you found it and it made you angry that someone has faith that you can't seem to find. All you have to do is ask him in and he can take care of the hurt and pain inside. Also, GOD sends no one to hell. You seem to have read John 3:16 so go to the next one. John 3:17 says" For HE sent not his SON into the world to condemn the world but that the world through HIM might be saved". GOD doesn't send anyone to hell you send yourself. FREE WILL!!! You seem to be very familiar with it. You also don't have to reply to me because I am not going to check to see if you did, but you are definetly on my prayer list.
joanne 19-Aug-2008 15:44
To those who think Noah was too old to build the ark,and not physcially able,
I remind them that "with GOD all things are possible". The unbelievers and sceptics
cannot comprhend GOD's power because it is believed by FATIH. They have no
faith except in what they can see with their eyes,,which by the way GOD gave them.
The ark is a "Type" of what is to come. That is, the ark is a tyoe of Christ,for all who
some into Him is safe.
Jon 19-Aug-2008 14:58
What an incredible undertaking. Done with so much love for the issue, and with such detail it is hard to believe. Hard to believe someone could be this dedicated. A masterpiece to say the least. Great someone would take the time to keep this story alive.
Tina 19-Aug-2008 13:18
what a modern world we live in....I don't think the builder set out to build this ark and seek your approval. His labor is not doubt something he did for himself...and only wishes to share his passion with you. For those that don't believe in an all-powerful, soverign God, and those that address this as a fairy tale - why waste so much time opposing something you don't believe in...why not invest that time in your cause....I think it is because you are searching for answers - you want to believe and the Bible says someday ALL will believe. I pray for you. What have you got to lose - ask God to forgive you of your sins and save you....this must be done thru faith. What have you got to lose... because whether its heaven or hell you will never die!
WAYNE 19-Aug-2008 12:20
JELPY Ps 14:1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Ps 53:1 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
D. Hatcher 19-Aug-2008 01:23
This is AWSOME!!!!!!!
Mary Bernal 18-Aug-2008 19:00
This structure is absolutely amazing. I cannot even comprehend the enormous size of this ark. What a scope and vision the builder has for his purpose. I sincerely hope that those that have lost sight of our God and Father in Heaven will look at this great monument of ages past and know that their Father is waiting for them to return to the fold. I hope that I may one day see it in person.
Cindy , Florida 18-Aug-2008 18:44
Oops.. Typo's.. i meant to say *don't* in this part *I honestly do see why someone that doesnt believe in Our Father and his beloved Son Jesus* and it was suppose to say *world* in this part *The would would be a much better place.* I apologize for the typo's

May God Bless all of you

Cindy
Guest 18-Aug-2008 16:06
Wonderful testimony of faith... truly a beautiful finished product to share with others! :) May God continue to bless your family members and all who venture to see this marvelous site. Theresa, USA
Cindy , Florida 18-Aug-2008 15:43
Oops.. Typo's.. i meant to say *don't* in this part *I honestly do see why someone that doesnt believe in Our Father and his beloved Son Jesus* and it was suppose to say *world* in this part *The would would be a much better place.* I apologize for the typo's

May God Bless all of you

Cindy
JELPY 18-Aug-2008 15:33
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I HAVE SEEN QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AROUND A CENTURY OLD: THE CAN'T EVEN PICK UP A PEN THAT FELL ON THE FLOOR.

AND YOU WANT US TO BELIEVE THAT 8 PEOPLE 6 TIMES THAT AGE COULD JUST EVEN PICK UP AN AXE??? AND AXE EVEN ONE SINGLE TREE???

BWWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

ALL THEY COULD DO IS CUT A STRAW!!!

LOOOOOLLLLL!!!

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Cindy , Florida 18-Aug-2008 15:22
Oops.. Typo's.. i meant to say *don't* in this part *I honestly do see why someone that doesnt believe in Our Father and his beloved Son Jesus* and it was suppose to say *world* in this part *The would would be a much better place.* I apologize for the typo's

May God Bless all of you

Cindy
Tracy 18-Aug-2008 15:15
This is so wonderful, thank you for your faithfulness to the Lord in building this. I only wish I could travel there to see it! Keep up the Faith!
Tracy, Texas
Cindy 18-Aug-2008 15:15
What a beautiful creation. I wish i could go and see it personally. Maybe someday i can.. With faith and believing anything is possible. I was reading some of the comments here and was in such saddened shock to see that there were those that were coming here strictly to cause a disturbance. I honestly do see why someone that doesnt believe in Our Father and his beloved Son Jesus would even want to come see this beautiful creation if for no other reason but to be vile and hurtful and cause kaos. I for one if i saw somethin about the Satan and Hell. I wouldnt go to the website to check it out. I'm not goin to go to hell when it's my time to go..so i'm not in the least bit interested in goin to find out what it's like. I certainly wouldnt be goin there just to cause a desturbance. Life is to short to be so full of anger and hatred. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. How many of you would be so unselfish to give up something you love so dearly so that others would live and have a good life. If people would put half as much effort into being nice and loving their neighbor as they are in being judgmental and hateful. The would would be a much better place.

God Bless