There is mucho evidence that the flood of Noah wasn't a simple rising of water due to bookoo rainfall; it was a VERY VIOLENT event, with huge tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanism, & explosions, hurricanes & tornados. Scripture hints at this violence by saying the springs of the deep were broken open.
The mixing of fresh water and salt water killed many fish and other water life, but whales, dolphins, other water mammals & reptiles, and many species of fish, especially deepwater kinds, coulda easily survived this catastrophe.
While in the navy, we had a Pacific tsunami pass under our ship. The skipper had prudently ordered the bow pointed into the direction from which the tsunami was coming, but WE DID NOT OBSERVE NOR FEEL ITS PASSING! We were over the Marianas Trench, where the ocean is about 5 miles deep. Tsunamis become violent only as they enter shallower water or encounter land. Thus, life in the midst of the oceans are unaffected by them.
There is indisputable geological evidence that several similar floods had occurred before, some appearing to have had even greater fury than that of Noah. And the fossil records are also indisputable that there were many, MANY species of plants & animals in existence that no longer live today.
Scripture says at least one pair of EVERY KIND of land creature and bird went into Noah's ark. By this, I believe that the ancient land animals now extince were already extinct when the flood occurred, and that the stories that there was no room for the dinosaurs, or that they balked at entering the ark are simply not true. Scripture says God CAUSED the animals to come to Noah.
And Scripture does NOT say that every SEA creature died. It appears that among dinosaurs, the tylosaur and ichthyosaur were very well-equipped to live at sea. The Loch Ness monster could easily be real, be an ichthyosaur, which returns every so often to the loch, ordinarily staying out to sea. Reptiles don't require as much air or food as a mammal of the same weight, so it could easily spend most of its time outta sight. Remember, God has placed an innate fear of man into almost all wild animals.
The mixing of fresh water and salt water killed many fish and other water life, but whales, dolphins, other water mammals & reptiles, and many species of fish, especially deepwater kinds, coulda easily survived this catastrophe.
While in the navy, we had a Pacific tsunami pass under our ship. The skipper had prudently ordered the bow pointed into the direction from which the tsunami was coming, but WE DID NOT OBSERVE NOR FEEL ITS PASSING! We were over the Marianas Trench, where the ocean is about 5 miles deep. Tsunamis become violent only as they enter shallower water or encounter land. Thus, life in the midst of the oceans are unaffected by them.
There is indisputable geological evidence that several similar floods had occurred before, some appearing to have had even greater fury than that of Noah. And the fossil records are also indisputable that there were many, MANY species of plants & animals in existence that no longer live today.
Scripture says at least one pair of EVERY KIND of land creature and bird went into Noah's ark. By this, I believe that the ancient land animals now extince were already extinct when the flood occurred, and that the stories that there was no room for the dinosaurs, or that they balked at entering the ark are simply not true. Scripture says God CAUSED the animals to come to Noah.
And Scripture does NOT say that every SEA creature died. It appears that among dinosaurs, the tylosaur and ichthyosaur were very well-equipped to live at sea. The Loch Ness monster could easily be real, be an ichthyosaur, which returns every so often to the loch, ordinarily staying out to sea. Reptiles don't require as much air or food as a mammal of the same weight, so it could easily spend most of its time outta sight. Remember, God has placed an innate fear of man into almost all wild animals.
ctopus. John Wayne killed the last one in the movie, “Wake Of The Red Witch”.