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"non-believers"? Sounds somewhat harsh.
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After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.<ref>''Genesis'' 7:24-8:1</ref>The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat in modern Turkey.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:4</ref>
 
After forty days and forty nights of rain, the Ark was adrift for 150 days until finally the waters subsided.<ref>''Genesis'' 7:24-8:1</ref>The Ark came to rest somewhere in the mountains of Ararat in modern Turkey.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:4</ref>
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It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:14-16</ref> It is unclear how the animals came to spread to Australia, North America, South America, and South East Asia, but possible explanations include land bridges and ocean travel.  Young Earth Creationists and non-believers are in agreement that these are valid explanations of animal migration<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/migration.asp</ref>.  
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It took another forty days until the waters decreased so that Noah was able to open the window and send forth a raven and a dove to see if the earth was dry enough to exit.<ref>''Genesis'' 8:14-16</ref> It is unclear how the animals came to spread to Australia, North America, South America, and South East Asia, but possible explanations include land bridges and ocean travel.  Young Earth Creationists and scientists who doubt the story of the flood agree on some of the points this theory is based on<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/migration.asp</ref>.  
    
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
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