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To: kosciusko51
How long is a generation?

Common usage today is 20 years. The time from the birth of a child until that child births the next generation.

But I prefer the old usage which is the biblical usage which is the life span of a man; three score and ten or seventy years.

So, for something to be a tradition it would need to be practiced a minimum of 140 years.

58 posted on 06/12/2018 2:18:53 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

So, when Paul the Apostle referred to “traditions” received from Paul in 2 Thessalonians 3:6, where they 140 years old, or a much shorter period of time?


83 posted on 06/13/2018 9:04:36 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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