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How about this one concerning Noah’s Ark that I’ve never seen addressed. We know now that there are literally millions of different species of animals, plants, archaebacteria, fungi, protists (sorry if this list is incomplete or inaccurate from the kingdoms of life on earth - it’s been a long time since I took biology :). How did Noah gather all those species together which, by the way, live in every possible corner of the earth? How about that species of sea-slug that lives only in the depths of the western pacific? Even if two of every species could be gathered together (which is preposterous) how would they all fit on the ark? I do believe in a literal Noah’s Ark, by the way.

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dcana said:
How about this one concerning Noah’s Ark that I’ve never seen addressed. We know now that there are literally millions of different species of animals, plants, archaebacteria, fungi, protists (sorry if this list is incomplete or inaccurate from the kingdoms of life on earth - it’s been a long time since I took biology :). How did Noah gather all those species together which, by the way, live in every possible corner of the earth? How about that species of sea-slug that lives only in the depths of the western pacific? Even if two of every species could be gathered together (which is preposterous) how would they all fit on the ark? I do believe in a literal Noah’s Ark, by the way.

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Well I think it would be fun to talk about as well. Noah didn’t have to worry about gathering the animals, God that part. But Noah got to spend an enormous amount of time (feeding, cleaning up after, keeping them separated).
 
Byzantine_Wolf said:
Dude, they stopped doing that in the Middle Ages! This is the 21st century. We’re much more advanced…

…let’s drag him behind a truck.
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Wow… just wow. The thing that scares me is there are people in this country who actually think that. Even in jest, I find it shocking.
 
Byzantine_Wolf said:
Dude, they stopped doing that in the Middle Ages! This is the 21st century. We’re much more advanced…

…let’s drag him behind a truck.
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The greenies will have you for breakfast. You know, burning fossil fuels and all that. What’s wrong with the rack, or the wheel? 😃
 
John21652 said:
The greenies will have you for breakfast. You know, burning fossil fuels and all that. What’s wrong with the rack, or the wheel? 😃
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Ooo… Ooo… or “The Machine” from the Princess Bride. It uses hydropower! That should make the treehuggers happy!
 
dcana said:
How about this one concerning Noah’s Ark that I’ve never seen addressed. We know now that there are literally millions of different species of animals, plants, archaebacteria, fungi, protists (sorry if this list is incomplete or inaccurate from the kingdoms of life on earth - it’s been a long time since I took biology :). How did Noah gather all those species together which, by the way, live in every possible corner of the earth? How about that species of sea-slug that lives only in the depths of the western pacific? Even if two of every species could be gathered together (which is preposterous) how would they all fit on the ark? I do believe in a literal Noah’s Ark, by the way.

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Well while I leave the specifics of creation up to very learned scientists and theologists to work out, I’ll say that I do in fact subscribe to the idea of a literal flood and to Noah’s participation in saving a small part of creation.

One rebuttle to the argument you make here is that quite simply, Noah had no need to put literally every creature we see on earth today in the arch for them to survive the flood. Take the salt water crock as just one example, it’s naturally well equipped to survive a brief flood (such as the one described in Gensis). Many insects also could reasnobly survive, and wide variety of other creatures, including most of the plants required to generate O2 required for life as we know it (sorry Jack).

Noah really only would have needed to put particularly vunerable mammals and amphibians on the arch. Even then, one must disern whether the whole world means the whole literal world, or the whole of Noe/Noah’s world. I actually don’t have a problem with either of those interpetations, particuarly as most of God’s wrath was directed at humanity specifically, there for one could reasnobly argue God was mainly interested in creating a great flood to destroy humanity, and naturally any other creature unluky enough to live with us.

So, when one really stops and thinks about the flood. The argument you present (against any such flooding) isn’t actually as lock tight as you think it is.

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Arguments are not to be construed as specifically endorsing a literal six day creation which ignores the fact that there are two literal six day creation stories in Gensis. The one Chick endorses ignores this fact. Which is why I opened my post the way I did.
 
Xavierlives said:
Everytime I see unicorns mentioned in the Bible, I smile. I don’t know why. (I think it is because mankind was finally able to conquer that cruel beast).
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Wasn’t it only used in the KJV translation? I know it’s not in the NKJV, NASB, NIV, and numerous others. Maybe all the KJV-Only advocates are die-hard fans of the movie The Last Unicorn. BTW, did you know the German title for The Last Unicorn is Das Lietze Einhorn? That’s awesome. If I were a u-boat captain, I’d name my ship that.
 
Byzantine_Wolf said:
Unicorns are a cruel people 😦
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I am truly disgusted. Honestly, the level of bias that has been shown to Unicorns down through the ages by an unenlightened humanity is just appalling. Don’t you realise Unicorns have no enemies except man. They are loved and protected by all other animals for their ability to purify polluted and poisoned water. They represent all that is pure. Truly, it is time humanity opened its eyes to the truth. Shame on you who are blinkered and biased. The Physiologus tells us Unicorns will come when called by a virgin. I suppose in this day and age, we are, alas, unlikely to see this wondrous creature first mentioned amongst God’s creatures in the Bible. Shame…😃
 
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