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|claim=The letter notes, "Science has proven that there was no worldwide flood 4,500 years ago....There are a bunch of other problems with the global flood and Noah’s ark story but I find it incredible that this is supposed to be taken literally considering the abundance of evidence against it." and "Other events/claims that science has discredited: Humans and animals having their origins from Noah’s family and the animals contained in the ark 4,500 years ago." | |claim=The letter notes, "Science has proven that there was no worldwide flood 4,500 years ago....There are a bunch of other problems with the global flood and Noah’s ark story but I find it incredible that this is supposed to be taken literally considering the abundance of evidence against it." and "Other events/claims that science has discredited: Humans and animals having their origins from Noah’s family and the animals contained in the ark 4,500 years ago." | ||
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| − | *A good question. The dimensions of the ark as described in the Bible are clearly insufficient to have sustained and produced the diversity of plant and animal life that is present on the earth today. One might also ask how, if it took God millions of years to form the earth and populate it with plant and animal life, how such biodiversity was re-established in only a few thousand years. | + | *{{Correct}} A good question. The dimensions of the ark as described in the Bible are clearly insufficient to have sustained and produced the diversity of plant and animal life that is present on the earth today. One might also ask how, if it took God millions of years to form the earth and populate it with plant and animal life, how such biodiversity was re-established in only a few thousand years. |
*The issue of a global flood appears to place not only the Church, but any religion which accepts the Bible, at variance with science. Fortunately, Latter-day Saints appear to allow much more flexibility in reconciling science with religious belief. | *The issue of a global flood appears to place not only the Church, but any religion which accepts the Bible, at variance with science. Fortunately, Latter-day Saints appear to allow much more flexibility in reconciling science with religious belief. | ||
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Contents
- 1 Response to "Science Concerns & Questions"
- 1.1 Quick Navigation
- 1.2 Response Section
- 1.2.1 "no death of any kind (humans, all animals, birds, fish, dinosaurs, etc.) on this earth until the 'Fall of Adam'"
- 1.2.2 "Science has proven that there was no worldwide flood 4,500 years ago"
- 1.2.3 "Other events/claims that science has discredited"
- 1.2.4 "the sun gets its light from Kolob"
- 1.2.5 "They carried honey bees across the ocean? Swarms of them?"
Response to "Science Concerns & Questions"
| [[../Temples & Freemasonry Concerns & Questions|Temples & Freemasonry Concerns & Questions]] | A FAIR Analysis of:
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[[../Scriptures Concerns & Questions|Scriptures Concerns & Questions]] |
- Response to section: "no death of any kind (humans, all animals, birds, fish, dinosaurs, etc.) on this earth until the 'Fall of Adam'"
- Response to section: "If Adam and Eve are the first humans, how do we explain the 14 other Hominin species who lived and died 35,000 – 250,000 years before Adam?" [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "Science has proven that there was no worldwide flood 4,500 years ago"
- Response to section: "Other events/claims that science has discredited"
- Response to section: "the sun gets its light from Kolob"
- Response to section: "They carried honey bees across the ocean? Swarms of them?"