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Apparently a man in the Netherlands built an exact replica of Noah’s Ark.  The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide.  It’s two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a 3 story house.  This guy is a contractor by trade and built it mostly by himself with the occasional help from his son.

There is life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, zebras, bison, etc. so people can get a feel of the size and nature of the thing.  I think it’s interesting.

He started the project in 2005.  There are plans to have a petting zoo for kids and have it as a tourist attraction to “generate interest in Christianity” in the Netherlands.

I think things like this can be great things to discuss in smaller groups of people - possibly even larger ones - and especially for the skeptics.  With everything college-age people are thinking through and the fact they (no matter what faith upbringing they have) are reevaluating every assumption they grew up having this could be interesting to bring up.  I think college-age people would have some VERY interesting things to say about this, things that may make us think a bit differently.  Even discussing whether or not they believe in the actual historicity of Genesis would be fun.