Posted on 06/10/2016 7:06:28 AM PDT by Salvation
Do we need any other explanation?
Monsignor Pope Ping!
A usefuleness for the early patriarchs to live through several generations, was that it permitted their stories to be accurately recounted for generations; ie, to get the story down straight and make sure it was remembered properly.
The sun went around the earth faster back then
Apparently, for Catholics the assertion of the Bible that they lived that long doesn't constitute proof.
Personal anecdote: the point at which I left the Catholic Church was when a seminarian told me he couldn't prove a man named Noah ever existed, but neither could he prove he didn't. I walked away that minute after six years of cognitive dissonance.
G-d's assertion that something happened isn't good enough for Catholics.
We do not NEED another explanation, but there are quite a few good books which talk about the post flood and pre flood world and how the removal of the water vapor barrier at the highest altitudes allowed radiation to affect our genes and cause the degradation of what God created.
“The world that then was perished”
Easy answer. God created man with perfect DNA. Perfect DNA means long lifetimes. As generations went by, flaws developed in the DNA pool resulting in the current 70 year lifespan.
For over 2,000 years, these stories were told verbally around the campfire....and never were written down until you reach a point where written language started to exist. So, there’s some pretty good odds that ages might have gotten shifted around and maybe told a bit different, until some guy fixated all this to exact dates with written words. So I might not be too worried or too trusting of this number business. Some of us are lucky if we barely remember our wife’s birthday.
I read somewhere, that there was a higher level of oxygen before the flood that would have contributed to longer lifespans.
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Pre/Post-Flood -- THAT is the key.
The entire world was re-booted. The planet itself, magnetic field, air pressure, genetics, and perhaps shield from radiation were dramatically altered.
Pre-flood fossil record reveal much larger flora and fauna, indicating a longer genetic "expiration date." Some argue that today's current "dating" methods and mechanisms don't apply since the earth was "re-booted."
Genesis 6:3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Excellent book discusses just that:
http://www.chick.com/catalog/books/1254.asp
Yes you do! You have the inerrant, literal Word of God.
Yep.
The best take away from all this is that no matter how long you live on earth, you will die here with all the rest of us.
“Many scoff when I articulate this solution. They almost seem to be offended.”
Let them scoff. If they don’t believe God about something as simple as someone’s lifespan, then they surely won’t really believe God when he tells them the more preposterous story about sending His Son to die for our sins.
Amen!
Leap years not consistent?
Seriously, if sin were to be found the reason for a shortened life span, then everyone in DC would be found to have head stones.
Many consider that the 120 years refers to the amount of time which would elapse before the start of the flood.
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