It is Unlikely Noah's Ark Happened.

You seem like a reasonable counterpart for this debate. You can obviously challenge me, as I looked through some of your other debates. I am glad someone as qualified as you took the liberty to accept this debate. To clarify, we are debating a worldwide flood, "covering every mountaintop," as it says in the Bible. No smart moves or wordplay.We will be using the story of Noah's Ark from the Holy Bible which includes:-No Evolution-Young Earth I will now proceed on to my arguments.--Argument I: Unrealistic circumstances--This argument will be divided up into multiple sub-points showing the unrealistic circumstances of Noah's Ark.--Sub-point I: Age--My first sub-point will be the age of Noah. Noah was about 5x older than any living human today, being about 600 years old when the flood hit [1]. It is highly unlikely that Noah, or any human, could live to that age. Here, in modern day, the oldest person ever was about 125 years old [2]. Noah was 475 years older than the oldest human who has lived with medicine, care, and knowledge of how to properly survive.To survive to such a high age so long ago is unheard of. We have records of Egyptians and ancient people living from between 25-40 years old. That is over 560 years younger than Noah. How is this possible? Even if it is possible, how is it likely?--Sub-point II: What Noah had to do--Noah, at the age of about 500 (as the Bible states, he started building when he was 500, came out of ark at 600) had to build an ark the size of about one and half football fields [3]. Furthermore, he had to build it out of gopher wood:"Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark…"Which means he had to gather various pieces of .gopher wood, stock them up, and build a whole ship out of them. Where could he find all of this gopher wood? More so, how could he walk to find the gopher wood, carry it back, and then build a ship at the age of 500? Even if it is possible, how is it likely?--Sub-point III: Altitude-- Another problem of this story would be that Noah had to breathe- at 29,000 feet (Mt. Everest.) Noah, and most of the animals, would not be able to breathe and would suffer from ALS, freezing, or just a simple lack of oxygen that kills them off [4.] Plus, Noah is 600 years old at the time when the ark is up and floating, which means his lungs would be tired and worked out. How could he survive for 40 days and 40 (freezing) nights?!No normal 80 year old could breathe at such a high altitude, so what makes you think that Noah could? Even if he could, how likely would it be? It would still be very unlikely if the tallest mountain was 20,000 feet, too.--Sub-point IV: Time duration--The time duration that Noah had to put together the ark- 120 years- poses as an underlying problem for Noah's Ark. First off, a man the age of 480 would've died in the next 120 years, common sense portrays. Second off, the wood would rot [5]. Noah had absolutely no way of keeping the wood from rotting away over time. Some shipbuilders have this problem while building a ship in a time period of 4-5 years… roughly 25x less than what Noah had to deal with. With all of the earlier pieces rotting away, Noah would have to re-do them, which meant getting MORE beaver wood, which meant MORE walking and carrying, and which meant MORE wood rotting. All of them diminishes the chances of Noah's Ark happening. I don't see how Noah could have left all of the wood pieces intact and made them not rot.--Sub-point V: Animal's health and death--This will be my last sub-point for this argument. Noah was supposed to take two of every species from the Earth, and store them in the ark for 364 days [6]- which poses many problems. First, ALL of the animals would have to stay healthy and not die off. This meant there could not be any diseases aboard the ark that could kill any of the animals. It is VERY unlikely that every single animal could stay completely healthy for a year, isn't it?Second, many animals' lifespans are less than 365 days. Some may include chameleons, opossums, dragonflies, houseflies, BEES (pretty much one of the single most important organism for food), gastotrichs (look it up), and mayflies [7]. How could all of those animals, a few with lifespans well under a month, survive? Isn't it HIGHLY unlikely to get a mayfly, which lifespan is about 1-24 hours, to live for a year, isn't it?--Argument II: Earth and Geography--My last argument will be about how the Earth would be affected by Noah's ark. This will be rather short, as I am both lazy, tired, and running out of characters. I would also like to note that the ideas of these arguments were supplied by [8]. Don't worry, I put it into my own words. You can check if you want. --Sub-point I: Waterfall--My first sub-point of the section will be the waterfall that the ark must have endured. There is only about 1% of water needed to reach the flood. That meant 99% would have to fall from above, or rain. To reach the claim that the water rose so quickly, it would need to rain about 6 inches per hour [8]. In contrast, a category 5 hurricane drops about 6 inches per hour [8][9]. It is very unlikely that the ark's wood could have endured that much rain. Plus, it was made out of beaver wood… so that doesn't help too much either.Furthermore, the water from below would emit many poisonous gases while supplying the water needed for the flood, thus making the Earth inhabitable. At least for a 600 year-old man. It is very unlikely that the ark -and Noah- could have survived such a rainfall.--Sub-point II: Geology--Finally, my last argument. I'm as tired as heck, so let's get this over with! First off, the coral reefs. In an event as big as a global flood, there would obviously be some coral reef damage. However, the rate of deposit shows us that the coral has survived for 100,000 uninterrupted years. If the Earth was created young, it still shows us that it has survived pretty close to the beginning of a young Earth (11500 B.C.E through 4000 B.C.E), and was uninterrupted. It isn't very likely that the coral reefs could survive such an event. In fact, I would say it is pretty much impossible.Lastly, the ice layers would've melted in Antarctica and Greenland due to the above-freezing temperature of the water. However, the rate of deposit (again) shows us that both ice caps have survived for 40,000 years. If the Earth was created young, refer to the above argument. It is very unlikely that the polar ice caps and the Greenland ice would not have melted.I wrap up my arguments and I thank you for reading. I wish the con luck. 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