Question:
I have to admit your theories on how the Noah's ark story could be true are
quite interesting. However, there is one other thing that you have forgotten.
According to the bible, god only spared Noah and his family (Genesis 6:10 "And
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.). (Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark-you and
your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.) That means that a total
of 8 people entered the Ark. If god destroyed all other human life on earth,
that means that only 8 people were left to populate the earth. Science has
proven that a society cannot thrive with out a large enough gene pool, even
several hundred people would not be enough to keep a society going. How can 8
people do it then?
The story of Noah's Ark cannot possibly be true, inbreeding can only take you so
far, how could we have become a population of over 6 billion people, with such
diverse physical characteristics come from only 8 people, 4 of which already
share the same gene pool.
Explain that
D. P.
Answer:
Your argument is self-refuting. Even evolution must pass through the same
path the Bible takes us. If it is impossible for 6 billion people to develop the
diverse characteristics through only 8 people, then it is also impossible for
evolution to produce 6 billion people with those same diverse characteristics.
Did the evolutionary by-chance process have the large gene pool you claim was
necessary? In fact, science has proven the opposite of your claim. Research
reveals that all societies have a common link in the gene pool. Of course
evolutionists claim that link came from an evolutionary branch and not special
creation.
If you take two sets of finches with identical characteristics and place them on
isolated islands and allow them to grow for 2-3 hundred years, you will have two
completely different breeds of finches. Climate, food supply and various other
external stimuli affect physical traits. A finch is still a finch, but
characteristics will vary (See Macro vs.
Micro evolution on my website). The same is true for the human race. Why is
it that my children look like me and I look like my parents, but if I go back 6
or 7 generations, the resemblance is lost? We change in appearance according to
our diet, surroundings and many other factors. Evolution must pass through the
same path creation stands on, only evolution must explain away answers rather
than providing them.
If you are wondering how the gene pool could survive genetic defects with such a
limited number of people, read the section called, 'The unanswerable question'
on the page
http://www.exchangedlife.com/Sermons/gen/gen_contvsy.shtml.
This explains the gene question about how Cain got his wife and why
intermarrying was acceptable in early biblical history.
Eddie Snipes
Exchanged Life Outreach
http://www.exchangedlife.com
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