What "kind" are penguins?

The Hebrew word used is miyn (meen), and it just means to portion out, or to sort.Ancient Hebrews would have no idea what a species was.Remember the Bible teaches that the bat is a bird.Leviticus 11:13-19These are the birds you are to detest and not eat because they are detestable: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, any kind of black kite, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. Brian.Edited by Brian, : formatting error.

Member Faith is banned that's why.Brian.

Indeed, that's why I said "Ancient Hebrews would have no idea what a species was". I doubt that the author of Leviticus would have known what a penguin was.But, I think this is just another example of why the Noah tale is a myth, and why the Bible cannot be the direct word of God that the inerrantists think it is.The author, IMO, would sort the animals into their "kinds", which I believe would just be done by eyesight, a bat flies therefore it is a bird.A big problem for me with this literalist stance is that the poor fundies miss out on so much of the uniqueness of the Bible. The poor souls cannot appreciate the skill of the authors as they spliced together possible historical events with local legends, or the skill of symbollism, and a whole range of other textual arts.Brian.