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"Really? So you've checked this out?"

As a former hydrogeologist, yes I have...

Good, I have a few questions, which I'm sure you can answer."

Shoot.

"On average, at any given time, how many millions of gallons of water are in clouds floating over the earth?"

Not enough to flood the Earth if combined with all other forms of water.

"How many millions of gallons of water make up the ice at each of the poles?"

Not enough to flood the Earth if combined with all other forms of water.

"How many millions of gallons of water are sitting elsewhere across the world in snowcapped peaks, etc.?"

Not enough to flood the Earth if combined with all other forms of water.

"How many millions of gallons of water are in underground bodies of water?"

Not enough to flood the Earth if combined with all other forms of water.

Sorry, but this isn't even 'science' as much as it is simple mathematics. The volume of water needed to flood the world to the tip of Mt. Ararat (which isn't nearly as high as Mt. Everest, throwing another monkey wrench into this children's story) simply doesn't exist on this planet.

And again, the resultant atmospheric pressure due to this mythical amount of rainfall would've smothered Noah and his zoo long before they supposedly crashed on a mountain top in Turkey.

Most geologists agree that the mythical Flood was probably due to the Mediterranean Sea finally overflowing the Hellespont and creating the Black Sea. To the uneducated, mostly-illiterate masses living in the area at the time, I'm sure it was a terrifying event that few, if any, in the area survived. The more the story is retold down-the-road from the actual event, the more the details of the event get embellished, as all human beings are prone to doing when telling a good story. There's certainly large grains of fact in the story itself, however.

I wouldn't be surprised if an old man (Noah) took it upon himself after a Godly warning to make a big boat and gather as many animals as possible. But therein lies another problem, since it would've been impossible for Noah to gather the animals of Africa, most of Asia, and Australia. Not only would his boat be the size of a country to hold all these animals, but he would've needed Santa's magic sleigh to do all this in the 40 or so days of warning.

The bible, if I am not mistaken says that water came up from the earth so it would not have all been in the atmosphere and so the atmospheric pressure issue is a non-issue.

Further, it doesn't say Noah went to collect all the animals. Rather God brought all the animals to Noah. So Noah would not have needed a "santa-sleigh" as you called it. Moreover, if the animals were infants-animals (cubs, calfs etc) then the ark would not have had to be so big as you seem to think. A baby elephant is alot smaller than an adult elephant.

regards,

ivory