Re: Assumptions in questions/answers.

brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Kantor) writes:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:54:34 +0100, John Burnham wrote:
("How many animals did Moses take on the Ark ?")

I find the proper answer to such a question is to LART the questioner,
as just punishment for him being such a twat.

Not being up on my Judeo-Christian mythology, I am inclined to question
whether Moses ever had an ark, except perhaps one that he kept the covenant
in, or was that Indiana Jones?

I still fondly remember the time in sixth grade when I used the phrase
"Christian mythology" in a class discussion and a bunch of the other
kids turned around and glared at me. The teacher, remarkably enough,
defended my right to use the phrase.

As for the myth of Noah's ark, with space at such a premium, wouldn't
Noah have been more efficient to obtain pregnant females of species
known for multiple births, clutches of fertilized eggs (perhaps with a
single parent to provide incubation), and single representives of those
species that reproduce asexually or by parthenogenesis? Although some
extra care would be needed to ensure that offspring of both sexes would
be born or hatch out. So by no means would there have to have been an
even number of animals on the ark.

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