Topic: Evolution
Quote: All you have shown is that today we couldn't this. You forget that Noah got the design from God.
Response: So your claim is that the laws of physics have changed? You see, it is not a matter of design. It is a matter of the physical limits of wood. Wood is flexable, and the longer the piece of wood, the more bend there is in it. Possibly you have seen a roof with wood supports that spans a large area. To do it requires huge trusses unless you add column supports. And I\'ll bet there aren\'t any spans of over 300 ft. where only a wood truss is used.\nFor a ship/barge the problem becomes worse. If you make the keel thick in an effort to reduce the hogging and snaking, you reduct the room available inside. Even at that, it would be impossible to eliminate all of the flexing and that flexing would spring the planks of the hull. There is no calking that has been devised that can fill an ever changing gap between planks.\nAnd, of course, recourse to a miracle is the standard creationist answer when faced with evidence that their mythology isn\'t historic. "POOF! Goddidit!" And so, what is the point of the whole exercise in the first place? Why didn\'t God just POOF the ark into existance or just POOF anyone he didn\'t like out of existance? He wanted to teach the only just man in the world a lesson? Sure worked. First thing Noah did was to get drunk.\n
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