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Dark Jedi · 05-13-2002, 08:23 AM

Just a random thought while skimming the babble this weekend:

Upon landing the Ark, noah and family made a sacrafice to god in thanksgiving. Supposing that sacrafices at the time were animal offerings, and that the only animals left on earth were the ones they loaded on the ark, which species do you suppose Noah doomed to extinction by sacraficing one of the only remaining breeding pair?

Atticus_Finch · 05-13-2002, 09:07 AM

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<strong>Just a random thought while skimming the babble this weekend:

Upon landing the Ark, noah and family made a sacrafice to god in thanksgiving. Supposing that sacrafices at the time were animal offerings, and that the only animals left on earth were the ones they loaded on the ark, which species do you suppose Noah doomed to extinction by sacraficing one of the only remaining breeding pair?</strong>

If you read the passage, I believe the ark contained 7 pairs of each "clean" animal. The "clean" animals would be the ones sacrificed. Therefore, no species would have been eliminated.

Regards,

Finch

Veil of Fire · 05-13-2002, 01:42 PM

Probably the Unicorns.

Marduk · 05-13-2002, 02:53 PM

what about all those dinosaurs?

MortalWombat · 05-14-2002, 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by Atticus_Finch:
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If you read the passage, I believe the ark contained 7 pairs of each "clean" animal. The "clean" animals would be the ones sacrificed. Therefore, no species would have been eliminated.

Regards,

Finch</strong>

The next two questions to ask are:

How did Noah know which animals were clean vs unclean if it hadn't been spelled out by Moses yet?

What did those carnivores eat given that there were only two (or 14) of each prey animal to snack on for a considerable time afterward? And how did those prey animals survive this onslaught?

05-13-2002, 08:23 AM	#1
Dark Jedi Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 4,666	Which animal did Noah extinct? Just a random thought while skimming the babble this weekend: Upon landing the Ark, noah and family made a sacrafice to god in thanksgiving. Supposing that sacrafices at the time were animal offerings, and that the only animals left on earth were the ones they loaded on the ark, which species do you suppose Noah doomed to extinction by sacraficing one of the only remaining breeding pair?

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Veil of Fire Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: South Carolina Posts: 451	Probably the Unicorns.

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Marduk Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: the 10th planet Posts: 5,065	what about all those dinosaurs?

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