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Another falsification of the worldwide flood myth is the diversity of insect life on earth. It is totally absurd to claim that all of the approximately 850,000 species of insects on earth are descended from those who survived the flood either on floating mats of vegetation or on the ark as accidental passengers as creationists claim these days.
This seems like a very asinine argument to me for several reasons. Not all insects that we have on earth today had to be alive in the antediluvian world. Case in point: There are many subspecies of canine, Dobermin, Chihuahua, Beagles, etc... All of these canines had a progenitor within its own kind. We could easily assume justifiably the same for ever specie/sub-specie relationship. Therefore, it was not neccesary to have Beagles onboard the Ark the because there were no Beagles around that time, however, there would have been its progenitor. That's why billions or millions of different types of insects would be a neccessity. Aside from all that, the argument your are presenting is one of incredulity based on speculation. But here is what we know from physical evidence: Marine fossils are found all over the world, in landlocked nations, and atop the highest mountain peaks. How is that marine life can be found on Mt. Everest, a 27 thousand foot tall peak in a lanlocked nation far, far away from any large bodies of water? Everest isn't the only one. On Mt. Ararat in modern-day Turkey, where the Ark was said to have come to rest, the same is found. Mt. Ararat is 17,000 feet high and nowhere remotely close to large bodies of water. Even my own experience, I have personally seen many marine fossils. Growing up, I used to find fossilized clam shells and whatnot all the time. But this was in Miami, Fl, which is only one foot about sea level. Evidence tells us that where I lived, it once was a swamp, likely part of the Everglades. This is explainable. But in the last place I lived, Flagstaff, AZ, we've found marine fossils. Flagstaff is 7,000 ft above sea level and its a landlocked state. And the places I mentioned are not the only ones. This phenomena is recorded all over the world. That's quite a feat for a world that never endured a massive Deluge, a Deluge that is recorded by many, many cultures.
What are the odds that all this physical evidence should defy so many long-held paradigms about the ancient world? One or two might be able to be explained as an anamoly due to massive erosion and subduction as result, but not all of them; especialy those nations so far from water and peaks so high off of the ground.
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