{"id":1037,"date":"2011-07-01T04:23:03","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T08:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2011-06-28T07:45:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T11:45:44","slug":"theme-park-in-the-making-noahs-ark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2011\/07\/theme-park-in-the-making-noahs-ark.html","title":{"rendered":"Theme Park in the making&#8211;Noah&#8217;s Ark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there is a <a title=\"Noah' Ark Theme Park in Kentucky\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/06\/us\/06ark.html\" target=\"_blank\">Noah&#8217;s Ark Theme Park <\/a>planned in Kentucky, a expert builder from the Netherlands, Johan Huibers is building an exact replica of the real boat and plans to sail it down the Thames River in time for the 2012 London Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>After a nightmare of an impending flood, Huibers felt inspired to build the ship using the instructions given to Noah by God. \u00a0If you are interested in building your own boat, complete instructions, including the size of the nails can be found in Genesis.<br \/>\n<object width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/yahoo\/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fwatch%2F251759%2Fnbc-today-show-biblical-proportion-dutch-man-replicates-noahs-ark\/embed\/2YHonqj3kkGlYvz1JFa6Tw\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hulu.com\/yahoo\/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Fwatch%2F251759%2Fnbc-today-show-biblical-proportion-dutch-man-replicates-noahs-ark\/embed\/2YHonqj3kkGlYvz1JFa6Tw\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though there is a Noah&#8217;s Ark Theme Park planned in Kentucky, a expert builder from the Netherlands, Johan Huibers is building an exact replica of the real boat and plans to sail it down the Thames River in time for the 2012 London Olympics. 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