the questions to ask about the Noah story should go in this order:
Could such a boat actually be built and function as described in the Bible?
If so, how did that boat not sink under the amount of rain required to flood the earth to the height where it would immerse the tallest mountains? That amount of rain would be enough to capsized even today's largest shipping barges.
The problems with the animals aren't even worth considering to me until you can show that the Ark could be structurally sound once built and floating, and that it could stay afloat in that massive amount of rain.
Not to mention the classic "where did all the rain come from? And where did it go when it receded?"
Could such a boat actually be built and function as described in the Bible?
If so, how did that boat not sink under the amount of rain required to flood the earth to the height where it would immerse the tallest mountains? That amount of rain would be enough to capsized even today's largest shipping barges.
The problems with the animals aren't even worth considering to me until you can show that the Ark could be structurally sound once built and floating, and that it could stay afloat in that massive amount of rain.
Not to mention the classic "where did all the rain come from? And where did it go when it receded?"
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
