Well, a worldwide flood as the Bible and many other cultures records is very likely scientificly. I won't go into the long of it now but can send info to the interested. Some fish lived and some fish died-- This is recorded in archeology as we find fish fossils on the tops of every major mountain range in the world. How did they get up there without a worldwide flood? Fly? :)
What happened to the fish in the great flood?
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Seeker
Well, a worldwide flood as the Bible and many other cultures records is very likely scientificly.
No, it is impossible scientifically, as has been discussed here endlessly.
I won't go into the long of it now but can send info to the interested.
That's the best approach. If you post it here, you'll learn it isn't valid.Some fish lived and some fish died-- This is recorded in archeology as we find fish fossils on the tops of every major mountain range in the world. How did they get up there without a worldwide flood? Fly? :)
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aChristian
That our earth has never been completely covered with water since land masses first arose from its primordial global sea has been firmly established by modern science in more ways than I can possibly here begin to mention. For a discussion of this subject matter see Problems with a Global Flood at http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/faq-noahs-ark.html .
Conservative "fundamentalist" Christians' typical response to such information is to say that they choose to believe the Word of God over the findings of scientists. This certainly sounds quite noble. And I suppose I would commend them for their stance if such a stance was called for by the Bible itself. But it is not. For a careful study of the flood account in Genesis reveals that the Bible does not tell us that the flood of Noah's day was global. And an examination of the scientific "evidence" presented by Christian fundamentalists in support of a global flood, sea shells on mountain tops and the like, quickly reveals that the presenters of this so-called evidence have a very poor understanding of science. ( By the way, sea shells on mountain tops are the result of earth's plate tectonics causing land masses to slowly rise from the sea over many millions of years. This process is an ongoing occurrence and can be proven by comparing the measured heights of various mountain peaks today to their measured heights just a few years ago.)
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Vitameatavegamin
Beans make you fart.
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Adonai438
I believe the Word of God because it's true not because I choose it over science :) Science backs it up all the way :) Will talk later!
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slipnslidemaster
Fish make me happy.
Slipnslidemaster:"The problem with Ireland is that it’s a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent."
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pomegranate
brack·ish (adj.)
Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water.All fish can live in brackish water, which would have been what the entire globe was covered in.
As a matter of fact, areas of brackish water (Mississippi Delta for instance) spawn some of the most ridiculously huge amounts and abundant quantities of sea creatures.
The whole earth went under.
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Englishman
All fish can live in brackish water, which would have been what the entire globe was covered in.
Rubbish. They can't. I am an aquarist of many years experience, believe me, fish have very very different requirements as to the salinity of water.
Very broadly, there are 3 types of elements in which fish live.
Salt. Coral reef fish, corals and anemones require a salinity of 1.18 - 1. 23 specific gravity. Anything different, they die.
Brackish. The tough guys, able to withstand a wide variation of salinity and PH.
Fresh water. This is what you will normally see in a tropical aquarium, but, even within this spectrum, there are wide variations in what sort of water fish will thrive in. Generally, fresh water fish will thrive in an acidic environment, PH around 6.5.
You can not mix up all the worlds water and expect all fish to survive. All that would survive would be the brackish water fish. Salt water fish don't even drink water!
Englishman.
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AlanF
: All fish can live in brackish water, which would have been what the entire globe was covered in.
Nonsense. Some fish can live in brackish, some only in a narrow concentration of salt, some only in very fresh, and others in a wide range of salt concentrations.
Even if you were right, how do you explain how the brackish Flood water got so much saltier, to where it is today? You have recourse only to a miracle. And when you invoke miracles, you might as well give up trying to say what you said above. "God did it" is all you need.
The simple fact is that there is absolutely zero evidence for a global Flood. Attempts to explain it by natural means fail miserably because they always neglect lots of geological and other scientific data.
AlanF
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David Gladden
I asked that question when I was a kid.
Here is the answer I got: "Jehovah used his power to temporarily change the fish so they could all survive the water."
My (ill-taken) response: "So why didn't Jehovah just change EVERY living thing that way instead of killing all but two of each and saving NOAH the trouble of making the ark?"
..From the scepter'd Isle kept free by 2 fins and 4 Merlins.