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Does the Bible say how many people helped Noah collect all species of life for the Ark?

There are 25,000 species of beetles that would not survive the flood. Did Noah's helpers collect a male and female of each and keep them in 25,000 little jars and then redistribute them to their native continents after the flood? That would take a lot of helpers. Did the whole staff get onto the boat in time?

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago
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    In the bible and Quran the only people who helped Noah was his family.

    "The Quran does not say that the entire world was submerged in water unlike the Bible. According to Islam, only certain parts of the world were submerged under water, one of them being the region of Noah and his people. Islam differentiates from the bible on the account of the animals loaded in the ark. According to Islam, only the animals in the care of Noah were taken in the ark."

    "The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family (his wife, three sons, and their wives) and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark."

    Both stories view Noah and his family gather the animals on the ark.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Nope!

    It is all attributed to god magic. Just like the fact that the Earth would be totally covered in mud after a deluge and all the trees would have died in a flood that covered the entire earth but somehow (god magic) Noah's dove found an olive branch months after the trees were covered. Not to mention Noah's family would have to practice incest to repopulate the Earth (same with Adam and Eve). Oh, and another thing science has shown us that there weren't enough breeding pairs to restart viable populations (animal and human).

    As for Xtians challenging the number of beetles, there are actually 350,000 species of beetle and if someone wants to say not as many existed a few thousand years ago they need to produce the proof of this fantastic evolution.

    " If you were to randomly pick an extant animal species, odds are that it would be a beetle. While there are 250,000 described species of plants, 12,000 described species of roundworms, and only 4,000 described species of mammals, there are over 350,000 beetle species described, with many more beetles yet to be discovered! "

    http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/evo101/VIIB1...

  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Its really impossible, theres so many things to think about not just the bugs and how they survived but how he got them. How he gathered all animals, where the water came from and where did it all go?

    Its unfair to drown the entire world because on the other side there would of been people who never heard of Noah or his message.

    And there has never been a single evidence to show the world was covered in water only at one point.

    Quran is far more logical in this area. It says the floor was local. i.e a small city.

    I guess the only people who would help Noah is the people who believed him, which are his family.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    In my opinion, Noah's ark was dinosaur.

    Ark of Noah is a medium through which data of the gene is transferred.

    Genesis 6:19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

    Evolution of species doesn't have a linear time till mankind open eyes.

    Genesis 9:13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

    Where could we find pitch, today?

    Genesis 6:14 So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.

    Today's annual rhythms begins "From Genesis 9:13". (This is my assumption.)

    Today's light speed begins from Genesis 9:13, too. (I mean, distance.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq98MskQ6rc

    So, they have breathed CO2 like trees. - "reason of extinction" - Today's record of CO2 is 0.3%.

    "Can you see why some dinosaur need a wing?"

    "Can you see the meaning of featherd bird?" - Genesis 8:12

    "Can you see why bats live in cave?" - Genesis 8:7

    Anyway...

    People can make an answer but there is no a reason. (This is your so-called free will.)

    God can make a reason but there is no an answer. (This is your so-called destiny & chance.)

    Sometimes I say, Newton's apple is more clever than Newton.

    Hope it helps.

    Source(s): uniontera poem _ type B
  • 10 years ago

    I don't know where you get that figure from because you don't cite any sources. Are you sure there were that many species back in Noah's time?

  • 10 years ago

    Creationists have their own parallel science universe, so any inconvenient question about species they deflect with an answer about "kinds", whatever they are.

    Religion is perfectly insular.

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