The Story of Noah's Ark Cannot Reasonably be Accepted as True

Thank you for your timely argument to this debate, let's get started shall we? 1) I would like your permission to add a rule to this debate: For Grammar and Spelling to not be counted against you if done wrong scarcely for this is a debate of high intellect. 2) Now on the actual debate. I would like to counter you point about a cubit being 10.5 feet. I have a source saying that the cubit was actually 10 inches. That would make the ark about 3000 inches. [https://www.google.com...]. That would make the ark 250 feet, not 3000 feet. A fairly simple ship to hold together. 3) Your question "Did Noah"s grandsons have incestuous relationships with his granddaughters? Was there a sufficient breeding population for humans and animals?" can only be partially answered. Whether or not if Noah's grandsons had incestuous relationships with his granddaughters cannot be answered, but even then, I fail to see the importance of this question. I can answer however the second part. Yes, there was a sufficient breeding population of humans and animals before the great flood. 4) Answering your second question, if people or animals try hard enough they can do anything. And yes, even eating gazelles right when they leave the ark. [http://scienceblogs.com...]. As for the reproduction, keep in mind that there are only 2-6 carnivorous species. Tigers and Lions being 2 of them. But for the rest? There are millions of other plant eaters that can reproduce. So answering your question, yes, the lions and the tigers will get enough food to eat. 5) Next, you say that "If the flood was freshwater, it would have killed all the oceanic life that depends on very delicate levels of saltwater salinity. If the flood water was salty, it would have killed all of the freshwater species. How did Noah catch, store and feed the two blue whales?" This is a question that require some thinking on my part, but it is not impossible to answer. In the "high hills" it is very possible that it split the fresh water from the salt water, therefore solving that problem. As for the plankton, you are looking to deep into the story. The story clearly states all "flesh" species will be saved, plankton do not have flesh. Also it is possible Noah carried some aboard. As of now you have no evidence saying that he did not do that. 6) As for your Male or Female question. You are looking to deep into the story. The answer to this question is on the surface. The whole point God asked Noah to put a male and a female of each species into the ark was so that they could reproduce later. If worms or other species only have one sex but they can asexually reproduce then that is the answer to your question. 7) Answering your alter point. God told Noah to put 1 pair of "UNCLEAN" animals on his ark. BUT he told Noah to bring SEVEN pair of "clean" animals. So sacrificing 1 clean animal would not cause extinction of that race. [http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org...]. 8) You argued "Why didn"t the Fifth Dynasty Egyptians (who left written records and histories) make note of the fact that they were all killed? If it is argued that the flood did not occur during this stage of Egyptian history, then why did no other civilization notice that their entire civilization was wiped out? If it is argued that the flood occurred during prehistory, then why is the bible wrong?" The people would not write down that they were being killed because Noah was the only PERSON on that ark. All other people after the Great Flood are descendants of Noah. As for before the flood hit, no one would believe that God would send a Great Flood that would kill them. It came so suddenly that the people did not have a chance to write down records.