Who wants to live to 930 years before they die?

Question

Just like Adam did. Or just pick and choose any of the men who lived between Adam and Noah, they all lived extrodinarily long lives. This is aimed at those who take the Biblical account literally, please explain yourselves; I'm extremely confused. Either, how can this be true, or why do you believe it to be literal?

And people wonder why I'm an atheist...

By calculating in lunar years, then most of those mentioned in the geneologies would have fathered children as pre-pubescent children themselves, and some (Kenan, Mahalaleel, Enoch) would have just matured out of infancy when they fathered their children. Nice attempt though, try again...

As an addition, if this is the case, since the geneologies are used by New Earth Creationists to calculate the age of the earth, they should revise their theory to say the earth is even younger than they first suspected.

I meant Young Earth Creationists, sorry

Answer 1

So what? Methos is over 5000 years old. Fiction is full of stuff like that.

Answer 2

The reason that this seems so extraordinary is:

Because it was a Lunar calendar that was in use in those days.

969(moons)divided-by 30 = 32.3 years.

Or 969(lunar-cycles)divided-by 29.53 = 32.81_ years

Still a quite respectable age for the times, but, hardly 'miraculous'. IMO

So, if someone says that a person is "Older than Methuselah", You can be sure if they're right or not-! LOL

Mean life expectancy in the United States rose from 35 years in 1800 to 50 in 1900, and around 76 in 2000

35 X 30 = 1050 months

35 X 29.53 = 1033.55 (Lunar Cycles)

50 X 30 = 1500 months

50 X 29.53 = 1476.5 (Lunar Cycles)

76 X 30 = 2280 months

76 X 29.53 = 2244.28 (Lunar Cycles)

The 'Jewish-Calender' is STILL based on a Lunar-Month, which explains WHY Hanukkah occurs on different-days compared to 'OUR' calendar.

The 'Lunar-Calender' is STILL used by (most) (so-called) "Christian"-churches to ascertain the date/s of "EASTER"... there is NO 'difference' in the application/s of this calendar.

Source(s):

Lunar Cycles

http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronom...


Callipic cycle: A lunar cycle noted by Callippus in 325 BC which included 4 19-year Metonic cycles. The 940 months had 29 or 30 days each, for a total of 27,759 days.

Hipparchic cycle: Four Callipic cycles less a day, in which days are very nearly 3760 months.

Metonic cycle: 19 year cycle corresponding the 235 lunar months, over which phases of the moon almost land on the same dates of the year. This cycle was the basis for the Greek calendar.
octaeteris:

Saros cycle: The period after which the pattern of lunar and solar eclipses repeat, 18 years and 11 days.

sidereal period: The period for the Moon to complete a revolution relative to the fixed stars, 27.322 days.

synodic period: The period for the Moon to complete a revolution relative to the Earth-Sun line. This is the period for lunar phases as seen for Earth, called the month, and taking 29.53 days for one phase cycle.

About the 'geneologies', 'arguement', this only underscores that more than one type of 'calendar' was used, a result of the multi-author' nature of 'the bible', different persons used different calandars,..... therefore this doesn't negate the fact that a lunar-calendar was used to calculate the 'ridiculous' claim/s that Adam (among-other lived ridiculous amounts of years.

There was/IS not ONE calendar used in 'the-bible'.

Answer 3

Why not? If I was as healthy, active and had a purpose as they were suppose to have had why not? It was said they were still having children and working well into their old age. So, it's not something that would be undesirable. Not even thinking of it in a biblical since, just as being able to be and do in that time of your life would be a good thing. Also, If I remember correctly remove about 3 of our months would be about equal to what their years consisted of. You are actually older then you think if you go by that.... stupidity_of_pride has a point if you go by months instead of years that is plausible. There are many time the Bible has be "corrected" due to misinterpretation. I hope you find what you are looking for. Good Luck

Answer 4

Two different atmospheres.

Before the flood the earth was heavily oxygenated with oxygen because of much greenery. The earth was also misted in the early morning. Proof of much greenery is the fossil fuel we are putting in our cars.

After the flood everything changed dramatically.When you put lots of water and fire together you get plenty of action inside the earth. Imagine the Grand Canyon splitting on a massive scale could have happened.

Very brief explanation.

Oh by the way don't be conned by others saying there isn't that much water in the sky to do the earth like that.
They are right ,but they forget that the bible says the fountains of the deep broke loose.

Keep asking questions and you will find what you are looking for on here.

http://www.carm.org/doctrine/100truths.htm

Answer 5

I would never want to live that long even if someone offered me a chance. The reason why is because I believe the future is going to be a horrible place with widespread pollution, overcrowded, filled with extremely dangerous and advanced weapons with sick people willing to use them, and other types of problems. However, when I'm older, I plan on trying to help prevent such a future.

Answer 6

I want to. If there were such a thing as a genie in a bottle, and I got one wish, it would be to age 1 year for every 10-15 that pass.

I know the downside (from the movie Highlander, I think) would be that your true love would die long before, but I'm okay with that.

Unfortunately, I know that there are no genies...

Answer 7

Reasons that people lived so long were:
1. The human race was more genetically pure in this early time period, so there was less disease to shorten life spans.
2. No rain had yet fallen on the earth and the expanse of water "above" kept out harmful cosmic rays and shielded people from environmental factors that hasten aging.
3. God gave people longer lives so they would have time to "fill the earth."

Answer 8

What human beings have did not "see" what God extremely ability in this reality is this, the God Yahweh made a genetic change to human beings after Noah's flood that could cut lower back their ordinary lifespan over following generations right down to at least one hundred 20 years previous. Moses died at one hundred 20 years previous.

Answer 9

Actually, I'd really like to live at least five hundred years... it's like you spend all your life trying to figure it out and then BAM... dead before you can make use of what you've figured out.

If I have the money in my estate when I die, I'm pondering cryogenic suspension. I won't need my money when I'm dead and if it has even a one in a trillion shot of paying off... well... it'd be neat. I'd like to be around when we have enough technology to create controlled wormholes and visit other planets, myself. Could you imagine a galactic civilization with instantaneous (or nearly so) travel and communication anywhere in that galaxy? The ability to dispose of your body at any time to build yourself a new body, to share an idea with someone -- not by words but by direct communication?

Humanity has so much potential... sucks to think I'm only gonna get my few years to see it.

Answer 10

A number of modern geneticists postulate that DNA with longer telomeres, more abundant telomerase, and the ability to tolerate oxidative stress and glycation would make lifespans of up to 1,000 years quite possible.

Evidence makes clear the fact that our DNA steadily digresses. Theoretical beneficial mutations - even if they could be spread throughout the population and gain stasis - would be/are far outpaced by harmful ones which muddy the gene pool.

Answer 11

The earth had a protective barrier before the Flood that stopped dangerous solar radiation. When that was destroyed, our lives were shortened considerably. But personally, I plan to live for BILLIONS of years, not merely hundreds.