…Now to prepare them against these contingencies, and that they might have fresh air for the benefit of the elephants, cureloms or mammoths and many other animals, that perhaps were in them, as well as the human beings they contained, the Lord told them how to construct them in order to receive air, that when they were on the top of the water, which-ever side up their vessels happened to be, it mattered not; they were so constructed that they could ride safely, though bottom upwards and they could open their air [h]oles that happened to be uppermost.” – Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, December 27, 1868
1 Timothy 1:4; “Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.”
We’re not sure what curlemoms are, but the probability of eight barges sailing along the Pacific Ocean and being tossed upside down and sideways would probably be quite messy for all involved – not to mention downright dangerous with curlemoms and elephants being tossed around.
My husband Kirk is an Aeronautical Engineer so in essence it means he’s smart. While I haven’t a clue as to how planes fly or how large ships stay afloat, I know I don’t need an engineering degree to figure out the scenario in the Book of Mormon is nothing but a fairy tale.
A hole in the bottom of any boat will determine its worthiness on the seas and I imagine it’ll be above water as long as it takes to fill it up through the hole in the bottom, so there you go.