The answer is that continental drift had not occurred yet, and the original land mass known as Pangea broke up into what is known as today’s continents (Gen. 1:9, 10:25, etc. – I’m sure you’ve noticed that all of the continents fit together like a jigsaw puzzle). As for life on the Ark, all it had to carry was land animals. Marine life had nothing to worry about. Did it carry all species of dogs or birds? No – just the originals. Differing breeds took place afterwards. Ask any dog breeder or bird breeder how quickly new variations can be cooked up that would easily explain the variations of animals. Just note that they are still birds or dogs, no matter how many species or breeding techniques. The best attempt ever mounted to estimate the time of creation before the flood dates it at 4,004 B.C. As for ancient civilizations, here’s something for you to ponder: Do the math on human population growth, and look at what the numbers tell you going backwards. I’ll cut to the chase – human populations mathematically only go back a few thousand years to (drum roll please) about when the flood of Noah is recorded to have taken place, which is estimated at 3426 B.C..

You seriously believe that. That all life bottled necked on the Ark about 4,400 years? That all the races of people, including the Native Americans (which are of Asian descent by the way) developed in that short of time into what we see today? And just how do you explain histories of civilizations, before, during and after the flood completely uninterrupted? I have faith, but I won’t believe in things that are not true. And your answer is not only impossible, it is not true.

That is easy. Noah build the ark in the Americas and it was on the waters for about 1 year and it stopped in the Middle East. It did not stay in one place it moved with the tides.

The Book of Mormon doesn’t specify that the tree of life and the tree in Lehi’s dream are the same tree. Both trees are symbolic. Symbolism doesn’t negate reality. Symbolism is often rooted in reality.

The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil had to be literal to some degree, as did the Garden of Eden considering that Jesus Christ taught Joseph Smith the Garden’s literal location.