8. Mountain ranges and ocean basins cannot erode in 40 days nor build up in the following eleven months without destroying the ark and without geophysicists seeing the aftermath today.
In response to the first part - I agree! But I know of nobody who has ever claimed that the mountain ranges and ocean basins eroded that fast. This assertion was never a part of a global flood scenario. This is a "straw man".
My response to the second part is - I agree! The mountains certainly did not build up over eleven months. Rather, they were built up rapidly as a result of continental plates shifting. And geophysicists can and do see the results of this today, if they’re indeed willing to look at the evidence through
non-evolutionary glasses.
9. Olive leaves cannot survive a global flood or exist at extreme altitudes.
Right - but, who ever claimed that they survived the global flood or that they can exist at high altitudes? The dove obviously found an olive sapling growing that had seeded itself after the water had subsided. Since it couldn’t have survived at extreme altitudes, it was probably growing in the valley
below. Since the dove can fly, and is also a homing bird, it could easily have found this new growth some distance from the ark. Note that the dove was gone for quite some time (Gen. 8:10-11).
10. The ark is too fragile for a flood made global in just 40 days.
This man is apparently unaware of models of the ark made to scale and put through rigorous tests simulating the flood. The ark has been discovered to be one of, if not the most stable vessels ever built. Besides, if the ark was in imminent danger at any time during the flood, God would have played a protecting role. After all, the flood was His doing;
the ark was His idea. The people involved were picked by Him. He brought the animals to the ark and shut the door, so it’s not as if He didn’t have an interest in seeing to it that the ark was kept safe.
11. A global flood would not recede so fast.
One might not think so until becoming aware of very scientifically plausible flood scenarios. One such theory has been proposed by Dr. Walter Brown in his “Hydroplate Theory”. This provides an excellent explanation of the source of the water for the flood, where it went, and how fast.
