[dartuser]

Leave it to the BBC (probably should rename themselves the BBS!!) to be ignorant of current thinking in Creation Science. Some of the stupidest arguments are still perpetrated in the name of bashing creationism.

"it would have taken 35 years for Noah and his family to load two of every animal on earth."

The text doesnt say that Noah and his family went out and loaded the animals ... perhaps the author of this nonsense should read the text ... (hint for author: try the Old Testament first)

"And a flood that engulfed the Earth would have left a signature for geologists - yet none has been found."

LOL! ... what would you expect to find if the whole world were covered in water. You would expect to find a whole bunch of dead things in the mud layers that eventually turned to rock. What do we find? A whole bunch of dead things in the rocks ...

"there are about 30 million species of animals in the world. For so many creatures, a fleet of enormous arks would have been needed."

How many species were there at the time of Noah? THAT is the question ... not how many there are today. And how many species can be generated from an example of each animal? We would need some kind of canine to make wolves, cocker spaniels, german shepards ...

"Geologists have also proved that there is not enough water in the world to cover all the continents, then or now."

And naturally geologists know exactly what the topology of the earth was long ago. Creation scientists believe that during and after the time of the flood, there was alot of volcanism. I.e. formation of mountains, formation of deep ocean trenches ... take away the highest mountatins and the deepest trenches and there is plenty of water to cover the earth.

"We have to forget the idea that such a huge boat carrying all known animals existed, that it came to rest on Mount Ararat in modern-day Turkey, and that a flood covered the entire Earth."

Yes, whatever you say.

"Could this story have provided the inspiration for the Book of Genesis 2,000 years later?"

Of course it could never be that the actual events were handed down orally and were spun into stories fitting each cultures needs. Christians believe that Moses took his oral and written sources, whatever those might have been, and his direct communication with the Almighty to produce a story reflecting the actual events.

"And behind that story we can just glimpse a real man, a real boat and a real adventure."

ZZZZzzzz....

"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child ..."

[Old Professer]

How many species were there at the time of Noah? THAT is the question

Nay, "What is a species?"; now, that's the real question.

[Oztrich Boy]

How many species were there at the time of Noah? THAT is the question ... not how many there are today

Young Earth Creationists, they willing believe in a rate of Evolution that the most ardent Darwinist would consider totally unsupportable.

[SengirV]

"there are about 30 million species of animals in the world. For so many creatures, a fleet of enormous arks would have been needed."

How many species were there at the time of Noah? THAT is the question ... not how many there are today. And how many species can be generated from an example of each animal? We would need some kind of canine to make wolves, cocker spaniels, german shepards ...

Bad move. You don't argue FOR the bible by arguing FOR evolution. Well you could, but many here will not appreciate it =)