Noah’s Ark legend still holds water

Hollywood blockbuster tackles a story that always intrigues, writes Dan Buckley.

Noah’s Ark legend still holds water

IT is hard to know which is the more challenging: The sight of a burly eco-warrior in the form of Russell Crowe battling to save mankind in the film Noah or the biblical account of the Great Flood which reveals a vengeful and angry God bent on destruction.

The story of Noah’s Ark is told in the Book of Genesis. Before God sends a great flood to destroy the world and cleanse it of its wickedness, he decides to give mankind one last chance and commands Noah to build a huge wooden ark.

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