in fact, how did they even get there? more importantly though, why didn't they leave behind any descendants in any of the other continents?
the xenarthrans (sloths, armadillos, and ant eaters) are also problematic in that they are limited to the americas. (in all fairness though, a xenarthran fossil was found in the messel shales in germany.) still though, if they came off of noah's arc, shouldn't we expect to see moe fossils in europe, asia, or africa?
also, most people know little of the extinct mammalian clade, Meridiungulata, but they're entirely restricted to south america too.
how can creationists who believe in the flood justify these examples of geographic isolation on continents that are quite far away from where noah's arc supposedly landed?
2006-10-08 08:04:52 · 10 answers · asked by tobykeogh 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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BUMBLE BEE,
it really doesn't matter if you're a christian. are you a young earth creationist though? i believe in continental drift and i also believe this to be the reason why different types of animals are restricted to certain continents. but continental drift takes a long time.
the collection of continents that you're referring to is called pangaea, but that happened 200 million years ago. do you believe the earth to be old enough for this?? to my understanding, most creationists deny the theories of plate tectonics and continental drift.
if you believe though that both continental drift and the story of noah's arc are true, the you are facing some serious implications. according to reconstructed biblical timelines, the flood occurred 4,400 years ago. do you really mean to imply the break up of pangaea did not begin to occur until after 4,400 years ago??
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2006-10-08 14:38:03 · update #1
YIPPY YAH QQ,
you're trolling me, right? keep up the good work. you're doing a bang up job at giving christians a bad name.
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2006-10-08 14:52:44 · update #2
Another unanswerable question for a true believer. You should read the book "Inherit the Wind". It explains why believers don;t question things the way you and I do. They see it as an affront to their faith. You'll get "Because God put them there" on this one. Watch and see. And Gary is an idiot. For a billion years before the Cambrian Explosion, there was nothing more advanced than blue-green algae and other things which don't leave many fossils because they don't have bones. Go get an education, Gary.
2006-10-08 08:08:20 · answer #1 · answered by Gene Rocks! 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
It says that it flooded the total 'international' the full 'international' back then was once in basic terms the Mediterranean... If the kangaroo had the convenience to get to Australia, it could...Australia isn't separated by using that plenty water...which you will effectively (actual now no longer without concern) walk from Israel, (p.S. now no longer Turkey) by potential of way of the midsection East, by potential of way of Asia and to Indonesia, and hop around islands, with slightly swimming, different than you get to Australia's peninsula... people can thumb me down, yet have you ever by no potential sizeable an atlas or learn a historic previous e-e book earlier than...
2016-10-02 02:14:47 · answer #2 · answered by matlock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The entire world is on these things called Tectonic Plates that move around. At one time they were all together in a single continent now they have all moved apart and the creatures on them have been isolated. Animals tend to move in herds therefore all of them would be located in one area. I put a site below that can help you understand Continental Drift. Oh and to answer the one who said that a Christan would not answer this question...I am a Christian.
I consider myself educated in a Christian based school and that was one of the things that they taught us. I was never taught to distrust it. There is no way to figure out when everything happened. It is all speculation. I don't believe anything other than continental drift could explain it. They don't know when flood took place. They think that they know when the continents were aligned but do they??? All they know is that they were at one time.
2006-10-08 08:16:58 · answer #3 · answered by BumbleBee 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is the stupidist most ignorant question that has ever graced the pages of Yahoo questions-you mean you are so naieve that you just don't have a clue? YOU ARE STUPID! A DUCK BILL PLATAPUSSY swims-idiot-he said The creatures of water stayed in the water-and believe you me at that time the flod came and he flew his way south for the winter and decided to stay there-WHAT A Moron! Next thing you know you're gonna tell me that Moses didn't see a burning Bush-but smoked some-you want to explain to me then how we invented marijuana? I'll tell you-some indians over here wanted to see if they could make God appear and so they burned the bush that the pilgrims had told them about a ALLA-Wallah instant God-GEE you annoy me-get a life-I bet you think you were born with two of everything but brains you don't have! LONG LIVE JESUS! 4 Christ-sakes!
2006-10-08 08:22:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Bible does not tell its readers how exactly God created things. I do not believe as a Christian that the 7 days are litteral. There are many dates and days mentioned in the Bible which are symbolic in nature. I do not see why God could not be responsible for evolution (you have to admit that the process required an awful lot of lucky circumstances to occur)
2006-10-08 08:08:42 · answer #5 · answered by pamelaonthego 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
One more time about fossils:
There is plenty of evidence AGAINST EVOLUTION:.... fossils is one...
First, the 'Cambrian explosion'; the millions of fossil types in Cambrian rock (oldest fossil bearing rocks) appear suddenly and fully formed and without any previous forms...IOW, there are no transitional forms.
Most well educated evolutionists when forced to ...will admit it, but very unwillingly, and even then they always want to seem to make new excuses for it. Usually they just don't say anything about it and hope noone finds out.
"From the beginning of the Creation God made them male and female..." - Jesus (Mk. 10:6)
2006-10-08 08:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Because the Bible was written for simple uneducated people.
How many people in 3000 BC would have understood "ice age"?
2006-10-08 08:19:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
personally I dont believe scientists about their fossils I think they find some bones from animals dead couple years ago ---- bones cant last for millions of years
2006-10-08 08:10:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
You seem to know all the answers then why don't you tell us ??? It is a mystery indeed and you that have so much findings, then please find out for us. Espcially in the year time frame. Let us know, Please
2006-10-08 08:09:17 · answer #9 · answered by Norskeyenta 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Does Pinochio have wooden nuts ?, you d - - - - - - !
2006-10-08 08:21:07 · answer #10 · answered by Swamp T 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