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- Flood Questions and Answers
Questions Answered
Q:
Did it rain before the flood?
A: The Bible teaches
that before the flood a canopy of water surrounded the earth. This canopy is mentioned in
Gen. 1:6&7, Psalms 148:4 and II Peter 3:5. The Creation Account in Genesis 1 records
that a mist that went forth and watered the face of the whole ground. Genesis mentions no
other precipitation until the flood brought rain for 40 days and 40 nights. Many people
teach that rain never fell before the flood. Although that is probably true, it cannot be
taught dogmatically because the Bible simply does not mention the subject. Possibly if the
canopy of water that is mentioned in Genesis 1:6 and 7 increased the air pressure, as many
think it did, rain would probably not fall. It
may be that Noah was preaching that rain would come out of the sky (something that had
never happened), and the people laughed just like today when Christians preach that Jesus
will come out of the sky (something that has never happened) to catch up all believers in
Christ. See Matthew 24:37, Luke 17:26 and I Thess 4:16.
- Q: How did Noah take all those animals on
the ark?
A: It is reasonable
to assume that the larger types of animals on the Ark were young animals because they
would weigh less, eat less, and sleep more. Also, after the flood they would live longer
to produce more offspring. No one knows for sure how many animals were on the Ark.
Limiting it down to two of each kind does not mean there were two of each species or
variety that we have today. Also, many animals become dormant, lethargic or even hibernate
during stormy weather.Through the instructions
that God gave or through the wisdom of Noah he was given the ability to provide a watering
mechanism to disperse water to the animals throughout the Ark and possibly even a food
distribution system. In Genesis 1:29-30, the Bible teaches that before the flood all the
animals were vegetarians so there was not a problem with, for example, the lion trying to
eat the lamb. Some have suggested that there was a moon pool, a hole in the center of the
floor, which would provide a place for fishing and if necessary a way to dispense animal
waste from the Ark.
The minor problems that the Bible believers cannot always answer are
nothing compared to the problems and questions that the evolutionist cannot answer.
Although I do not know exactly how Noah took care of all the animals on the Ark I am going
to believe the Bible until it is proven wrong instead of doubt the Bible until it is
proven right.
- Q: Did Noah take all the millions of
species of insects on the ark?
A: Noah was commanded to take into the
Ark all the animals on land in whose nostrils was the breath of life (Genesis 6:17,
7:14-15, 22). I do not believe that all the varieties of insects were on the Ark because
they breathe through their skin and do not have nostrils. They could have survived on
floating matter or by burrowing in the mud. Some of the insects may have been on the Ark
in the fur of the animals or in nooks and crannies of the ark; the Bible is not clear on
the subject.-
- Q: How did animals travel from all over
the world to get to the ark?
A: This question
assumes that the world before the flood was like the world is today with animals
specialized for certain areas. Today the world is 70% water and the oceans separate the
continents. Also, some animals only live in a few selected locations. The Bible teaches
that before the flood the water was gathered into one place (Genesis 1:9). There was
probably one ocean and much more landmass. Also, if the climate was more temperate animals
could live in all types of places which means Noah did not have to go gather animals from
all over the world. In fact, the Bible says that the animals came to Noah (Genesis 6:20). -
- Q: What about dinosaurs?
Did they live with Adam and Eve? Did Noah take them on the ark?
A: The dinosaur question is dealt with
for 2 hours on my video-tape #2 of the creation seminar series. To summarize briefly:
Dinosaurs were made the sixth day with the rest of the animals. Noah took them on the ark
(probably young ones). They have always lived with man. After the flood many died from the
climate changes and from mans hunting. They were called dragons for many centuries. (The
word dinosaur was just invented in 1841) A few small dinosaurs may still be alive today in
remote parts of the world. There have been over 20,000 reported sightings of dinosaur like
creatures in this century. A few pictures and stories are on my web site.-
- Q: It would take 4.4
billion cubic kilometers of water to cover Mt. Everest. Where did the water come from to
flood the earth?
