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Peter 3:3-8 tells us that people who scoff at the Bible are "willingly
ignorant" of the Creation and the Flood. In order to understand science and
the Bible, we must not be ignorant of those two great events in Earth's history.
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Over
250 Flood legends from all parts of the world have been found. Most have
striking similarities to the Genesis story of a man building a boat to save his
family, and the animals.
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Noah's
ark was only built to float, and safely carry its cargo - not to sail.
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The
ark has been proven to be large enough to hold all the required pairs of
animals, people, and food with room to spare (625ft long, 104 wide, 62 high). It
wasn't until 1850 that someone built another ship that big!
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God
told Noah to bring two of each kind,
not of each species or variety. Noah only had two of the dog kind which might
have only included the wolves, coyotes, foxes, etc. The kind grouping is probably closer to our modern family division in
taxonomy. This would greatly reduce the number of animals on the ark.
Animals have obviously diversified into many varieties in the last 4,500
years since the Flood.
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Noah
did not have to go and get the animals. God brought them to him (Gen. 6:20,
"shall
come unto thee").
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The
mountains, as we have them today, did not exist until during the Flood when
"the mountains arose and the valleys sank down" during the total
upheaval of the earth’s crust at the time (Ps. 104:5-9, Gen. 8:3-8).
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The
water in the oceans right now would cover the earth 8,000 feet deep if the
surface of the earth were smooth.
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The
continents were not fully separated until 100-300 years after the Flood (Gen.
10:25). The people and animals that came off the Ark had time to migrate
anywhere on earth by then.
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The
top of Mt. Everest (from 26,000-29,000 feet) is made up of sedimentary rock
containing fossils of seashells and other ocean-dwelling animals.
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Sedimentary
rock is found all over the world. Sedimentary rock is laid down only by
running water.
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Petrified
clams in the closed position (found all over the world, including Mt. Everest)
testify to their rapid mud-burial while they were still alive.
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Bent
rock layers, fossil graveyards, and poly-strata fossils are best explained by a
cataclysmic Flood.
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People
choose to not believe the Flood because it was the judgment of God on sin
(2 Pet. 3:3-8), which will also occur in the future, but then by fire.