I'd be happy to do a Bible study with you if you are sincere.
And yes the boat is plenty big enough for each kind. Not each species, but each kind.
Got a science book that addresses that?
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I honestly do not know. Perhaps a hundred to several hundred. As an example one of the dog type would cover all canines and canine type animals (wolves, coyotes, etc). The 8.7 million species is a guess that you keep quoting. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-14616161
It's an estimated guess, it could be off by several hundred thousand... which would still mean millions.
So there were several hundred different species back then: only one type of cat and one type of dog. No such thing as wolves before the flood right? Or no such thing as domesticated dogs, since they evolved after. I'm assuming there were no house cats, or no lions (couldn't have both).
I saw the Bible makes reference to goats and livestock prior to the flood. I'm assuming that means there was only one type of goat, one type of cow, etc. prior to the flood correct?
I read it and know what it means, it is an estimated guess, here is the literal first sentence in bold:
The natural world contains about 8.7 million species, according to a new estimate described by scientists as the most accurate ever.
But even if you only want to count the species we know of directly, it's still a lot:
About 1.2 million species have been formally described, the vast majority from the land rather than the oceans.
So that would still be over a million different species on the Ark, a 500' Ark. There is simply not enough room.
But of course the Bible says Kind, which you don't know what it means, only that it means exactly enough that it happened. How very... unscientific of you.
lol...if it's supernatural, by definition our knowledge of the natural world won't yield direct evidence.
If you're insistent on viewing things as NOT supernatural, you're not going to agree ANYthing is supernatural.
Meanwhile, one could view just how the human body is put together, functions, and heals itself as supernatural...or constructed by a supernatural set of events..or entity.