if noah didnt take fish on the ark as it was a flood .. then why didnt they fget eaten by great white sharks?

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also.. tropical, freshwater and marine fish can only survive in certain environments... how come he could take 2 of each of the 540,000 with him swimming behind the ark?.. also.. if the birds (400,000) species were flying behind the ark what happened when they were tired and needed to rest?, surely there wasnt enough roosts for them?

Answer 1

There were not 400,000 species of bird at that time. They came later. Consider the Jack Russell Terrier (not a bird, I know), but that's a species that only arrived on the scene in the 1800s. It isn't reasonable to believe that every species of bird we have today was around 6,000 years ago. I'm certain very few were.

Answer 2

What makes you think there were great white sharks. There were sharks, but great white developed over time. There were felines, but the different varieties developed over time. The same applied to dogs, cattle, and all the other. What we see today is the result of 5000 years of mutations resulting in the development of new versions of a species. So, you don't need to carry 540,000 different types of animals, just the base genetic form of the species, just as they didn't have Mexicans, Africans, Chinese, or Indians. The humans carried the genes that lead to these different varieties of humans. The same applied to fish. AT the time, all would have been free water fish, as there were no oceans, or at least the Bible didn't refer to any. It said the water came up from the ground to water crops. It was didn't have any record of seeing the moon or stars, as the world was covered in clouds.

After the aquifers collapsed, and the clouds released their moister, the oceans developed, but they only became gradually salted as a result of salts being washed out of the soil. The fish would have adapted to the increasing levels of salt.

Also, remember, it was less than 100 years since the creation of man, and 2000 years since the creation of animals. That was done at the Garden of Eden, starting with just a male and female of each species. Barring any genetic abnormalities we find today, how long would it take to build large numbers of species if you only started with two?

Consider a pair of horses that have a colt in a year and maybe another the next year. If one was a mare and the other a stallion, than it would be a couple of years before they were old enough to have a colt, and another year before they had a second. Consider how long it would take to build a herd, especially since they are also being hunted by the meat eating felines. There is balance in nature.

You are trying to apply what we see now to 5000 years ago. Look how many varieties of animals have come along in just the last 100 years. Take the poled Hereford cow. That is a cross between two other breeds. The Panda Bear is a species that should have died off centuries ago, but man has interfered with the evolution of the species. What was the Barn Owl before there was barns? We are now seeing the emergence of the Ligress, which will be considered its own species in another 100 years.

You make broad assumptions, which can come around and bite you in the ***.

Answer 3

See, it is so entertaining to watch the christian fundamentalists attempt to rationalize the ark - they resort to all kinds of wild explanations, they even borrow some ideas from evolution and if all fails.... well, then they just ask you to trust that the infallible and omniscient god for sure had a way to take care of the problem.... and he probably could have - BUT the ONE big question remains: Why would an omniscient and almighty god even have to resort to such a inferior solution? A ship? Really? He goofed on one part of his creation (mankind) and therefore kills off all of it, but only the animals that live on land, fish and maybe birds lucked out.....

How unjust to pick only two of each kind and send the other innocent creatures off to die, because men screwed up? Sorry, not the compassionate god I had in mind......

And then everything starts 'from scratch' with two of each kind, except for fish and birds... cause they were never decimated... should we not have so many many many more birds and fish than we have today?

At the end - an almighty, omniscient, loving and infallible god would have:

a. never created something that he was not pleased with and as a result would have to wipe out in a giant flood (he would not be infallible otherwise)
b. certainly had more elegant and just solutions to punish men, while leaving innocent creatures unharmed.

So sit back and enjoy the funky stories you are about to witness when they demonstrate how the ark was real........

Answer 4

The water level raised 15 cubits (Gen 7:20) and a cubit is about 18 inches, so that's only about 25 feet. There are trees taller than that. There are lots of trees taller than that. There are trees taller than that in my parents' yard. The birds could rest in those trees. if the trees fall over, the birds could still rest on the floating logs.

That's also not enough to change fresh water to salt water, and it's not enough to change the climate of tropical water or temparate water. It IS enough to flood the entire Middle East and kill all the domestic animals there.

Answer 5

Yawn.... for the time of WW2 in England all the predatory animals in the London Zoo survived at on the subject of the comparable value eating flora as they did eating meat. Gosh, do no longer you hate it whilst God's plan and paintings are logical.

Answer 6

This is just the tip of the iceburg with the problems of a literal interpretation and belief of Biblical stories. I suspect you know this and are trying to point it out to others. I have found that for people who are determined to believe what they want regardless of the facts or logic this doesn't work. They will invent reasons to continue to believe as they wish.

I think the Biblical flood story was intended to be a parable with a moral lesson.

Answer 7

some fish probably AVOIDED THE SHARKS, just like today. I hope that was a joke. As for the birds, they could perch on floating trees or anywere. and maybe he just brought one of each kind and the variations of each kind came from the two present on the arch

Answer 8

Miracles.http://www.birding.com/Species.asp.Check the number of species.

Answer 9

Please just accept that since God performs miracles, there was room for everything. Anyway, There really was not need to take water creatures anyway, because they lived in the water and it was only land that was covered.

Answer 10

BECAUSE THE ENTIRE WORLD DID NOT FLOOD, THAT IS A MYTH, ONLY AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN FLOODED.. THATS BEEN PROVEN...WHICH WAS THESE ANCIENT PEOPLES ENTIRE WORLD...QUIT TAKING CRAP LITERALLY...AND THERE WAS NO ARK...THERE WERE NO 2 OF EACH ANIMAL ON IT....