(December 10, 2008 at 12:18 pm)leo-rcc Wrote: I'd love to hear how the flood was possible in your opinion, and how come we have no scientific evidence to support that claim.
Noah's ark was 300 cubits (438 feet or 134 m) long, 50 cubits (73 feet or 22m) wide, and 30 cubits (44 feet or 13 m) high. (Genesis 6:15)
It had three decks so about 96,000 square feet (8,900 sq m) of floor space. It had a gross volume of about 1,400,000 cubic feet (40,000 cu m) which is roughly the same as what the Titanic had.
It has been estimated by some that of the hundreds of thousands of species of animals today they could have all came from a comparatively few kinds as the Bible uses the term. There could have been as few as 43 kinds or mammals, 74 kinds of birds and 10 kinds of reptiles in the ark. That would have been sufficient to produce what we have today. More liberal estimations conclude 72 kinds of quadrupeds and less than 200 bird kinds.
Though there are upwards of 1,300,000 species of animals over 60 % of these are insects and of the 24,000 amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals 10, 000 are birds, 9,000 are reptiles and amphibians and could have survived outside of the ark. Only 5,000 are mammals, including whales and porpoises which would also be outside of the ark. Only about 290 species of land mammals larger than sheep and about 1,360 smaller than rats.
So with inbreeding within the boundaries of the Creator, and kinds, and the expanded figures of the possible result of that as seen today, the ark could have easily have accommodated all.
Now as for scientific evidence. Believe it or not science is subject to interpretation. You are not likely to find two archaeologist who agree on dates or details. They fill in their gaps with their own imaginations. And science is not hell bent on proving the Bible is accurate it is hell-bent on proving that evolution is accurate.
The earth is 70% water. Not entirely out of line with a possible worldwide deluge. The thin crust of the earth would likely have shifted with billions of tons of water, and mountains would have been thrust upward. Old mountains rising to new heights and new shorelines would have been established. Shallow sea basins were deepened and new shorelines established.
Mammoths and rhinoceroses have been found in different parts of the earth, such as Siberian cliffs. Some preserved in ice, and some with food undigested in their stomachs or still unchewed in their teeth. They died suddenly.
Lions, tigers, bears and elk have been found in common strata which may indicate they were destroyed simultaneously.
Flood legends world wide could have been passed down from generations after the flood as they spread out.
Often water damage as seen with floods can at first be mistaken as other forces which has happened before.
Where did the water come from? There was a canopy of water around the earth from creation until the flood.
Genesis 1:6-7 - And God went on to say: “Let an expanse come to be in between the waters and let a dividing occur between the waters and the waters.” Then God proceeded to make the expanse and to make a division between the waters that should be beneath the expanse and the waters that should be above the expanse.
2 Peter 3:5-6 - For, according to their wish, this fact escapes their notice, that there were heavens from of old and an earth standing compactly out of water and in the midst of water by the word of God; and by those [means] the world of that time suffered destruction when it was deluged with water.
