Nye asserts that it is very improbable that Noah could have built the Ark.
Why? Because that was a long time ago and we’re much smarter today than Noah was. He also asserts that Noah was not a ship builder.
The Genesis account doesn’t give us the background of Noah.
It is a presumption of modern man that we are smarter than the ancients. Hogwash. Take a look at the pyramids. Pretty good engineering for a bunch of ancients!
But Nye’s biggest question, and it’s a good one....how do Christians know for sure?
I believe the Bible gives us the answer on this.
It is by faith and faith alone. He gives us insights into His kingdom in Romans by telling us that “that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.”
That’s what Nye is missing. He wants a mathematical formula to prove God. That’s not how salvation works.
It is by faith in Christ and Christ alone.
Flood explained here (not yet recognized by ‘official geology’):
http://www.threeimpacts-twoevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/COMET-IMPACT-ANALYSIS-AND-EFFECTS-20Aug2013.pdf
When it happened is uncertain (450 kybp? 5.4 kybp?).
The flood, banishment from the Garden of Eden, the need for clothing, and the seeming re-start of humanity are all understood in the context that a massive comet hit in what is now the Southern Ocean and that it delivered a nearly incomprehensible amount of water. It appeared to survivors that the water came from the firmament; it actually made its way from the Southern Ocean impact site.
Atlantis existed. Its inhabitants were advanced, and they had water craft. (See Ignatius Donnelly’s book: ‘Atlantis, The Antediluvian World’ for a scholarly account.). The city was buried under more than two miles of water delivered by the comet. Almost everyone from Atlantis perished. We happen to call a lucky survivor Noah.
Now try this one on for size: we are an invasive species. We occupy lands that were mostly uninhabited prior to the comet impact.