(September 24, 2021 at 12:42 pm)ronedee Wrote:(September 19, 2021 at 12:59 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: Noone who believes the story of Noah' ark understands logistics.
Here's why.
God' s problem - too many "wicked people".
So - he enlists an old guy and his kids to build this really, really big boat out of wood. With nothing but hand tools. Bear in mind it would take days just to fell one tree and saw it into planks or beams. It would take many, many years to cut this wood - and they will need a place to cure the wood - so a building to put it in.... When they finally get all the wood cut, stored and cured - they get to lay the keel of the boat. But first - you need to build a building in which to build the boat. You can' t take years building a boat out in the weather. The wood would begin to rot before your boat was completed.
In the meantime - you have to go start collecting the animals and a habit big enough to house them. You can' t simply stick them in the boat. Their waste would rot the wood in short order - and it would take YEARS to collect all these animals. Don' t forget to feed and water them too...
So your God is going to have to get involved on all sorts of levels - keeping basic biological needs and chemical reactions in check.
Then when ready - God needs to conjure up 40 days and nights worth of heavy rain - and then un- conjure it back away....
Or -
If he was really this omnipotent bastard he is supposed to be - he could simply wisk a couple thousand wicked people off into deep space....
Which seems more a more efficient method?
It's comical how atheists acknowledge scripture & God, with their reasoning (like the devil tempting Jesus in the desert). So, IF you don't believe in God, why entertain any "scenarios" bible or otherwise?
Just laugh it off, and talk about atheist "things"!
Reminds me of a notorious atheist, Starlin. Who reportedly, shook his fist at God, on his deathbed! Why, comes immediately to mind?
It actually is unbecoming and ridiculous..... stupid even. I think the phrase, "I will not serve." is more appropriate in many of these cases.
"Atheist", just sounds/plays better.
Refutable claims need refuting. The idea that a small group of desert dwellers built a ginormous wooden boat to rescue a representative sample of Earth’s terrestrial fauna from a worldwide flood is an empirical claim.
What’s more comical - refuting that claim or making it in the first place?
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax