Why is a Literal Ark Important?

This is why I think that if there is a god atheists are a lot closer to this god than theists are. Atheists see the world as is intended by the creator while theists see the world as some kind of magical fairy tale.

Only to some degree. I understood what he meant. Everyone else here understood what he meant. I'm sure you understood what he meant, too. By picking on this very irrelevant little part of his whole statement, you really did cloud the issue.It's like I say "man, president Bush really messed things up when he invaded Iraq..." and you come in and say "Bush didn't invade Iraq, how could one man invade an entire country?" All you just did is draw people's eyes away from the main point onto a very insignificant technicality.