Were There Polar Bears On The Ark??

[Hearsay]

This timelss question actually occupied an hour and a half of spirited debate at a dinner party I hosted Saturday night. I open the floor for discussion to all of you, minus the bottles of wine that were consumed in debating it.

[Wireman]

Doesn't the Bible say that there was one over every animal?

[Royal Uncle]

The bible says God commanded Noah to get two of each animal. I have no reason to not believe there were polar bears on the ark.

[Hearsay]

The bible says God commanded Noah to get two of each animal. I have no reason to not believe there were polar bears on the ark.

 

Did Noah and his family go up and get the polar bears, or were there polar bears in the Middle East ready to be captured?

[ladiesbballcoach]

Did Noah and his family go up and get the polar bears, or were there polar bears in the Middle East ready to be captured?

 

The animals made their way to the ark.

 

I have heard one argument that dinosaurs were on the ark.

[Wireman]

Did Noah and his family go up and get the polar bears, or were there polar bears in the Middle East ready to be captured?

 

I think that two of each animal made their way to the ark out of what felt like instinct to them, but was actually the power of God leading them.

[Hearsay]

The animals made their way to the ark.

 

I have heard one argument that dinosaurs were on the ark.

 

How did the polar bears get across the water? And remember that there was a sense of urgency to get the Ark built, how did they get there so quickly?

[Wireman]

How did the polar bears get across the water? And remember that there was a sense of urgency to get the Ark built, how did they get there so quickly?

 

Didn't it take approximately 100 years to build the ark?

[ladiesbballcoach]

How did the polar bears get across the water? And remember that there was a sense of urgency to get the Ark built, how did they get there so quickly?

 

There was a sense of urgency from Noah but not from God. He could and probably did start the movement of animals long before talking to Noah about what he was going to do. So, God may have had the plan in the works and animals moving a year or so before Noah sawed the first tree.

 

There was some argument somewhere that the Bering Strait was either frozen over or was land for a long time. That allowed people (think first settlers to America) and animals to cross from Russia to Alaska by foot. That so, it stands to reason that other areas would be similarly frozen over and you could traverse by foot.

 

In addition, there is an argument out there that Noah's Earth pre-flood was a much different place than the post-flood Earth. So, don't assume that everything we know about today about the layout of Earth was the same for Noah.

[stickymitts]

On a side note, I bet Noah had some nasty calluses...

[Hearsay]

There was a sense of urgency from Noah but not from God. He could and probably did start the movement of animals long before talking to Noah about what he was going to do. So, God may have had the plan in the works and animals moving a year or so before Noah sawed the first tree.

 

There was some argument somewhere that the Bering Strait was either frozen over or was land for a long time. That allowed people (think first settlers to America) and animals to cross from Russia to Alaska by foot. That so, it stands to reason that other areas would be similarly frozen over and you could traverse by foot.

 

In addition, there is an argument out there that Noah's Earth pre-flood was a much different place than the post-flood Earth. So, don't assume that everything we know about today about the layout of Earth was the same for Noah.

 

OK, so they came across the Bering Land Bridge. Did just two come? Or did the whole species migrate? If it took years to make the trek, did they give birth and die along the way? Why is there no fossil evidence of polar bears along the way to the Middle East?

 

And why, after the polar bears came to the Middle East and the Ark landed and the ground dried up, did they return just to the Arctic?

 

Extend the hypothesis, by the way, to Koala bears? There is no land mass to Austrailia. Or to the three-toed sloth, which resides only in Tasmania and nowhere else?

[Hearsay]

On a side note, I bet Noah had some nasty calluses...

 

I'll bet the Ark stunk something fierce, too . . .

[ladiesbballcoach]

OK, so they came across the Bering Land Bridge. Did just two come? Or did the whole species migrate? If it took years to make the trek, did they give birth and die along the way? Why is there no fossil evidence of polar bears along the way to the Middle East?

 

And why, after the polar bears came to the Middle East and the Ark landed and the ground dried up, did they return just to the Arctic?

 

Extend the hypothesis, by the way, to Koala bears? There is no land mass to Austrailia. Or to the three-toed sloth, which resides only in Tasmania and nowhere else?

 

Genesis 7

1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven [a] of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

 

I think this would indicate there was 14 polar bears.

[titletownclown]

A bit off subject, but were there sharks on the Ark? I realize the flood was probably to their liking, but if the Bible says every animal was represented, wouldn't this mean sea creatures also? The presence of sharks would be scary, jmo.

 

Instead of having the debate minus the wine as Hearsay alluded to, perhaps I should just have the wine minus the debate.....................

[Hearsay]

A bit off subject, but were there sharks on the Ark? I realize the flood was probably to their liking, but if the Bible says every animal was represented, wouldn't this mean sea creatures also? The presence of sharks would be scary, jmo.

 

Instead of having the debate minus the wine as Hearsay alluded to, perhaps I should just have the wine minus the debate.....................

 

Or combine the two. Did Noah have wine on the Ark, or at least grape seeds? If so, did he let the polar bears drink any of it?

 

Nevermind, I did intend to have some good natured but serious debate here . . .