2014-03-20 00:29:37 -0400

But Joseph Young, read the text.



“And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.” Gen 6:19 ( KJV )



While verse 20 continues with “Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive,” there’s NOTHING that says the creatures of the seas and rivers were not to be gathered. “All flesh” pretty much covers EVERYTHING .



Further, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, etc) need to breathe oxygen from the air. If it’s raining non-stop for 40 days, how do they come back up for air without the risk of water getting in their blowholes? Bear in mind how much rain has to fall in order to cover the whole Earth within 40 days and how constantly that rain has to be coming down. (Test it for yourself by standing in the shower facing away from the shower head. Then, lean your head back and try taking a breath in the shower spray.) Also, don’t forget that FRESH -water fish canNOT survive in salt-water and vice versa*. (Test this out by putting fresh-water fish in a salt-water aquarium; then turn yourself in to the animal welfare people.) If the whole Earth had been flooded, that means that all the water gets mixed up so some fish are going to die if they’ve not been “protected.”



A few species of shark have been known to survive *temporarily between the two environments and, of course, salmon migrate from fresh-water rivers to the sea and back for spawning (of course, the salmon die after spawning, so not really great).