Hi. I was reacting to this post from stormdancer0 in the pentacostal fellowship forum:
[sorry, I am not allowed to post links yet. You'll have to dig for yourself]
My reaction it the following one :
There are currently 41 species of felids known. These are 41 sets of felids that cannot interbreed and produce offspring that can breed.
This is the definition of a species.
Mules, for example, are barren hybrid of horses and donkeys. If mules could breed, that would make horses, donkeys and mules part of the same species (the same way poodles and german shepherds are still part of the "dog" species). As it is, horses and donkeys are different species, and mules are a hybrid.
So, if your theory is correct (and I did not say in my original post it was not, nor will I say it here, although I will say that I believe it to be wrong), that means that of the 2 individuals in the ark, the two felids, these 41 species were bred.
Now if you believe that the flood was 4000 years ago, that would mean there was a new species of felids every 100 years.
That would be faster than any biologist expected. and it would be proof that speciation (what you would call "evolution", I suppose) does happen.
Now in my opinion, this is not challenging your faith. I am merely following up on your idea, and following it wherever it may lead.
[sorry, I am not allowed to post links yet. You'll have to dig for yourself]
<staff edit> I'm moving my reaction here.How Noah did it There was a question in another thread that speculated how much time, and how hard it would be, for Noah to collect all the animals for the ark. I actually have studied this.
There are millions of species of animals, yes. But about 45% of them are insects. Another 30% or more are ocean or water dwelling. 45-50% of the rest are housecat sized or smaller. The average size, counting from mice to elephants (and yes, dinosaurs - most were cow-sized or smaller) would be that of a sheep. Plus, he wouldn't have to take two foxes, two wolves, etc. Just two canines. Same for felines and other species. The size of the ark, with three levels, was 1.5 million cubic feet. This is the equivalent of almost 530 railroad box cars. Each boxcar can carry about 240 sheep.
In order for all of creation to be saved, the ark would have to be large enough to carry (at the highest estimate) 25,000 animals. But the ark was big enough for over 80,000 sheep-sized animals. With only 30% of the ark taken up by animals, that left a lot of room for animal supplies.
My only question is, where did they get an elephant-sized pooper scooper?
My reaction it the following one :
There are currently 41 species of felids known. These are 41 sets of felids that cannot interbreed and produce offspring that can breed.
This is the definition of a species.
Mules, for example, are barren hybrid of horses and donkeys. If mules could breed, that would make horses, donkeys and mules part of the same species (the same way poodles and german shepherds are still part of the "dog" species). As it is, horses and donkeys are different species, and mules are a hybrid.
So, if your theory is correct (and I did not say in my original post it was not, nor will I say it here, although I will say that I believe it to be wrong), that means that of the 2 individuals in the ark, the two felids, these 41 species were bred.
Now if you believe that the flood was 4000 years ago, that would mean there was a new species of felids every 100 years.
That would be faster than any biologist expected. and it would be proof that speciation (what you would call "evolution", I suppose) does happen.
Now in my opinion, this is not challenging your faith. I am merely following up on your idea, and following it wherever it may lead.
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