Fellow creationists brothers and sisters, please help...?

Question

God bless and thanks for helping

I admit, I'm a new Christian and do not understand many aspects of the creation. But I believe in the Bible fully.
I often talk to my friend (an agnostic) about the Bible and the creation. He pretty much asked me, "Why is there the present distribution of animals and plants in the world? For example, how is it that marsupials are restricted to Australia and nearby islands and the Americas, monotremes to Australia and nearby islands, and few placental mammals are native to Australia? Or why are tomatoes and potatoes native to the Americas only?" He said this is not a question merely of how they could have arrived there, it is also of why ONLY there.

I thought the answer would be that God put things where they were suited, but he pointed out how most plants and animals are not suited for one area only and do just fine when taken to other parts of the world (in fact, he said there is a big problem with exotic species because of this).

I admit, I do not understand this yet. He said it is best explaied through evolution, but of course I don't believe in that.

Please fellow Creationists, don't just send me a link. I will check them out but I think we need to show the godless evolutionists that we know what we're talking about here.

Answer 1

Man, that's great question! Here's my take on it:

Immediately after the waters receeded from the flood, the world was indeed very different. The "continental shelf" may very well have been the coastlines of the time, and if so a trip from "europe" to "america" could have been handled in a small boat--the same could be said on a trip from "russia" to "alaska" across what is now called the Bering Strait.

For many years, the Earth was replenished by the Sons of Noah, and they also transported as many of the animals as they could. This explains why there are many variations of smaller creatures all around the world, but the larger land animals aren't always as widespread--elephants and cattle come to mind: elephants don't naturally exist in North or South America, and cattle did not exist in the "new world" until they were brought over by the Europeans (although buffalo/bison were wild).

We find two specific decendents of Noah in Genesis 10:25 "And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan."

Peleg means "divided" and Joktan means "shortening" ... my interpretation is that during their days, the earth became more divided by water (meaning the oceans rose greatly from the natural springs in the oceans and the large amount of runoff from the continents) as the coastline rose from the continental shelf to about where it is today--and the lives of men began to shorten greatly as we would no longer live for centuries but merely for decades.

Answer 2

I fully believe in "The Stand" in accordance to the teachings of the Prophet Stephen King. The bible is another good story book. I'm just waiting for the 3rd version. Maybe the next edition will explain where the dinosaurs fit in. It's been my experience that most so-called "christians" are narrow minded non-thinkers. Why would your god purposely create the duck-billed platypus? Have you seen this thing? He was either joking or tripping balls at the time. Don't think too hard about creation vs evolution. As a christian your not supposed to think, just follow the rest of the sheep. Just make sure your a "real" christian, otherwise you will not be invited to the big rapture party when J.C. returns!

Answer 3

The second guy is an idiot. The 'flood' would not have helped the scenario. If true it would have destroyed most plant life. The Bible is full of little disprepencies like this. If you like being a Christian then embrace it, because there are some beautiful aspects of it. If you want to scrutinize the details, you will find yoourself turning away from it. It's your choice, just be true to yourself.

Edit:I beg you do not believe the lies on drdino.com. Please check it out, but you will see that his arguments are very flimsy, and some are outright lies. He bends the truth to suit his agenda, and it absolutely disgusts me.

I am agnostic btw

Answer 4

first of all, as a long time Christian, i too have moments of uncertaintly. dont feel bad if you have problems explaining your beliefs.

follow the advice of those who are here to guide us on our spiritual journey.

HOWEVER!!!! be sure to question the correctness of their teachings. there are those who espouse God as a living and dupe the easily swayed with their powers of speech.

i question whether or not that potatoes are indigenous only to the U.S. since history provides us with the "Great Potatoe Famine" that struck Europe in (1845-1849).

as for why are animals only in specific areas until humans trap them and transport them somewhere else, is not even a legitimate question.

because animals adapt to certain climates better, and because they do not have the capacity to build boats or other means of MASS transportation, as well as not having a desire to move about the world, limited their expansion.

although animals will quarrel with other "tribes" of their same species and "take" land and food from them, they do not travel to distant lands.

some animals do migrate because they were holding onto a log and during a flood and ended up somewhere else. found a member of their species (or one close enough to not matter), mated and became either a dominate species in the new location or were eaten by the truly dominate species there.

i do believe in microevolution where small changes occur over time, but not huge leaps like a dinosaur egg hatching a chicken, as dar-weenies-est would like us to believe.

-bret "eagle" myrick

Answer 5

Evolution vs. creation is one of the great debates of the last 150 years or so. I believe in God, but I also can accept evolution. Consider. God is spirit, so he is NOT subject to the same physical laws the rest of us have to obey. Our reckoning of time is based on our own observations. God is not subset to that same restriction. His "days" could constitute billions of years! There have been a number of articles over the years which note that the Genesis account parallels the fossil record fairly well. Just remember, it is all a matter of faith, which can neither be proven beyond all doubt, or disproven This applies whether you favor Genesis or the "Big Bang.".

Answer 6

Their is no evidence that Noah's flood ever occurred. All plant life covered by water would have died, and then every animal would have also had to been fertile and produced several offspring in order to continue the life of their species. The animals would have died anyways without plant life, and where did the water go anyways? It couldn't have all evaporated, and water can neither be created nor destroyed naturally. If you insist on applying logic and science to your religion you will find yourself in constant doubt. Choose a path and stick it, you cannot believe in both religion and the science that disproves it.

Answer 7

There is no contradiction between Christianity and evolution...the conflict is between arrogant theologians who think they know it all, and big-headed science freaks, who are sure they do.
Actually, it could be due to the break up of the continents. I suspect there is a great deal more to that than we understand. Perhaps it began during the Flood...I suspect that also happened alot longer ago than we think, and there was alot more involved than we currently understand.
Science doesn't have all the answers yet...and neither do Christians. Too bad neither group can admit that....

Answer 8

Two words are your answer. GOD SAID. Six times in the book of Genesis God Said is written. We must remember that He is God, He made the world, He spoke it into existence, and He can do what he wants. He is all powerful, all present, and all knowing. If we could go back to the day he created trees, cut one down, and count the rings, we would come to the conclusion that the tree is hundreds of years old; but it was created yesterday. HE IS GOD.

Answer 9

If you don't believe in the best explaination you might as well just believe in faeries at the bottom of the farden painting the flowers the colours that they are.

If it helps, god put all the marsupials in Australia to confuse us poor evolutionists. It was her cruel joke to make it look like she was a mythical creature only found in works of fiction.

Answer 10

If you continue trying to apply logic to Christianity, or any other bible based religion, you will become an atheist.

Either take it on faith, or forget about being a Christian.

You have to learn to say things like, "Because God works in mysterious ways," or, "The human mind cannot comprehend the mind of God," or, when all else fails, just say, "Because the bible says so, that's why."


Atheism, the only logical choice.