(October 19, 2017 at 12:41 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(October 19, 2017 at 12:14 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Your point being Huggy? We know that the Wyoming only managed to stay afloat by pumping out water and eventually sank. Yet your ark not only has to carry two of each species, but multiple specimens of each species, enough to maintain genetic diversity so that the species can surviv in the wild (remember the minimum viable population I mentioned). You'd need a ship much larger than 600 feet to achieve that. Not that we know whether a 600 foot ship, if it was ever built even sailed without sinking because or that the rudder was even used on a ship that large because all they have is a rudder.
It is known that all species of cats (for example) that exist today, have a common ancestor.
This shows that all that was required on the ark was two cats, not EVERY species of cat that existed, so that reduces the number of animals required significantly.
This is hilarious. So you accept the theory of evolution now? In which case also accept that evolutionary science has demonstrated the minimum viable population that I referred to earlier. There is not enough genetic diversity for a population of two cats to survive.
Your response to this is that there could have been more of each species yet when I point out that a wooden ship can only be a certain size your response is that you only need two of each species. So which is it? Is Noah's ark demolished by science because of a lack of genetic diversity or because a wooden ship can't be built big enough?
This is a clear example of you believing what you want to believe even if it means holding two mutually exclusive beliefs in your head at the same time.