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?
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?
