30,000 feet of water?????

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the pressure and temperature of that much water under any land mass would have ripped the crust off the planet

Why do you think so?

 

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...Here is what you cannot explain, why do fossils only appear in particular layers with older ones below and younger ones behind? ...

They usually appear in order of how advanced they are, not in how old they are. Those that can escape, are in later layers and those that can't escape as well are stuck first. Also the place where they lived can have some influence to this.

... The fossil record is evidence that refutes the flood myth.

I think it proves the flood story. I don't think we would not have the fossils in any other way.

Scientists can and have counted the annual layers of snow deposition. Those dates can be confirmed by independent ways of dating.

I disagree with that.

... the only way for all of the endless evidence to exist is if God planted endless false evidence after the flood. ...

There is no false evidence. All the evidence shows the flood happened. It seems to me that you don't understand the difference between your belief or theory and what can actually be seen (evidence).

 

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No. All the things in nature that experts in relevant fields say would evidence such an event say that such a flood would leave abundant evidence -- and they find none.

I wouldn't call them experts. We have abundantly evidence.

Moreover, how such a flood could have occurred must needs invoke magic, as no conceivable natural mechanism exists.

No it doesn't.

 

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???? What and when was this first continent, and why would it have enough water to cover Earth's entire surface?

And where did it go after the flood abated?

Please look post #32, there is images of how it was.

If such an inundation did occur, where did the latent heat of codensation go?

What do you mean with "the latent heat of codensation"?

Most animals need food, water, waste disposal and specific conditions.

Yes, they could have been arranged easily, if the ark was built correctly, like in this image:

1) Rooms where animals could have been.
2) Rooms where the food could have been.
3) Water storage, could be filled with rain water coming down from the opening in the roof.
4) Opening in the roof.
5) Wood filling to make the Ark float.
6) Waste disposal opening. Would be flushed automatically by surrounding water.

Most animals could have moved to drink and eat on their own in this Ark. And most animals could have behaved well in this situation, not mess up wrong places. And I assume the larger animals were not yet fully grown, when they went to the ark, which would have made it easier to handle them.

This model was probably the model for Ziggurats later after the flood.

When did this flood occur? How would all modern bears evolve from a single species in <millions of years?

I don't know when the flood happened. But it seems to have been about 6000 years ago, because from that point we can see humans developing all kind of cultural things, that doesn't exist before that.

And I would not call it evolution, but devolution, or degeneration, because all changes comes from errors. However, in this case it seems the biggest differences are very small, similar to that we have African, Asian and Eurasian people. The differences between bears are about the same, I don't think it makes them different species.

Why do we find fossil records of multiple species of bears dating back to prehistoric, pre-flood times?

Do you have some good reason to believe the dating is correct?

When in the past couple billion years did the planet ever have a smooth surface?

I don't have any reason to believe in millions of years. If there would have been, earth would be smooth, because of the erosion.