The Ark, the Animals, and the Water

As people who have read or viewed creation science material know, the Genesis Flood is extremely important. One reason is that the Flood ruins uniformitarian (old Earth) geology Scoffers dismiss it out of hand without learning even the basics of what is involved.

Creationists have pointed out that there are questions raised in bad faith to trip up biblical creationists, but there are also people who sincerely want explanations. Today we examine two. The first is how Noah rounded up all those critters.

The Animals Entering Noah's Ark, Jacopo Bassano ca. 1570

Noah saddled up a Compsognathus, put a cart behind it, made a lariat, and lassoed —

"Don't be facetious, Cowboy Bob!"

Actually, scoffers paint a similarly absurd picture through their prejudicial conjectures. When intelligently debating opponents, it is necessary to learn their views and look for inconsistencies and logic flaws. Genesis 6:20, 7:8-9 tells us that the animals came to Noah at the Ark; they were guided by the Creator. Another factor to consider is that the climate and geography were very different then.

Critics of the Bible often ask how animals from around the world could have reached Noah’s ark. How could creatures like the slow-moving sloth, the flightless ostrich, or the giant tortoise have traveled such vast distances or across large bodies of water? These questions are based on mistaken assumptions and/or ignorance about the biblical account.

To finish reading our first installment, ride over to "How Did Animals Get TO the Ark?" Be sure to come back for the next part.

AI-generated Noah's Ark image, Pixabay / dlsdkcgl

The next point of contention is where all the water went after the Flood. In "Oxygen Level, Altitude, and the Ark," we looked at a basic science question of how the Ark passengers could breathe when it was taken up by the waters above the highest mountain. Again it is important to realize that the earth was laid out quite differently before the Flood.

If the globe was smoothed out, the water would cover it to a depth of just under two miles. That is easily found in an internet search, but Flood geologists need more. The Bible tells us that valleys sank and mountains rose. That happened during the Flood and for a while afterward, and it is called differential vertical tectonics. Ever notice mountains with flat tops? Those planation surfaces are the result of water running off the land as it rose. Indeed, mountains are known to have been under water, as marine fossils are at the tops, including Mt. Everest!

Actually, the Bible tells us where the water went. By Day 150 of the Flood catastrophe the floodwaters had risen until they covered “all the high mountains under the whole heaven” (Genesis 7:19). After that “the waters receded from the earth continually” (Genesis 8:3), a process that took about seven months.

As the water receded from the continents it must have flowed into the oceans. It only takes a quick look at a globe of the earth to appreciate that the water indeed sits in the oceans.

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