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Anybody ever read the book, In the Shadow of the Ark? I've personally never read it, but I saw an interview with the author on T.V. once (I don't happen to know who she is/remember her name) when she was promoting the book and she talked about it. I thought it was a neat concept.

Well, if you're interested, the author talked about reading the story of Noah's Ark as a child (I think in one of those illustrated books for kids) and......while the focus was on the ones who got saved, she thought of those left behind. It was sort of an unspoken part of the story. They were the ones that stood in the shadow of the ark, because they weren't on it. She thought of all the animals that didn't get put on the ark and when she thought of the humans, she figured.....there had to be children who hadn't done anything wrong who were there. And all these animals and innocent children are caught up in this and left behind and drowned. I'd never thought of it that way. I had never considered the others. I thought her take on it was really interesting.

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So, in her book, she has the people on the ark, not being able to bear the thought of letting this little girl drown, smuggle her on board.

Sorry, I've never read the story. However, as a very small child (around 3) I too questioned what happened to everyone /everything else that wasn't on the Ark. And I raised these questions in Sunday School, like how could an all caring, loving god massacre innocent children and animals, ...much to the consternation of the Teacher, the Minister and my mother! As they couldn't answer my questions, I point blankly refused to go back, well, you know how stubborn small children can be; and I think they were happy I no longer attended to questioned their beliefs.

My mother was a social climber, and tried (and succeeded) to distance herself from her heritage. I make no bones about it. I was an embarrassment to her, as too was my Gran, and my Great Gran. So, when she toddled off to church every Sunday, my two grannies were left to babysit...and they are the ones who taught me the auld ways..much more rewarding than Sunday school.

Thanks for your post, it's brought back happy memories.