Noahs Ark - Impossible Fiction or Biblical Truth

I was hoping you could let me know if you were going to respond to my last argument and not My opening statement. When I started the Debate on Noah's ark it was suppose to be an easy fun debate. When I saw how serious you were taking it, I did my research and found a new approach. I will however respond to your evidence of Noah's age! Your evidence for the possibility for Noah living to 950 years old is impressive and very interesting, but I would like to point out a few flaws in your logic. 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! 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 your 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? I am willing to extend this debate for another 5 rounds if necessary. We have barely scratched the surface and you haven't addressed my summary of Richard Dawkins view of Noah's Ark!