Is the Story of the Flood Really Just a Fairy Tale?

Question

Gramps,

Some snarky online haters doubt that the flood story is true due to the fact that there wouldn’t be enough room on that boat for a pair of every animal species alive at that time. How do I rebut their assertions that the story is a fairy tale?

Robert

Answer

Robert,

That would be hard to do because theirs is a correct (and at the same time very ignorant) statement.  As we know and understand things, there simply isn’t enough space to fit all the then known species on the ark of the cubits (no matter which society’s cubits we use) outlined in the Bible.  But it really doesn’t matter.

When such “haters” (as you call them) deride scriptures for “inaccuracies” and relegate them to “fairy tale” status, they don’t really understand the power of fairy tales or the deep meanings behind them.  We tend to think of them as simple children’s stories to help tuck them in at night.  Stories that tend to endure the test of time — stories of any stripe —  have a great deal of meaning and power.  Or else they would not survive for so long.

We can accept the story as such.  Whether we believe it is literally true or figurative, there is a lesson to be learned by reading the story and considering its lessons.  And I can guarantee you that the lessons have nothing to do with the quantity and sizes of each species vs the dimensions of the ark whether or not we include early quantum state phenomenon.

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