Bible Teachings or Traditions of Men?

I think the best answer is that the Bible (the only document that we can rely on for information about God/Jesus) is unreliable.People do all kinds of mental gymnastics to get their take on religion to work in their heads.Some even think that Jesus is in fact Gabriel. Imagine that?

Welcome to EvC, it's a great place to learn if you check your assumptions in at the door (you can get them on the way out, though). Genesis 7:23 Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the land; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.If every living thing was dead (apart from 14 of the clean and 2 of the unclean animals) there would be a genetic bottle neck for every species around 4600 years ago.As there is not we can conclude the description of the Noachian Flood is unreliable.Your go.Edited by Larni, : Clean and un clean animals.Edited by Larni, : No reason given.Edited by Larni, : You're to your

Such an extreme loss of genetic variation in animals we know to have under gone such bottle necking can have transplants (skin grafts, for example) that do not provoke immune responses due to being so close genetically.This does not occur in every single species, does it?Score one for not the Bible.

As I hope you are now aware I was referring to the amount of unclean animals.Do you now concede my point about the genetic bottle neck? I appreciate that you don't want to address this (thanks for the tip, Purpledawn) and I will bow out when you respnd.All the best.

You asked what evidence one would expect to see. I indicated what that evidence would look like (it's present in modern Cheetahs).How is this failing to make a point? It's not an opinion. You asked a question, I gave you an answer that you could check for accuracy in less than a minute. This is of course, an opinion Edited by Larni, : No reason given.Edited by Larni, : No reason given.

I'll take your silence regarding my replies to you as to concede my points about the evidence for bottle necking that we would expect to see.Good exchange.