You forget that it was a (relatively) short time after the Fall of Man in Eden during which the Ark was built. Noah lived to be 950 years old, remember (Genesis 9:29) - the men of this era were no doubt endowed with abilities far superior to the men of the modern era. (Perhaps the Nephilim (Genesis 6:4) were in Noah's paid employ?)
Men in today's era are exposed to much more radioactivity than from Noah's age. The water from the Flood came from both the vapor canopy in the upper atmosphere (which blocked harmful cosmic rays), and from the Fountains of the Deep (which, brought with them, the radioactive isotopes from under the earth that we find in the environment today). (Genesis 7:11)
Not only does this explain why men in and before the Flood era lived such long lives and had "superhuman" abilities (see the Pyramids, for example), it explains why radiometric dating is such a farce, since it doesn't calibrate properly for the effects of the Flood.
Great reply WC!
that doesn’t address the topic at hand, which is the feasibility of the ark. a 450ft long wooden ship requires lots of men and materiel. superhumans and giants don’t explain away the logistics.
i’m not even going to get into the other issues like your vapor cloud and fountains of the deep.
given the biblical dimensions of the ark, you’d need something like 67k sq ft of planking just to cover the hull; add another 30-40k sqft for decking. that’s a lot of wood.
you can claim a miracle happened, but it’s not in the book.
You seem to be implying that the Pyramids came before the Flood.
Is that what you're saying?