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Simple, if God could intervene and affect natural patterns to produce a global flood and produce a migration of animals to the ark, I'm pretty sure he could intervene to temporarily tame the animals while on board, induce hibernation, etc.

If God could raise men from the dead, he could surely produce supernatural effects to answer the many questions we might raise about distribution, survival of insects, etc. The history of Noah is more about him following through as an act of faith in God, than about how God rearranged the environment.

The history of Noah is more about him following through as an act of faith in God, than about how God rearranged the environment.

Then it's merely the story of Job with a boat and some animals as special effects.

If you're going to suspend all natural laws for the story, then it doesn't matter if the ark was the size of a thimble. For that matter, it doesn't matter whether it happened at all. It's one of those shizzam moments that you either accept entirely on faith or you don't.

Simple, if God could intervene and affect natural patterns to produce a global flood and produce a migration of animals to the ark, I'm pretty sure he could intervene to temporarily tame the animals while on board, induce hibernation, etc. If God could raise men from the dead, he could surely produce supernatural effects to answer the many questions we might raise about distribution, survival of insects, etc. The history of Noah is more about him following through as an act of faith in God, than about how God rearranged the environment. True enough but this is equal to saying that the story is can only be accepted as a matter of faith. That there was divine intervention to help Noah. Yet the story as presented indicates no divine intervention other than the presentation of the flood waters and the warning to Noah of the flood and the shuting in of Noah on the ark. Beyond this there is no mention of an active God and the rest is man's speculation to explain the story.