[elmer fudd]

"I know it is difficult to check historical data, but the Bible is historically correct in everything that we have been able to verify. Not one inconsistency to date."

Uh huh. So sometime about 4,000 years ago the entire earth was covered by a great flood? So where are the mass extinctions, sediment layers, etc... to show any evidence of this? How come we have any genetic diversity at all if we are all the relatively recent decendents of Noah? That's more than a little inconsistent. Even Coyoteman's story is more plausible.

[Stonedog]

How come we have any genetic diversity at all if we are all the relatively recent decendents of Noah?

Hmm, I don't know. It seems that scientists have proven that the human genome has less than 1% of diference from race to race. Seems plausible to me. I would think that the evolutionist theory of genetic mutation would easily account for such a small amout of diversity. That is, considering you think we all evolved from ectoplasmic goo over the course of a few million years.

[Strategerist]

Don't forget why Joshua is stopping the sun instead of the earth to lengthen the day (Was used against Galileo by the Church, btw.)

[skr]

How come we have any genetic diversity at all if we are all the relatively recent decendents of Noah?

More specifically, we're descendants of Noah's family, which included three spouses who weren't of his blood line.