Ricky Gervais on Noah

From the 2010 live show "Science", Ricky Gervais questions the credibility of the story of Noah.
gharksays...

>> ^Samaelsmith:

One inconsistency he should have pointed out was if there were only two of each animal, wouldn't that mean the extinction of whatever it was he decided to sacrifice?


He took several family members on board didn't he? Maybe it was a human sacrifice. Either that or he sacrificed a hermaphroditic species such as a flatworm. Also in the picture of the sacrifice it looks like he has a good fire going, I'm wondering how in the hell he managed to light a fire after everything had been underwater for several months. Also, where did the water drain off to? A magical plug-hole in the sky?

EMPIREsays...

>> ^ghark:

>> ^Samaelsmith:
One inconsistency he should have pointed out was if there were only two of each animal, wouldn't that mean the extinction of whatever it was he decided to sacrifice?

He took several family members on board didn't he? Maybe it was a human sacrifice. Either that or he sacrificed a hermaphroditic species such as a flatworm. Also in the picture of the sacrifice it looks like he has a good fire going, I'm wondering how in the hell he managed to light a fire after everything had been underwater for several months. Also, where did the water drain off to? A magical plug-hole in the sky?


You are SOOO ignorant. Obviously the water fell out the sides of the planet into space, since earth is flat! The only thing keeping the water so high for so long was the magic powers of god.

gharksays...

>> ^EMPIRE:You are SOOO ignorant. Obviously the water fell out the sides of the planet into space, since earth is flat! The only thing keeping the water so high for so long was the magic powers of god.

My bad

mgittlesays...

I'd like to see the explanation of how species made it to other continents if Noah let all the animals off the ark in the same place.

Also, there is no mention of plants. I guess they can't drown.

Xaielaosays...

My question is why is it always African animals in the pictures? Giraffes, lions, antelopes, etc. I never see Noa's Ark pictures with say bison or wolves or anything like that.

Course in the end we all know that the story is preposterous and like all the stories from that time, a myth. I wish everyone would wake up and realize that simple truth.

RFlaggsays...

Generally it is taught that God brought all the animals to Noah. Noah didn't have to go and find them all.
The author of the book seems to have it wrong from what I recall of the story. I don't remember the rainbow being around before the flood, but was a new sign after the flood only...
Ricky probably should have pointed out that the bible says that some were more than just a pair of each, so we end up with far more than 10 million animals on it. He started to touch on some of it, the food issue. You now need enough food for those animals and the people for 1 year... of course this is normally passed on using magic, much like the space issue... I liked mgittle's point of plants as well.
Also, that 5 million figure can't include all the insects now can it? I would think if we toss in all the insects we would have to have far more, there are more than 450,000 species of beetles alone before we toss in the 4,000 termite species, 22,000 species of ants, 40,000 spiders...
I wonder how Christians pick and choose which stories to pass of as parables or morality tales and which to take as full of truth? Why believe Noah's flood and the Earth was made 6,000 years ago but not, with a few notable exceptions, believe the Earth is the center of the universe though the Bible says it is, but they pass that off an allegory or something like that.

>> ^mgittle:

I'd like to see the explanation of how species made it to other continents if Noah let all the animals off the ark in the same place.
Also, there is no mention of plants. I guess they can't drown.

rottenseedsays...

Well the only way there could be a world-wide flood is if the ice caps melted. The earth is a closed loop and I'm pretty sure if ALL of the water in the atmosphere were to fall upon the ground, it wouldn't be able to cover the land (especially submersing the highest mountain).

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