I'm not a believer in of the christian myths but here's the answers you'll likely get from one of them.
1a. Noah did not take 2 of every animal, he took 2 of every
Kind of animal and after the flood microevolution occured and you have the variety you see today. Therefore he didn't take 2 penguins but 2 of the bird "kind" and eventually we got penguins out of them.
1b. The continents were in different locations before the flood, therefore all the animal "kinds" were easy to collect.
2. Given 1a. this is irrelevant.
If "elitist" just means "not the dumbest motherfucker in the room", I'll be an elitist!
*not an actual doctor
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