If God was purging the Earth, he killed all the protists too. Yet they're still here today. I seriously doubt Noah went around with his petri dishes, "Okay, here's a euglena, there's an amoeba, here are some paramecium..." People have found fossils of protists dating millions, even billions of years back. People in Noah's time didn't know bacteria and protists existed; they thought diseases were caused by magic. If God had told Noah to go get the protists, how could he have seen them? The microscope wouldn't be around for quite some time. And while bacteria might've made it through the flood, not all protists would. Euglenas and paramecia are found in freshwater; the saltwater of the sea would harm them. Admittedly, there are some parasitic species which conceivably could've hitched a ride on the animals on Noah's Ark, but not all protists are parasitic. Slime molds live on land, and would've drowned during the flood. And then how would Noah have kept them on the Ark?
2007-05-30
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