Pass the Lightsaber! I Need to Cut the Ham Back on the Ark!

A friend of mine suggested following “Answers in Genesis” on Twitter. He said, “They provide a lot of material for one-liners.” And so, I followed AiG on Twitter today, and immediately was alerted of the following article, entitled, “How Could Noah Build Something So Large?” I apologize in advance if this post sounds too sarcastic. Here’s the link:

https://answersingenesis.org/noahs-ark/could-noah-build-something-large/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AIGDaily+%28Answers+in+Genesis+Daily+Articles%29

I was fascinated by one particular part of the article. It read:

“So how could Noah build an enormous Ark? He had some advantages over the builders of Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid. Since people in his day had such long lifespans, think of the amount of knowledge and skills they could acquire. Also, Noah built the Ark during what was likely the technological peak of the pre-Flood world, and although we do not know the extent of their innovations, we do know they worked with iron and other metals” (Genesis 4:22).

SO LET’S RECAP! According to AiG and Ken Ham, Noah was able to build the ark because of (1) Long life spans, (2) amazing “pre-flood” technological equipment, and (from another post) (3) Noah probably hired mocking workers.

QUESTION #1: Are any of the above “reasons” specified in the Bible, really?

ANSWER: No they aren’t!

QUESTION #2: How does Ham get “they worked with iron and other metals” to mean “they had access to advanced technological equipment before the flood”? After all, in an earlier blog, Ham pointed to the advanced technology we in the modern age have developed over the past 200 years, and then speculated, “Just think of what kind of technology Noah had after 2,000 since Adam and Eve!”

ANSWER: He can make that connection because he makes it a habit of making outlandish, nonsensical claims. For someone who has made it a career lambasting anyone who doesn’t agree with his “young earth creationism” as “reading man’s fallible ideas into the text,” Ken Ham does an awful lot of reading his own fanciful ideas into the Biblical text, doesn’t he?”

HERE’S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION: Given the above statement, I think it is therefore a legitimate question to ask Ken Ham, “Do you think Noah had access to smart phones, lasers, a “pre-flood internet,” hover-crafts, space shuttles, and maybe even satellites?” If that sounds incredibly ridiculous and mocking, just remember, this is what Ken Ham is actually suggesting!

HERE’S ANOTHER LEGITIMATE QUESTION: How many Evangelical Christians, if they really found out that Ken Ham is suggesting such things in order to support his young earth claims, would think twice about giving this man the time of day? I hope and pray that the answer to that question is, “A LOT!”

INCIDENTALLY, here is a picture shared on Ken Ham’s blog today, detailing the progress on his Ark project. This is the east tower from the north. Notice the cranes and scaffolding, the huge construction equipment, and of course the outhouses. All I can say is it must have been a lot easier for Noah to build, given the advanced technological equipment he must have had, probably 100 times more advanced that the paltry tools that have to be used today!