I wouldn't worry too much about Christians. The vast majority of them are sheep that are willing to be led around by a 2000 year old book if fiction with stories so stupid that they are difficult to sell to a small child. My 8 year old grandchild once, after her mother took her to Sunday school, told me the story of the great flood. She told me the people telling the story to her at the church were kind of silly. I asked why she thought that. She said, "because I've been to the zoo and they don't have every animal on the planet but no way did one guy and his family build a boat with hand tools, put two of everything on it and float around in a storm". All I could think to say to her was, "I'm so happy you take after your father instead of your mother".
It was two of every Kind of animal not every species. The Ark was around 500 feet long and 3 stories tall. If Noah had gathered the animals when they were young and not full grown, then it would be entirely possible. Think of how many people can fit in a football stadium.
Here's an interesting video about the Drupinar site in Turkey that many believe is the actual remains of Noah's Ark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PSZNYdfawQEarly geologists understood that fossilization only occurs during floodlike conditions. Fossils are found in Limestone which is used to make concrete. Heated limestone mixed with water makes mortar or basic concrete that dries in hours or days. If a world-wide flood occurred then all of the dirt, clay, sand and debris would settle according to their densities which would give us the "rock layers" that we see today. Gold panning works on this same principal.
Here is a picture of dirt layers separating while submerged in water:
From:
http://umaine.edu/tanglewood/4-h-earth-connections/soil-air-water-exercises/Also, a flood would explain the fossils and petrified trees found in multiple rock layers such as:
I guess my point is, the Bible has hundreds of historical references more than any other Book. What other book do you know talks about the Roman empire, Persians and Greeks, Israel and Egypt, the genealogy of mankind and many ancient cities that are still inhabited today like Damascus Syria, Tyre, Jericho, Gaza, Kush in Africa, Ethiopia, Samaria, Spain and many others.
Just because some things sound miraculous does not mean that it was not possible.
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