Muslims believe this and i believe some other religions do as well. We also believe that they lived long.
Well now we know those species that are big such as a whale or human (intelligence helps too) as compared to a fly or mouse live long. At least it makes scientific sense, the bigger you are the longer you live. So if humans were very tall then at least it makes sense that they did live very long?
2007-02-21 12:52:30 · 6 answers · asked by A fan 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
that has nothing to do with it. Some turtles, birds, etc. live for a hundred years even though they are much smaller than us.
2007-02-21 12:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by drpsholder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that's questionable at best. Human beings already live much longer than we "ought" to, whether going by size or speed of metabolism or any other gauge. A human being who dies at the age of 100 (not at all uncommon) has already outlived every other creature on earth that was born on the same day, except maybe an ancient vulture or tortoise. Nobody has ever come up with a good explanation of why we live so long as we already do. I don't find it impossible to believe that people lived longer in the past, but I'm really more curious about why we live so long nowadays.
2007-02-21 21:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by Billy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People are taller now than they were hundreds and thousands of years ago. People also lived shorter lives then. With medical science and better diets we are living longer. People living hundreds of years as stated in the bible is a fallacy.
2007-02-21 21:01:00 · answer #3 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hindus believe in preceding Yugas, we were taller. Currently we are in the Kali Yuga and the scriptures say humans will be the shortest we have been, and I think that somehow correlates to the lower moral standards and lower understanding of spirituality.
2007-02-21 20:58:09 · answer #4 · answered by lotusmoon01 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have gotten taller with time due to increased dietary intake and have lived longer due to comfortable lives, medicine, and lack of many dangers. I'm not sure where you came up with that idea.
2007-02-21 20:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by Grizzly UM 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans are taller now than they ever have been and we are getting taller as time goes on.
So now, we did not used to be heaps tall. We came from monkies, remember? Look at how short they are.
2007-02-21 21:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by God Fears Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