The Bible cannot be taken literally, and cannot be a viable source of evidence

You are very weak in your observations. Sure the house I lived in may have had blueprints, may not have . It was built before there were any permits.And there are not materials left. They were burned and hauled away maybe 30 years ago..And we do have a blueprint called the bible. And there was no reason to bring whales or any other creatures that can live very well in a flood, even one of that size. Of course the bible is biased. God is very biased about what he did. After all, he was the one that did all these things. And don't you think that God who can do all these things can also keep his book intact with what he wants us to know?Your only arguments for all of these things is YOU do not think it can be done.You cannot know for sure God does not exist. Have you ever peeked past your own death and looked over there and saw for yourself there is nothing to look forward to. I dare say, you have not. So, you have to take by faith that God is not there. I never said I was there. I take by faith that he did rise from the dead. I am pointing out that you have to take by faith that he did not rise from the dead also. I will take this slow so you may understand it.We are both walking by faith. All faith is is confidence in anothers word that what they have said is true.You take the word of " scientists" that the flood did not happen. And I could bring up plenty of scientisits that will say there is plenty of evidence for the flood.I believe that the bible is God speaking to man.I have even found sea shells on the top of mountains here in Pennsylvania. Did you fail math or something. Just take those 8 people. They had children . Now there are 24 , maybe 30 in just a couple of years. In twenty years that very well could have doubled again. So, lets say that every 40 years it doubled.Now that has been 125 doubles. Do the math, if you can. Just take the original eight. Double that every 125 times. I think you will get to 7 billion long before the 5000 years are up. Maybe you need to rethink what you said about the kernel of corn being a non-living thing. I think you did not think that through, like you are doing with everything else in this post. And you are mistaken. The bible has been translated once from the original Hebrew and Greek to English. We have the original manuscripts carefully copied. We have today scholars to translate it accurately. You just don't like what it says. And when I say dirt, I am talking about the elements that make up this planet. The human body has all the elements that make up this earth.Now how did all those things just happen to come together all in one place all at once all in the proper proportions And then life just magically enter it. If you do not believe in creation, then you must believe in magic. Nothing else fits.And you base your whole defence on your position on scientists that cannot even remotely make it happen.You have tremendous faith in people who have never created life. You gave the list of all the " organelles " that make up cells. Then why not get all your wizard of smart scientists to put them together in the same proportion as living cells and make it come to life. Maybe it takes a certain kind of gamma ray, or the right chemical reaction. Because you could make a cell look exactly like a living cell and you will never put life in it.It will just sit there and do nothing, let alone reproduce into more complicated organisms.The faith you have in these scientists really makes me stand in awe of you. I could never muster the kind of faith you have. I do admire you for that. This brings to mind what God said about you. " EVER LEARNING, BUT NEVER COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.'