Need a boat? “I Noah guy”.

Who else watching this in 2020?

Loved it, but I didn't like how the interviewer just had a bunch of jokes.

I remember when Noah had to add steel reinforcements and constant maintenance from moderate rain damage.

100 million to build that? I wonder how much it cost Noah.

I just visited the Ark Encounter yesterday. No matter how you believe, you have to admit that this is a very amazing exhibit! This is a must see! You can not appreciate the size of it until you are there. It can be seen from at least 2 miles away. I made a video of it.

It isn't a boat its a building made with modern technology and hundreds of workers.

My cousin & his wife got to see it about 3 1/2 yrs. ago & I enjoyed seeing their pictures... I would love to see it's impressive size & marvel at a sincere biblical recreation of Noah's Godly instructed handywork....

Please, save yourself some sanity and don't scroll into the comments.

$100 million wasted on this crap. Could have been used for space exploration or sea exploration.

This comment section is great! Im late for work now

I Love the fact that most popular measure of length in America is Football feilds!

What a monumental waste of money . I just hope that children see through that nonsense BS..

Ironically there is a "Creation Museum" in Branson, Mo. The building is cut into layered limestone filled with hundreds of millions of years of fossils from the Mississippian era. Criniods, Blastoids, coral, shells, sea snails, etc. (BTW; Limestone & flint is dead sea creatures.) The truth about Earth's history is much more awesome and amazing than any 'Bible' tale.

I thank God the creator , for raising a man like Mr. Ham who would be bold enough to proclaim truth no matter who he encounter. All praise and glory to God who's fullness is in Jesus Christ.

3:30 it should say “mechanical engineer” not science educator.

So Christians wasted billions of dollars to build Noah's Ark, instead of using that money to help homeless people and Veterans. That's really smart of them to spread the word of the gospel. (sarcasm)

“This really happened. This is plausible” - Ken Ham while someone is using a powered hand saw behind him

Why are they using circular saws to cut the wood. Those weren't around in the old testament. Build it the way Noah did. Use only hand tools.

"Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly." - 2 Peter 3

A problem that I'm seeing with people on here stating there was plenty of room on the ark for the animals as well as a years worth of supplies is that if you consider the volume required to hold the food compared to the volume of the ark, there is no way it could do it. Looking this all up, an elephant (assuming this might be the animal that eats the most, not counting any sauropods for those people that believe dinosaurs were on the ark) eats between 200-600 lbs of food a day so we can use the average of 400. I'm guessing Noah wasn't all about offering a lot of variety to the animals diet, so if we just settle on some kind of hay, an average 16"x18"x48" (8 cubic feet) square bale weighs around 100 lbs (square bales so it uses the available volume the most efficiently). So thats 4 bales a day for each elephant. Thats 32 cubic feet a day for food for just one elephant. Multiply by 365 days and thats 11680 cubic feet of space required. Multiply by 2 to account for the other elephant and we have 23,360 cubic feet. Now the ark was said to be approximately 450'x45'x75' in size, so if we consider it a rectangular prism and conveniently ignore that some of this volume would be lost due to the curvature of the bottom of the ship, the narrowing at the front, space occupied by internal structure and reinforcement, etc, we have a volume of 1518750 cubic feet. This may seem like a lot of space but the volume required just for the 2 elephants' food represents 1.54% of the total available volume of the ark. That may not seem like a significant number but that is a huge portion for just 2 of the many animals that are reported to have been on the ark. There doesn't seem to be any consistent answer as to how many animals were on the ark but I've seen a lot of comments about it being around 16000 pairs. So if .00625% of the animals require 1.54% of the available volume just for their food, there clearly will be some issues accommodating all the rest (the ark could not have carried enough food for just 65 pairs of elephants). Now I know people will claim that the animals could all have been really young, or that not every animal eats as much as an elephant, but remember, these calculations give an idealized volume to the ark, don't account for the volume that the animals will physically occupy, and don't account for the amount of freshwater required to have been stored as well. In case you are curious, If I had considered a sauropod dinosaur its about 1000 lbs of food a day so it comes out to be 3.8% of the total volume just for 1 pair of animals. The food for 26 pairs of sauropods would be pushing the ark to its limits.

Reasons "Noah's Ark" was not possible 1) All plant-life/vegetation would die after being submerged for a year (in salty water no less) 2) Most sea life would die due to drop in salinity of approximately 85% 3) "Ark" would/could not be structurally sound, especially for a year. 4) Could not have collected "off continent" animals. 5) Most all, if not all insects (a vital part of food chain) would die. 6) According to the bible there is "no evolution". There couldn't be more than "7,000 kinds" of animals on earth now (there are many millions) 7) They could not have had enough food to last the years or decades it would take to grow food in the now salty soil. 8) 2, or even 7, is not enough animals to support genetic diversity for the species to survive. Same with humans with only 8. 9) 8 people could not water, feed and remove waste for likely 10,000+ animals daily. 10) The stench and fumes from the animal waste would be overwhelming and eventually toxic. 11) No way to acquire speciality diets, such as eucalyptus leaves for koala bears 12) No olive tree left alive for a leaf to be plucked from. Also, the tall mountains would be the first land exposed as the water "went somewhere". At nearly 30,000 feet they would be visible from much farther away than a bird could fly, well before what was left of olive trees (that grow at under 5,000 ft) would be accessible. Etc...... I know these are obvious and self evident, but sadly there are many that can't see that. EDIT: 13) Civilizations with recorded history from before the supposed time of "Noah's Ark" didn't record being underwater for about 1 year...

