The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-02
Ho7O Noah Bull His Ark,
Is Told byKanSaS Woman

sells allow 20 square feet of floor
space for a huge OK. and their cell
ings r low. If an average of from
9 to 10 square feet had been al
lowed for each pair Of mammals in
the Ark. none Of them would have
had TO be lodged on the second floor.
Noah's family probably had built.
in compartments on the top floor.
We need not worry, for instance,
about how the occupants of the Ark
got their drinking water and dis
posed of their garbage; recent exca-
vations in the city of Nippur. which
dates back nearly to that time, have
disclosed a sewage system .unsur-
passed by that of any modern city.
Artists Blamed
Much Of the misunderstanding of
the ark is due to pictures which art
lists have drawn Of It. their represen-
tations Of it ranging in sizegfrom a
county fair pav1lion down to a large
henhouse; any of which would have
been sorely taxed to bold the re-
quired cargo. eve IL the animals
had been stuffed through p hole in
the roof. like our childhood toy arks.
No life could possibly have existed
under such conditions.
In addition. the artists have either
disregarded the plain Biblical story
of n window to each floor of the
ark or have made that window a tiny
n a foot and a half square. Obvi-
ously, ventilation. light and santa
ton would have been impossible I'M
der such conditions.
Much Window Space
There was one window in the ark
TO every story. That window was a
foot and a half high and extended
clear around the sides and ends OF
each STORY just below the ceiling.
The three windows had a combined
space of 4,725 square feet. Placed
around the top of each story. they
conformed to the best modern ideas
the circulation Of air.
Over these windows were built
light awnings of gopher wood. They
projected so far that the people in
the ark could not get an unob-
structed view of things outside;
hence. when the ark landed, Noah
had to send birds out to find out If
the waters had totally receded.
No Births
There were no births on the Ark.
Eight people went into it, and eight
people came out Of it. Reproduction
among the animals was controlled by
segregation. Meat up to that time
apparently was not used for food;
but butter and milk must have been
plentiful. for while only one pair
each of the 'unclean" animals was
taken aboard. there were seven pairs
of each of the "cfean" beasts, which
would include cows and sheep.
The flood began in May and Noah
and his companions were busily en-.
gagged with their indoor stock farm.
for a year and ten days. They put
a great number of coops. cages.
stalls, kennels and so on into the
Ark, and probably raised many of
the animals they saved, spending
years before the flood in collecting
others. After the command was
given to put the animals aboard,
Noah and his sons had a whole week
to do the loading.
No Long Procession
That the animals marched into the
Ark in a long procession, as if they
were hypnottized, is a myth. There
was no miracle either in the building
or the loading of the great ship; none
was needed. There were giants in
those days. and even If there were
not Noah had been given 100 years
in which to carry out-God's plan.
That Noah spent these years beg
cling other people to come into the
Ark, and that no one responded to
his pleading, is another fallacy. The
Ark had been constructed exclusive
ly for Noah, his family and the ami
mails. He warned the people to live
and escape the wrath
that was to come, and those who
needed his call seem to have been
merifully removed from the earth
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