Quote Originally Posted by IDCrewDawg View Post
The size of the Ark is a well documented item in the bible. If you work out how big the Ark was, it turns out to be roughly the size of 2 - 3 foot ball fields. 16 million beetles would take a pretty good percentage of that space I think. Would become very crowded very quickly, and holy crap don't squash one on accident, you would have just caused that species to become extinct, thus failing in the purpose of the Ark to start with.

Why would I use the beetle as an example... Because thats how many species of beetle there are on the planet right now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle


I believe that there is a yen yang to it all. Such as there is to everything else in the universe. Evolution coupled with creationism. Not only one or the other, but both. If you were to say only one or the other, then you leave yourself with questions that will not pass logic tests on either side.
ID,

I personally do not claim to have all the answers. I will tell you that the Bible makes no mention of beetles on the Ark, but that does not mean that they were not there. Nor will I claim that everything that was not on the Ark died, after all, there were fish in the oceans and lakes. How great was the flood? I personally do not know, but if it was limited in scope, to say the Middle East, it might still have been extensive enough to wipe out all human life that was not on the Ark.

As for a combination of evolution guided by a creator, I have no problem with that. There is ample scientific evidence that the earth is older than the 6000 years that some fundamentalists claim. There is recorded history that goes back almost that far.

What I am saying is that I believe in the Bible, but it was written in a language that was intended for a different understanding of the world. Although I believe the Bible to be accurate, I do not believe that every word needs to be taken litterally. A day could be a period of time that covers thousands, or even millions of years.

So, I reject the theory of evolution as taught by most schools because it does not stand up to scientific scrutiny. I also reject so called creation science for the same reason.