So how much is it insured for against fire damage/god's wrath ?

Should have built it closer to the Ohio river so when it floods it can go out with the rest of the garbage!

It is funny to imagine 12 people furiously using buckets to bail out water for a year while yelling, "Whose turn is it to feed the T-Rex!"

"The Earth flood was real, but global warming is a myth". Ken Ham, ladies and gentlemen

This place is AWESOME!! We enjoyed it thoroughly last week- 1st class 👏 😀

Very nice job,but they forgot to add the FLOOD LIGHTS!! 🤣🤣🤣

An Ark? Another temple of ignorance by Ken Ham. Its wrong to teach children things we know are categorically false.

so building an ark with tools and insulation material that DID NOT exist during those times proves what?

Damn, he could've built tons of hospitals with that $100mil.

Its not a ship its a building. Ships float Ken Sham's amusement park would sink like a stone in a small pond.

Built a 5th century ship to prove it was real and built with 21st century technology

What a blessing, God bless you Ken Ham, thank you for this monument to the truth of our creator and one true God. I don't care who insults our faith or scoffs at the Bible. I'll praise the Lord through all trials and tribulations till the end of my days on this earth until Jesus returns to take his throne.

My favorite Bible story is when King David performed 200 circumcisions for martial gift. Our Tax dollars at work. Also, people still talk about Heracles. So I guess that makes him real.

God told me and showed me this Noah’s Ark coming to life many years ago before this one was built and that it needed to be built here in Fort Myers Florida ❤️ it’s time now to complete this mission and vision of Jesus Christ here in my town 😃 may God bless this today and bring this to pass because Lord Jesus you said it to be so and it is for his kingdom for his great good AMEN 🙏

Thanks for sharing this video. Really great! We just have here an rebuild arc in half of the original scale (75 meters) for a visit in our harbor in Wilhelsmhaven/Germany and its amacing how big it is. So we got very courious to find more stuff about Noahs arc. And found your video. Wow this one is really huge and so impressive! God bless you and many grettings from Germany. Henning

Noah had Tyvek building wrap? Ham is getting government tax money and is allowed to discriminate on the basis of religious doctrine in hiring?

Hallelujah this is beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

The hill billy music while driving in Kentucky 😂🤣😂

You know... just because you can, doesn't mean you should...

I prefer the Epic of Gilgamesh.

I wanna take my parents someday to see that ark

What will happen to it when it goes out of business in a few years?

What a incredible biblical nonsense...

This seems more like a hit piece than anything else.

something's wrong here... i can feel it

At sea for little over a year?? Wow,where did they store the million lbs of food to feed 2 of every species ?? What person would believe this....so hilarious

beautiful! Can't wait to go with my kids!!

It was great seeing a "life-size" Ark with the dimensions as stated in the Bible. Pretty awe-inspiring. I don't get why people are against it though. I'm really glad Ken Ham took the risk to build it, and it's definitely a sight to behold. I recommend going there if you have the chance.

I have always loved the ark even before I became a Christian. This is fabulous. 🏆 God prepared the mind of the animals and guided them to the ark.

That looks awesome

They should do a testrun, you know. Like with 10.000 animals (mammals preferably) for a 3 month, managed by 8 people. Should be fun!

For any of you that believe this was an event that actually occurred, I have a bridge in San Francisco for sale.

We are probably gonna need this ark now

This was several; years ago. How's the ark sailing today?

One of Noah's sons is named Ham. :-)

This is why the rest of the county makes fun of Kentucky. Even Alabama gets to make fun of Kentucky.

Our extended family is all going to visit this place and love it

They have already done this in the Netherlands. Long before this Kentucky one

Christian theme park complete with 'Josh Duggar Experience" and the 'Deliverance Ride'.....Banjo strumming 'ear worm' stuck in your brain for weeks......Guaranteed!

Animals that would've poked a hole in Noah's ark: Bark-Beetles Woodpeckers Termites Beavers Horntails Parnaque (catfish) Shipworms Wood-boring beetles

"If you build it, you can pocket millions in donations and tax write offs despite the park itself being logistic nightmare and a financial failure."- the voice in Ken Ham's head.

Any Bets no one sees a return of anymore than 5 cents on the Dollar.

Nevermind that there are homeless people and hungry children that could be helped. Apparently, the Christian thing to do is ignore the poor and hungry and build a pointless museum.

I think it's hilarious to see all of the Christians in the comments trying to use "logic" in their arguments😂

Noah was the greatest wood engineer and sailor in history, how the hell did he built an ark of that size by himself

Remember the good ol days when most everyone believed the Bible? An age where crime was down, people kept their word, and we had less murder?

