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Message 3 of 17 (5842)
02-28-2002 8:40 PM
Reply to: Message 2 by gene90
02-28-2002 7:02 PM


I would like to point out something. Despite the fact that we are used to people marrying in the 20's and having kids anywhere from their teens on, with the twenties being the most common, this wasn't the standard in older civilizations. According to research, most people didn't live past their thirties or fourties, and most people were married before they were 18 and usually had a few children by that age. Also, while we find it abhorrant now, it wasn't out of the realm of possibility to be 9 or 10 years old and pregnent ( girls can start puberty as early as 7 , though that isn't common. 9 to 14 is much more common. There are also women who don't hit puberty till their late teens ) If you had a pre-arranged marriage and were married by the age of 11 or 12, you probably would be a parent before you were 15, probably more like 12 or 13. You still find stituations like this in many third world nations.

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Message 5 of 17 (5844)
02-28-2002 9:01 PM
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02-28-2002 8:46 PM


Since I don't take the bible as literal, and considering that few during that period of time could read, let alone count , it seems to me that errors were quite likely. I have no problems with errors existing in text written by humans. Heck, even excellent authors depend on a good editor to clean up there work, and even then mistakes get through. With little or no education, it is easy to believe that errors could be made in such a text. Perhaps the original text is right, but the translation is faulty. Defending the literal veracity of the bible isn't on my shoulders. It is dependant on those who use the text to find supporting corralary evidence.

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Darwin Storm
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Message 14 of 17 (6069)
03-03-2002 5:18 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by TrueCreation
03-03-2002 5:03 PM


TC,
I think the problem with a 900 year life span is not only improbably, it has never been scientifically documented. Babylonian legends and history greatly expanded their rulers life spans as well, though no one doubts that these were exagerationgs, since fossil records don't bear this out.
You can't make an arguement that things were diffenent back then without solid evidence to back it up. It would be like me saying that people used to be able to fly because gravity worked differently back then. However, without solid evidence, that would be a hard sell, don't you think? True, humans can live past a hundred years, but I believe the oldest recorded lifespan in recent times is 127. Quite a long step between 127 and 900 years. If you want to establish such an age, you need observable evidence. If you have data supporting such a life span, please share it, especially if it is genetic material. I am sure the biotech industry would be estatic to get their hands on such a sample.

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Darwin Storm
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Message 16 of 17 (6071)
03-03-2002 5:47 PM
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03-03-2002 5:18 PM


Bah, my spelling is atrocious today.

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