I mean, c'mon...one guy went all over the world and collected all these animals and put them on a ship without losing any of them? Wouldn't the birds fly away? Wouldn't there be evidence of this flood to this day? Kinda seems to me that some of the stories in religion are a bit too far fetched. Opinions?
2007-08-29 02:20:37 · 14 answers · asked by Amirra 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Do I believe that it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, literally, and submerged the entire world in water up over the tallest mountains (Everest)? No, of course not.
Everest's peak is about 5 miles above sea level. To rain 5 miles of water in 40 days would be something like 625 feet of water every 24 hours -- or, 26 feet of water every hour - 26 FEET of water every hour -- or almost half a foot every minute!
Six inches of water every minute??????? for 40 days?????
Of COURSE that can't happen. And, that's not to mention the effect 5 miles deep, globally, of rainwater would have on the oceans. They'd be effectively desalinated, killing most sea life. Everything on the ocean floor would be killed under the crushing pressures, and all the marine life that survived on plants would die because all marine plants would die.
Then, of course, there would be the question of where an additional 5 miles of water, globally, would come from and where it would go afterward. There isn't that much water on the globe.
So, it's a symbolic story with a meaning in its symbolism. It's not literal.
2007-08-29 02:31:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure the Father who made the earth and stars so quickly could easily make this all happen too! If you think this was impossible, you are in for some big suprizes in the future! God says we ain't seen nothin' yet! All this is just a drop in the bucket for other marvelous things to come.
2007-08-29 09:58:06 · answer #2 · answered by kujo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every civilization has a history of a great flood. Whether Noah took all those animals, birds, reptiles, and bugs is debatable, but there is evidence of massive flooding.
2007-08-30 15:20:58 · answer #3 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the word of God who was actually present during these times.
2007-08-29 09:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by fire_side_2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The volume of the ark could only hold a fraction of the current terrestrial species.
2007-08-29 09:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is just a fairy tale, almost a story about how anything is possible in life but I do not even believe that story.
2007-08-29 09:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by daisy322_98 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe it. And ark is spelt with a k not a c =]
God bless
2007-08-29 09:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
only a disillusioned uneducated lazy douche would believe in such a fairy tale.
or a child.
take your pick.
2007-08-29 09:32:06 · answer #8 · answered by ~*Live, Love and Blessed Be*~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not to mension that if there was that much water it would have taken years to evaporate, by which time they all woud have died through starvation, and/or eat each other!
2007-08-29 09:26:57 · answer #9 · answered by Kruger, Freddy Kruger 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
http://www.gotquestions.org/global-flood.html
this site may be helpful to you
2007-08-29 09:34:50 · answer #10 · answered by LosingAllSanity VLOGS 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