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To: boatbums; CynicalBear; Mad Dawg
Didn't this whole “generation” argument start when Markbsnr stated that “generations” passed after Jesus’ Ascension before the Gospels and Epistles were written?

Nope, I stated 'a generation'. Not generations.

The argument started when CB tried to get us to believe that a 'generation' was 70 years, rather than 20-25 in those years.

1,022 posted on 09/06/2011 4:56:19 AM PDT by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move m to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr; boatbums; Mad Dawg
>> The argument started when CB tried to get us to believe that a 'generation' was 70 years, rather than 20-25 in those years.<<

There were approximately 70 (debate between 66 and 76) generations from Adam to Jesus. Apply your 20-25 years per generation and then add the 2011 years since Christ and try to convince any scholar that it’s been 3411- 3761 years since Adam.

On the other hand take the 70 year generation and apply it and ask any scholar about the roughly 6911 years since Adam. Either do your own Biblical genealogy study or study research what scholars have done to check the number of generations. It’s not difficult if your looking for truth.

1,049 posted on 09/06/2011 7:23:57 AM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: MarkBsnr; CynicalBear; Mad Dawg
Nope, I stated 'a generation'. Not generations. The argument started when CB tried to get us to believe that a 'generation' was 70 years, rather than 20-25 in those years.

Don't make me laugh! Your context implied that a long time had passed before any of the Bible books were written. You probably said so to make the impression that the "church" was the arbiter of what was true way before there even was any New Testament scripture.

Cynical Bear made the statement that your implication was wrong and proved it by showing the probable dates for when each book was written - most within the first few decades after Christ's ascension. You constantly have stated, "Some books weren't even written until the second century.", implying that we cannot have certainty that the authors WERE even who we know them to be.

If you had said the Scriptures weren't even written until twenty or thirty years after the ascension, then no one would have argued about it, since it is true. That is really hardly any time at all considering the mission the disciples undertook to preach the Gospel across the world. But to say "a generation" or "generations" makes it sound like your usual second century and beyond contention rather than the truth.

1,277 posted on 09/06/2011 3:52:52 PM PDT by boatbums ( God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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