Noah's Ark in... Hong Kong?

We can learn a lot about God's work on Earth by reading the Bible - as quizzers, we study it to treasure up as much of it as we can in our heart and mine - but sometimes, it can be useful to learn about Bible stories through other means. For some of us, that may be modest presentations like the Tabernacle Recreation in Lancaster. But for others, that might be a bit too small.

[Hong Kong]'s three billionaire Kwok brothers have just the answer for the rising waters threatening the global economy: the world's first life-size replica of Noah's ark, built to biblical specifications off the coast of this recession-struck Chinese financial center.

The message in its 450-foot-long hull, its rooftop luxury hotel and 67 pairs of fiberglass animals: "The financial tsunami will be over," says Spencer Lu, the Kwoks' project director at Noah's Ark, which is opening soon.

The land-bound ark wasn't built in response to the current global turmoil; it has been in the planning for 17 years.

I think what is most amazing to me in the article is that the Hong Kong effort is not the first one! There are other Arks in Turkey, Canada, and the Netherlands.