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Originally posted by Martin J. Koszegi:
What's to stop the earth from becoming lush with an incredible abundance of food once the seeds start to grow all over the place after Noah's Flood?
First there is the question of the survival of the seeds themselves under the conditions of the flood. Most seeds do not survive under water for very long, particularly important in this case are the grains. Grains absorb water and burst, or just simply rot. Try it.
Of course, they could plant seeds kept on the ark but this wouldn't solve the problems I am about to mention. Nor would it account for the survival of the seeds of inedible plants.
Secondly, there is the topsoil. There wouldn't be any after such a catastrophic flood.
Third, what dirt is laying around ought to be very salty due to the ocean surges onto land. Not many plants like that environment, though some do.
Fourth, the environment would be a mess (especially if you subscribe to the idea, as TB and TC, that the flood was driven by massive volcanism)
There are more specific issues related to the survival of Noah's family, such as:
Even in the best of cases it would take many months before a harvest. What do they eat in the meantime? They have already been on the ark for a year, along with the animals, eating the stores of food they brought along.
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