[Sopater]

I'd like to see your list.

We could start with the origin of life through natural processes.

Better yet, we could start with the origin of the building blocks of life such as organic molecules with the proper chirality for life to even exist.

Or, what about the ability to add genetic information in such leaps and bounds that some functional attribute is actually acquired by a particular life form.

Or the question of sexual reproduction. There are some interesting fairy tales that are used to explain how that came about as well.

Anyway, this thread is not about the miracles of evolution. It's about critically examining evidence for a possible location of Noah's Ark. The evidence for a global flood, such as marine fossils on mountain tops, stratification of earth layers, rapid burial of various lifeforms found all around the globe (fossils), and even an abundance of water covering the majority of the earth's surface make the global flood of Noah more believable than any of the stories that have been told regarding the few issues listed above.

[Tokra]

The evidence for a global flood, such as marine fossils on mountain tops, stratification of earth layers, rapid burial of various lifeforms found all around the globe (fossils), and even an abundance of water covering the majority of the earth's surface make the global flood of Noah more believable than any of the stories that have been told regarding the few issues listed above.

Maybe to you. However to me, and to most scientists, these things are evidence of plate tectonics, not Noah's Ark.

[Dog Gone]

The origin of life on this planet and the evidence for Noah's Flood are two quite different issues. They are related only the minds of the biblical literalists who feel duty-bound to defend every chapter of the book of Genesis.

An evolutionist can believe in Noah's Flood, and a Creationist can believe the flood is an allegory.

There seems to be an underlying belief among the ark aficionados that the discovery of Noah's Ark would somehow validate everything else contained in Genesis, and that it would conclusively disprove evolution and every other secular concept in the world today.

It's just not so.

First, the discovery wouldn't be conclusive. The best they could hope for is compelling evidence that a ship was found high on a mountain somewhere in the region that dates to about 2000 BC. It would be impossible to prove that it wasn't built at that location as some religious monument. It would certainly spark a lively conversation, though.

If you want a discovery that would really shake up the theological and secular worlds, find me the other Ark. The Ark of the Covenant, containing the Ten Commandments written by the finger of God, a bowl of manna, and one other thing which I don't recall. Extra bonus points if you die when you touch it.

Now, that would be impressive.