I believe that we all understand that thanks to Luis Pasteur we no longer believe in spontaneous generation.
This means that everything on this earth that is alive, was either created by a higher power, or through evolution (which requires spontaneous generation).
I know that many viruses can lay dormant for extended periods of time without any problems. I also know that some hardier bacteria can form a capsule that can protect them. I also know that many paramecium can exist in very hardy stages.
However there are still a majority of organisms that need a specific habitat to exist. Like AIDs can only exist in a living organism. If the virus is left in open water or left to dry, it will be destroyed (it is actually quite fragile).
These ideas in place I would like someone to explain how every disease that is here today if there was a great flood that wiped out all life, save Noah's animals.
It seems as though many of the animals would need to have been carrying disease, parasites, fleas and etc... How could so many disease ridden animals live in confinement for 40 days and live long enough to reproduce?
My next question goes to those creationists who believe that the number of animals that Noah had to save was reduced because there are only so many thousands of kinds of animals. Without some sort of mutationary mechanism (akin to evolution), how could they become separate species that can no longer reproduce viable offspring?
Next is the question of genetic diversity. We all know that we shouldn't marry our siblings because it could lead to deformed children. This in mind, how could so many species successfully (in essence) have incestuous relations without massive consequences as seen in the blood lines of royalty in Europe (the hemophilia).
™ Version 4.2