Tell me, how could any intelligent and well-educated person believe in young earth creationism and consider Genesis to be an accurate description of how earth and the universe came into being ?
Rather easily, actually, because, as Stripe noted, they look at what your post sorely lacks.
So the earth is only 6,000 years old . Hmmm . . . . .. the ancient Sumerians already had an advanced civilization 6,000 years ago . Genesis must have come as quite surprise to them !
Rather, a more accurate estimate is around 7000 years old. 1000 years for ancient man (who was much smarter than your average college student of today) to build an advanced civilization is plenty of time.
How could dinosaurs have existed at the same time as humans ?
Because God created them on the same day He created man.
Does this even make any sense ?
An argument from incredulity does not a logical argument make.
How could Noah have gotten two of every one of the millions and millions of animal species which existed then ( so many have gone extinct over the ages in the past 6,000 years )
Simple. There weren't "millions of animal species on the ark.
Rather, as the Bible says, there were two or seven of every "KIND" of animal. Not species.
So, instead of needing two german shepherds, two chihuahuas, two poodles, you'd only need one dog kind with of all the genetic material to create all the species we have today.
Easily doable.
and provided the kind of food each species required for 40 days and nights ?
Building on the above, as there was no need for "millions of animal species, likewise, there was no need for food for all those animals.
And in fact, the ark wasn't that full.
At most, only 16,000 animals were needed to ensure the survivability of all the animals God created. Which means less than half of the space was used for animals. The other half had plenty of room for food, fresh water, and even more people (though we know how that turned out).
On an ark made out of wood .
Yes, such a hard thing to believe, boats being made of wood...
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The only food koalas can eat are the leaves of the eucalyptus tree . how the heck did Noah keep those two poor little koalas from starving to death ?
There's a section on this at this link called, "How did Noah care for all the animals."
https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/global/was-there-really-a-noahs-ark-flood/
How the heck did an imaginary human by the name of Noah get animals such as polar bears , koalas, kangaroos, wombats , penguins, Kodiak bears ( they're from Alaska ! ) and so many others on his ark ?
God brought them to him.
( there is absolutely no historical evidence of anyone by this name [JR note: Noah] ever existing )
Excerpted this from above so that I could respond to it directly.
Sure there is.
It's called the Bible.
There's also genetic evidence, called "y-chromosomal Adam," which dates to around the time of Noah's flood, which makes sense due to the genetic bottleneck caused by only Noah and his family surviving.
The authors of Genesis had know way of knowing of the existence of Australia, north and South America existed let aloe knowing of the existence of the animals there .
This is a straw man. Moses, the author of Genesis, didn't need to know about continents to be able to write about what happened in the Flood, because God was an eyewitness to what happened, and could relay directly to Moses what happened.
And was there really a talking snake who got Adam and Eve to taste of "forbidden fruit ?"
Yes.
Why aren't there talking snakes today ? It sure would be fun to talk to them !
I don't recall the Bible saying there was more than one talking snake...
How did Cain find a mate if the first humans were just Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel ?
You're assuming that Adam and Eve's only children were Cain, Abel, and Seth.
Yet Eve, being an (almost) perfect human being, would have had no trouble bearing many more children after Cain and Able, even if their names are not recorded in the Bible.
Why can't people realize that Genesis is nothing but an ancient allegory , not historical fact ?
Because it's not "nothing but an ancient allegory."
Because it is historical fact.
To say otherwise is to deny reality.
There are countless Christians who have absolutely no problem with evolution,
Argumentum ad populum.
including Pope Francis, who is a trained scientist himself .
Appeal to authority.
Evolution and belief in a God are not mutually exclusive at all .
They are, because of the law of non-contradiction.
Evolution is an unguided process. To say that God guided evolution is a contradiction of its terms.
You cannot have a guided unguided process.
I hope I haven't offended any Christians here . No offense meant .
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