Noahs Ark Debate

In a lecture given by Richard Dawkins about his book "The greatest show on earth" He gives a potent speech about Darwins Natural Selection in 2010 where he simplifies the geographical distribution of animals and the independent evolution of life forms based on survival of their surroundings! I want to point out that this type of evolution has very few examples of an accelerated change, especially in every animal on the planet in such a short time! I'm only mentioning this because if you studied it yourself. You would not see room for a global flood or geographical distribution from the epicenter of Mount Ararat. Richard Dawkins asks: 1. Think what the geographical distribution would look like if they had all dispersed form Noah's Ark. a.Shouldn't there be some type of law of decreasing species diversity as we move away from the epicenter? ("I don't have to tell you that's not what we see")-Dawkins quote b.Why would all of the marsupials migrate to Australia, but no placental did at all? c.Which route did they take? d.Why did not a single member of their straggling caravan pause on the way settling in another haven along the way? e. Why did the penguins migrate south to the Antarctic, but not one to the equally hospitable Arctic? Next I will address Noahs age: 1. Noah lived during the Neolithic Era where the average life expectancy was 21 years old. With a max age of around 40 years old. a. This low life expectancy was due to the high mortality rate from viruses, infection and many other illnesses that are easily treatable today. b. A lot of people back then simply died from their teeth. c. Assuming Noah escaped all of these natural deaths he would hardly be in tip top shape. The concept that Noah did not break any bones or have a "work related accident" is Highly improbable! d. The only way that Abraham, Moses and Noah could have lived as long as they did they would have to be under some kind of divine protection from God. Which greatly affects "Free will" considering it is only measured by the time you have to use it. (Like killing everyone in the flood. Intervening and ending the lives greatly affects their fee will since they don't have a life to use it!) Next I would like to address the issue of the "Great Flood" 1. First of all I would like to mention that the flood myth predates Noah's time by thousands of years. http://www.talkorigins.org...... 2. I did some research to find out where all of the water came from and found a very interesting explanation! a. The Earth is a flat disk surrounded by a spherical atmosphere shielding the earth from "the deep" or outer space. This shield is called "The Firmament" b. God opened up a window in the firmament and down poured the flood waters (Which hardly sounds like "rain") c. Basically the Earth is a stone globe floating in water? I will now argue the Ark being used to house 2 or 7 of every animal including food and water and Noah's family! 1.The Ark was not even the size of the Titanic. The Titanic is still not large enough to hold every animal let alone their food and water! a. The Queen Marry II is more than twice the size of Noah's Ark, and still wouldn't even be big enough! b. "The Ark as described is a huge boat made of wood, which is not exactly prime shipbuilding material. Considering that the largest known wooden boats are 300 feet long, have to be reinforced with iron straps, and require constant pumping, and that neither pumps nor iron were available to Noah, the Ark wouldn't be very seaworthy" 2 The feeding duties left to Noah were insurmountable due to the special diets of millions of different animal and insect species. Including the preservation and storage of the many varieties of dietary foods. a Carnivores like lions and hyenas require a fresh meat diet to sustain their digestive systems. Studies have shown that feeding them dried meat would cause their highly acidic digestive systems to shut down. They would be better off eating spoiled meat! http://books.google.com... b. The Adactylidium mite survives specifically by eating the eggs of the Marthal bug. Noah would have to have that specific obscure biological knowledge, an optical microscope, and a years supply of preserved eggs! I will now address the theory that it never rained before the flood! 1. I'm having a hard time finding evidence to the contrary so I am going to have to use common sense for my argument a. Rain is EXTREMELY important for the survival of all living things! b. The proof that it has always rained is the fact that Earth is a live able planet. c. Without rain this planet would be as inhabitable as Mars! 2. Scientists have a very full understanding of where rainbows come from without conceding to the possibility of a supernatural hypothesis! I have a few random questions: 1. Were there dinosaurs on this ark? Did the flood cause their extinction? 2.Did Noah ensure the proper care and diet of parasites? 3. Didn't the flood completely trash the ecosystems of each animal? How did they eat after the flood? 4. Were there 2 of every Flora on this ark?