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To: VadeRetro
And how many generations are there from Eve to Noah?

I don't know this. I don't think anyone does. The geneologies are compressed. The word often translated "became the father of" often does not mean the immediate father, but as one who "started a line leading too". In some places we have "S became the father of Z" while in another place it is clear that S is the great great-grandfather of Z, for they mention T,U,V and the rest coming inbetween.

Maybe they could be streched from 5K back (as a noncompressed reading would show), to 50K back, but I can't see it going any further. If the first humans really did walk the Earth 200K back, it is a death blow to bibical creationism, IMHO.

42 posted on 02/28/2002 2:25:15 PM PST by Ahban
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To: Ahban
Maybe they could be streched from 5K back (as a noncompressed reading would show), to 50K back, but I can't see it going any further. If the first humans really did walk the Earth 200K back, it is a death blow to bibical creationism, IMHO.

Biblical Creationism has already been dealt several death blows. It's quite dead but to the mindless folks who still accept it

43 posted on 02/28/2002 5:03:40 PM PST by JediGirl
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To: Ahban
Any problem with special creation of life having happened 200K years ago?
45 posted on 02/28/2002 6:39:23 PM PST by realpatriot71
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