Young Earth Creation Science Argument Index
N33: Animals hibernated on the ark
Edited by Greg Neyman
Argument:
Animals hibernated on the ark. This would reduce the amount of care that Noah and his family had to provide
Source: Whitcomb, John C. Jr. and Henry Morris, 1961. The Genesis
Flood. Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publish Co., p. 71.
Response:
-
Most animals do not hibernate. The ones that do are small animals. Large animals, like elephants, rhinos, hippos, do not hibernate. It is the large animals that require the most food and care
-
The Bible makes no such claim. It is a young earth theory, dreamed up to help out their Ark arguments. There is no tangible support for it
-
In an old earth creationism, local flood scenario, you do not have to resort to such arguments for the ark to work, and for Noah to provide care for the animals
For more Reading:
If you are not a Christian, and you have been holding out on making a decision for Christ because the Church always preached a message that was contrary to what you saw in the scientific world, then rest assured that the Bible is the inerrant Word of God, and you can believe in Christ and receive salvation, while still believing in an old earth. Click here for more.
Are you a Christian who believes in young earth creationism? Now that we have shown the many difficulties of the young earth creation science model in this and many other articles, how does this impact your Christian life? If you are a young earth creationism believer, click here.
Young Earth Creation Science Argument Index
Related Articles
To learn more
about old earth creationism, see
Old Earth Belief,
or check out the article
Can You Be A
Christian and Believe in an Old Earth?
Feel free to check out more of this website. Our goal is to
provide rebuttals to the bad science behind young earth creationism,
and honor God by properly presenting His creation.