> “I will kill everything, except the floating ones and the swimming ones, who will get out due to a loophole.”<p>-- Eddie Izzard, speaking as god<p>I've never understood why bible fanatics are so fixated on that story, it's one of the bible's most conspicuous flaws.<p>Edit: When I say "bible fanatics" I'm referring specifically to bible fanatics: people who are obsessed with the bible and view it as the literal word of god. I'm not trying to classify all bible followers as "fanatics", nor do I mean to impart any negative connotation to that word.<p>If you read it the latter way, it's most likely a projection of your own bias -- either towards excessive political correctness or anti-theism.
I think I'm more shocked to see foxnews.com linked from HN.<p>Also, if you're planning on doing this yourself, start with the Minimum Viable Ark and see if other people and animals are willing to join you before going all in on the full ark yourself.
This thing looks about as seaworthy as a tin bath with a missing plug...<p>Oh look, glad to see my instincts aren't wrong: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%27s_Ark" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%27s_Ark</a><p>So it doesn't actually even float on its own, it's built on top of a steel barge. Fox News: "functioning" ark, "functioning" journalism.
I'd love to read a book detailing how he went about it. (Other then the bible.) It looks beautiful. That he had the forethought to put a restaurant and theater in is topping on the cake.
The article references the phrase "the cities of the coast shall tremble" as being in the New Testament [1] but the closest verse I could find is Ezekiel 26:18 [2] which is in the Old Testament.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/science/slideshow/2012/12/12/man-builds-life-sized-replica-noah-ark/#slide=9" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/science/slideshow/2012/12/12/man-buil...</a><p>[2] <a href="http://studybible.info/LITV/Ezekiel%2026:18" rel="nofollow">http://studybible.info/LITV/Ezekiel%2026:18</a>
Cool, though I think 20 years of time and however much that cost could have been put toward something that actually helps a fellow human. Maybe build a bunch of smaller houses for poor people instead of a giant houseboat for your stuffed animals.<p>Then again, maybe that's just me...