...Then why would god order Noah to take 2 of every animal, if all the animals weren't going to drown because the flood wasn't worldwide as many posters here contend?
okay, let's look at this stupidity.
First, if he took only two of every animal, every animal species would have gone extinct in a couple generations due to inbreeding.
Second, if it was a world wide flood, how did the Marsupials know to go back to Australia? How did they get to where the Ark was to start with.
Also, if Noah was from the Mesopotamian region and ended up at Mount Ararat, after being on a boat floating for a year, how is it he didn't go very far from where he started.
Even in today's oceans, boats that were washed out to sea in the Japanese Tsunami ended up at the Western American coast a year later.
Furthermore, if the oceans rose enough to cover every mountain in the world, how would have they been able to breath. If you go to the top of Mt. Everest or any other really tall mountain, you need to bring oxygen to breath.
You see how the logical problems compound when you make these silly arguments?