After looking at the comment section, I feel like I'm about to vomit.

ive never wanted a place to get flooded so badly lmao

The amount of people in these comments that actually believe the story is true is astonishing. It's like people lose all sense when it comes to religion.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. - The owners of Northern Kentucky's Ark Encounter -- a wooden replica of the biblical Noah's Ark -- are suing over rain damage. Yes, really. The replica ark itself survived several years of heavy rains, but flooding caused landslides along the park's access roads. The Ark Encounter's insurance carriers refused to cover nearly $1 million in damages. Court documents filed in district court show that the owners of the Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Kentucky, have filed a suit against their insurance company after flood and storm damage. Crosswater Canyon Inc. and the Ark Encounter have filed suit against multiple defendants who comprise the business' insurance underwriters after their property was damaged by heavy rains. According to the suit, heavy rains caused a landslide and some structural support damage near the ark exhibit. The ark itself was not damaged

Someone please take a picture of the maximum capacity sign of 1,000 people in the front lol. Instant debunk

Noah did not have a beard, it says he was shaving it every day with his Remington electric shaver.

plz mister, show me where noah planted bamboo for the picky pandas plz, can't wait to see lol

This is so cool

Good thing Noah had power saws an drywall insulation LOL

I love Bill Nye

legit or not that s cool. that ship is cool and i want to see it in the water

What's next? 200 million to build santas workshop?

I dislike how people always say "Every culture has a flood story". No, every culture does not. Every culture who originated from the Mesopotamia region has a flood story, because there was a flood in that specific area of the world once upon a time. At no time has the whole world flooded. There is not enough water on Earth for that to happen.

The trees... so many trees cutted down, becuase of this.

Gotta love how they didn't let Ken Ham describe clearly how Noah got dinosaurs on to The Ark. Even Bill Nye could understand that young juvenile animals are quite smaller than full grown adult animals.

It bugs me when everyone says that there were only 2 of each animal. When I read the Bible I don't see that. The way I read it there are at least two pairs of unclean animals and 7 pairs of clean ones. Anyone else read this? Maybe they need to revise the actual size of the ark.

I am looking forward to visiting with my children this year. It's a blessing to see the bible come to life.

I can't wait to finish it!!!

I am so thankful for this exhibit. what a blessing!

God bless the man who put in the strong effort for this to be built and God bless the ones who helped him and put in the work. God is with yall!!

I just got back from sleeping there😊

We know the biblical flood never occurred, because there were great civilizations thriving during that time. They kept records, and neglected to mention that they were all wiped from the face of the earth. The Chinese, neolithic dynasty. The Egyptians, Dynasties 4, 5 & 6. Mesopotamians. Sumerians, Dynastics llla & lllb. Peruvians, Notre Chico Civilization. To name but a few. We find a continuous line of culture, construction, art and historical records that run through the time noahs flood was supposed to have happened.

People make me giggle when they can't agree on God-Math. His ways are not our ways. When you can't figure Him out, you give up 🤷🏻‍♀️🙆🏻‍♀️ Just trust His Word if you've ever read it 📖☝🏽

for those who can not think for themselves

Most Christians I know don't even take the ark story seriously. This place is gonna flop.

I'm glad they have recreated this theme park, Noah's Ark. I will go see it one day.

Everyone that says the Ark story never happened, how do you explain the out line on mount arat that has exact measurements God told Noah to build the ark and thats its on the exact same mountain the Bible said it landed?

Oh boy, imagine what all this money could have done for our homeless, our vets, our children without food & housing. Christians would do better to focus their time & money on solving real troubles.

It's a shame they placed it on dry land. They could have demonstrated how unseaworthy a wooden vessel of that size is.

Some questions to ponder... *Did penguins walk form Antarctica to the middle east to get onto the ark? *How could over 8.7m species, 950,000 different species of insects? Fit on Noah’s ark? The ark was about 1/ 5th the volume of the Titanic! Made from wood, by a 500 year old man. *How was the animal food stored on the ark? Eg. Ant eaters need up to 30,000 ants per day. The ark was floating for over 1 year. *How did the tropical animals survive on the ark at 8848m above sea level, at the height of the flood? Temperature of -19c in summer and up to -36c in winter. *Where did the volume of water come from and where did it go? 3X the volume of the earths water today. *What did all the animals eat after the flood? Where did their food come from? Did Noah have that on the ark too? *After the great flood, how did Kiwis get to New Zealand and Kangaroos get to Australia without being anywhere else? *How is there over 187,000 different kinds of animals only found in Madagascar and nowhere else in the world? How did they get there from the ark, and go nowhere else? *When did dinosaurs live? *Why did God choose to flood the earth and kill everything, and not just stop sin or just kill sinful people with a sickness? *Why did God need to kill sinners anyway? He was the one that allowed sin on earth. *Was the flood water salt of fresh water? How were the fish in that mix?

It's the Biblical truth about the Ark. Not a story, that that just came to pass.

I'm from Australia, and would love to come visit! Its a goal for me :)