Did Men live 900 years?

[NotforSale]

If a person were to live 900 years, I see a series of problems that people don’t consider;

1. How long is adolescence? 18 years? 180 years? This means children go through, say puberty, for 50 years?

2. How long does a woman bear children? 400 years? Could her body stand this stress, and, how many children would be in one family?

3. How large would the 500 year Family Reunion be?

4. Under current statistics, Divorce is higher today because people live longer. Imagine trying to be married to one person for Centuries, not Decades.

5. If maturity were the same as today, and living an extra 800 years followed, would a man or woman find life a complete bore?

6. Imagine the Biography of a 900 year old man. Is there a book or record available that contains the experiences of such a person?

7. How long would a person remain, “Elderly”? Today, the extreme pain and sickness of those who are old would be extended into a Century or longer.

8. Why doesn’t the Bible validate these extended lives with historical evidence that they lived this long (family tree, experiences, years of events, calendars that support long life).

9. Does the human emotional and physical makeup allow for 800 extra years of being alive? As most of us will admit, after the struggles of living 50-100 years, we’re ready to move on from this life.

10. Imagine accidents and injury; many of us enter the final stage of life very sore and handicapped from working, or being involved in such things as car accidents, falling, or injuries from employment. This includes working and driving in the safe environments of modern society.

Did people really live 900 years?

[Jermyn Davidson]

I was thinking about ths earlier this week. The problem with saying, "No" is obvious.

Talk about a slippery slope!

[Michael The Disciple]

Another round of faith destroying attacks on scripture. Satan loves these and promotes them knowing that many believers will be wounded and fall away.

[RandyWayne]

I fully believe that people lived LONG life spans in the beginning of mankind. And yes, it is hard to imagine some things that they went through based on our own experiences such as marriages and my personal favorite, memories. Does a man six hundred years old have the same recollection of things when he was 200 as a man today who is 60 trying to remember things when he was 15?

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

I fully believe that people lived LONG life spans in the beginning of mankind. And yes, it is hard to imagine some things that they went through based on our own experiences such as marriages and my personal favorite, memories. Does a man six hundred years old have the same recollection of things when he was 200 as a man today who is 60 trying to remember things when he was 15?

The only reason I believe is because the Bible says it.

I can't rationalize it, can't figure it out and can't explain it. This question is similar to, "Where did Cain get his wife from."

I don't know-- I'm just glad that most of the women of my day don't look like they are first cousins to an ape!

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

The only reason I believe is because the Bible says it.

I can't rationalize it, can't figure it out and can't explain it. This question is similar to, "Where did Cain get his wife from."

I don't know-- I'm just glad that most of the women of my day don't look like they are first cousins to an ape!

Well, Cain's wife was his sister (or even niece). There is not an issue with this because the genetic pool was so new and non spoiled that it would not cause problems for people who were very closely related to produce offspring. This is also the reason they lived so long, at least for a few generations.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Well, Cain's wife was his sister (or even niece). There is not an issue with this because the genetic pool was so new and non spoiled that it would not cause problems for people who were very closely related to produce offspring. This is also the reason they lived so long, at least for a few generations.

I never have really bought this...doesn't the Bible say that Cain got his wife east of the Euphrates? I don't think we started incestually, I'm pretty sure this has been largely disproved? Bottlenecks are traceable in the DNA, or something?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

I never have really bought this...doesn't the Bible say that Cain got his wife east of the Euphrates? I don't think we started incestually, I'm pretty sure this has been largely disproved? Bottlenecks are traceable in the DNA, or something?

Bottlenecks ARE traceable and they show all men going through one women (Eve) about 20-50 thousand years ago and again, through one man (Noah) about 10-20 thousand years ago.

And did God create more then one man and woman? If not there was no choice but for sibling to marry sibling.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Bottlenecks ARE traceable and they show all men going through one women (Eve) about 20-50 thousand years ago and again, through one man (Noah) about 10-20 thousand years ago.

And did God create more then one man and woman? If not there was no choice but for sibling to marry sibling.

I've seen this explained as creation of the Adamic race, separate from the other races, which explains a lot; jury's swaying that way...

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

I've seen this explained as creation of the Adamic race, separate from the other races, which explains a lot; jury's swaying that way...

There is no evidence for a "Adamic" race just as there is no evidence for a steady-state universe JUST AS their is NO evidence for a hollow Earth.

On a side note there is a tiny bit of evidence for man interbreeding with neanderthal.