A) Why would it be 'free from disease'?
B) Land area isn't the problem. Crops don't just cultivate themselves. Resources are limited. A given environment is only going to be able to support so many lifeforms.
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I'm pretty sure a newly pristine earth, free from disease, could feed a fast growing population. There was no scarcity of land for grazing animals or cultivating crops.
A) Why would it be 'free from disease'?
B) Land area isn't the problem. Crops don't just cultivate themselves. Resources are limited. A given environment is only going to be able to support so many lifeforms.
Part of the reason for the flood was that the earth itself was corrupted. Competition for resources wouldn't have been a problem for centuries, especially after God scattered mankind over the earth.
Have you ever seen what salt water does to arable land?
I guessing that first it disinfects the land before being washed away by the rains. Salt is very soluble.
Very poor guessing I'm afraid. How fortunate it was not yourself in charge of the recovery efforts after out two most recent tsunamis.
http://www.fao.org/ag/tsunami/docs/saltwater-guide.pdf
http://www.acpfg.com.au/blog/?p=43
And remember, these were the effects on limited areas that were only affected by several days or weeks. The flood myth would have us believe that the entire earth was covered in toxic saltwater for a year!
What crops would that band of 8 have eaten please? What fruit?
Your first link supports my claim that abundant rains will quickly leach salt out of the soil. Also recall that the earth was saturated with fresh water from 40 days of rainfall before the seawater came in. This would certainly mitigate the incursion of salt water into the soil.
Also I'm sure that 8 people could find enough to eat until crops could be grown.
They also had provisions on the ark to eat. Perhaps they ate some of the animals.
So let's also talk about cheetahs. Was there a genetic bottleneck recently? Mmmmmm.
The myth states that the earth was covered for a year! The "abundant rains" washing the soil free of salt assumes that the salt water has now subsided. This is not the case in your myth. In fact, it is the reverse. At first, fresh water would be falling on the earth (although you do have all that "fountains of the deep" nonsense to consider). And then the saltwater from the rising oceans would be lying on top of the soil - for a year.
You haven't done much farming have you?
What exactly? No magic answer please.
Yes, perhaps as the animals died of starvation, or from drinking fouled, salty water!
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Also I'm sure that 8 people could find enough to eat until crops could be grown. They also had provisions on the ark to eat. Perhaps they ate some of the animals.
Honestly, three related males with three unrelated female wives producing the diversity of humans we have today, seems much more believable than one solitary, single cell life form producing all the biodiversity of the whole earth, that exists today....
Just say'n.
What if you took a globe of seawater (we'll call it Terra Aqua), called a giant landmass out of it (we'll call it Pangaea), then spoke and that entire landmass was instantly covered in flora?Starting with soil that had been submerged in saltwater for a year would be incredibly difficult.
Really difficult. I am unable to violate the laws of physics by using my voice to move large masses.What if you took a globe of seawater (we'll call it Terra Aqua), called a giant landmass out of it (we'll call it Pangaea), then spoke and that entire landmass was instantly covered in flora?
How incredibly difficult would that be, in your opinion?
Incomprehensible, isn't it?Really difficult. I am unable to violate the laws of physics by using my voice to move large masses.
I grew up on a farm, and I can assure you, crops take a lot of effort when you start with good soil. Starting with soil that had been submerged in saltwater for a year would be incredibly difficult.
I somehow don't think God is going to let salt stop Him from carrying out His plans for the future.I think Noah and the others planted gardens, not field crops. A small plot can be intensely managed to produce an abundance of food. Field crops such as you suggest were not needed right away and would wait until the soil was purged of salt.
As a longtime organic gardener I would be giddy at the prospect of using the huge amount of composted bedding and manure from the animals on the ark. I could have a rather large garden up and producing in no time.
Using your loose definition, a lot of things are "incomprehensible". That doesn't make any of them true.Incomprehensible, isn't it?
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