A: This question
also assumes that the pre-flood world was like the world is today. The Bible states
clearly that the water was 15 cubits over the tallest mountain. Sea-shell fossils have
been found on top of mountain ranges all over the world. The top of Mt. Everest is covered
with petrified, closed clams. They had to be buried alive to be petrified in the closed
position. This was definitely a worldwide flood. The Bible says in Psalm 104 that as the
flood ended the mountains lifted up and the valleys sank down and the water hasted away.
Today’s mountain ranges are well above sea level, but this was not the case before
the flood. If the earth were smoothed out today, that is, the mountains pressed down and
the ocean basins lifted up, there is enough water in the oceans right now to cover the
entire earth 8,000 feet deep (approximately 1½ miles). All of the water ran off rapidly through the soft sediments into the ocean
basins during the last few months of the flood. This would explain the rapid carving of
features such as the Grand Canyon and the Bad Lands. See video #6 for lots more on this.
- Q: Durring the flood, how did the fresh
water fish survive?
A: This question
assumes the oceans were salt water during the flood like they are today. I believe the
entire world was largely fresh water. Today about 30% of the rain water washes into the
oceans, bringing mineral salts with it. The oceans are getting saltier every day.
Today’s oceans are about 3.6% salt. Between the salts washing in from ground water
and the salts leaching in from subterranean salt domes, the oceans could have gone from
fresh water to 3.6% in the 4400 years since the flood. If the earth were billions of years
old, the oceans would be much saltier – like the Dead Sea or Great Salt Lake. Many animals have adapted to the slow increase in salinity
over the last 4400 years. We now have fresh water crocodiles and salt water crocodiles
that are different species but probably had a common ancestor. This is not evolution. It
is only variation. Changing from a fresh water croc to a salt-water croc is not a major
change compared to what the evolutionists believe. They think it changed from a rock to a
croc! That would be a major change!
Several years ago, a man in Minnesota told me that he had two large
aquariums in his house, one fresh water and the other salt water. He wondered if he could
mix the fish together so he figured out how to slowly raise the salt content in the fresh
water aquarium a little each week for 10 years until it was 1.8% salt. At the same time,
he was lowering the salt content in the salt water aquarium to 1.8% salt. After 10 years
he mixed all the fish together. He told me they adapted fine.
Noah had no problem with drinking water during the flood and the
fresh-water/salt-water problem does not exist. Attempting to force the way the world is
today onto the questions involving the pre-flood world is a common problem. II Peter 3
says the scoffers of the last days will be willingly ignorant of how God made the heavens
and the earth (the original creation), and the flood.
- Q: If there was
really a world wide flood where are all the bones of the humans that drowned?
A: I believe there
are few human fossils for several reasons.1.
God made the world full of plants and animals but only two people. 1600 years later to
world was still full of plants and animals but still not full of people. There were not as
many of them to be drowned.
2. Men are smarter than animals (That is, some men), so he
would figure out a way to avoid drowning until the last possible minute by making
makeshift rafts or holding to floating logs and tend to be deposited on top rather than in
the sediments. Therefore he would not fossilize. For example, millions of bison were
slaughtered in the west a century ago, yet few, if any, fossilized. They were left on top
to rot, bones and all.
3. Since so many researchers have the preconceived (and false)
idea that man has been evolving from small and dumb to big and smart they may tend to not
even recognize and properly identify bone fragments of humans that may have been huge by
today’s standards. Their prejudice is that ancient man was smaller.
In spite of the above problems, Marvin Lubenow, an expert on fossil
humans and author of Bones of Contention (available from CSE) says that about 4000 human
fossil remains have been found.
The evolutionist has a serious problem with this same question. If
man has really been here for millions of years there should be many thousands if not
millions of fossils of their bones like we have of the animals. The "where are the
bones?" question is really a question for the evolutionist to answer if he expects
all the taxpayers to support his religion in the school system.
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