i know these topics have been well-covered in many places. this is just me wanting to compile a list of concise reasons why i am sure the WT interpretation of the Deluge is untenable. this is my first draft. revisions/additions/suggestions?
How could all the world's highest mountain ranges have been built up in the last few thousand years while providing all the evidence to the contrary?
Why do lake varves and ice core samples show no evidence of the Deluge?
How can bristlecone pines and other trees show continuous growth through the period to which the Flood is attributed with no signs of spectacular climate changes?
How did any flora survive underwater for a year, without sunlight, under fantastic pressures? How did such a devastating blow to worldwide ecosystems not leave geological evidence?
How did marine life survive? Different flora and fauna are suited to saltwater, freshwater, coastal areas or deep seas. Most require sunlight and clean water. How could the turbulent mixing of water and debris not kill off entire ecosystems?
Why do genetic trees built with genetic biology not show a severe genetic bottleneck so recently?
Why do so many sites like Egypt, China, Sumer, Indus, America show evidence of continuous human occupation through the time of the Flood?
How did the animals like the South American sloth and Antarctic penguin travel to the ark? How did they sustain themselves living in completely different environments? Why are there no traces of land bridges in geology and no traces of animals indigenous to these other continents in the Middle East?
How did they travel back? How did they get off the mountain? How could the same land bridges have arisen after the flood?
How could a water canopy contain enough water to flood the earth without raising temperature and air pressure to beyond that which could sustain life?
How could such a large wooden structure have withstood the structural stress of the seas without leaking?
How could delicate and evidently ancient structures like the cinder cones at Auvergne or the Great Coral Reef have survived the deluge?
If humanity lived in a small enough area that Noah could have preached to everyone, then why flood the whole planet?
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