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by Cathy Mathews on April 22nd, 2006

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The time line in the Bible shows some people living over 150 years. How is that possible?

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  • by Anon on April 22nd, 2006

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    It is highly improbable.

    Large amounts of water in the atmosphere would not give a huge increase in a humans lifespan. Cell diteriation is caused by more than just UV light. The idea that humans fade after being copied numerous times is easily dismissed, as the average lifespan of a person has increased steadily over time. It is more likely that offspring will be very slightly more advanced, given the nature of evolution. But such a change would not be noticeable in modern society. Technology and secure social standing are the main cause of an increased lifespan.

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    What evidence do you have of "degenerating anomalies". If you mean mutations in the DNA, then any mutation that isn't usefull or increases chance of survival, would die out of the evolutionary chain.

    I can show you proof of evolution at work; every single cell in our bodies contains DNA, a special molecule which literally makes us what we are. Our DNA is almost EXACTLY the same as gorilla DNA, and is even closer to DNA obtained from fossils of ancient ancestors of human beings.It is believed that 99% of all the species that have lived on earth, are now extinct. Extinction of a species is one way in which life evolves. Modern whales have hip bones in their flesh that they do not use because they do not walk. They probably evolved from mammals
    that did walk. Paleontologists have found a fossil whale called Pakicetus that has more developed rear legs. Without evolution, we could not understand why whales have hip bones. These are just a few examples. Yet I see know proof of your "degenerating anomalies".

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    Why would God give early humans longer lifespans, and then lower the lifespan in each generation? Proof that God does not effect the human lifespan can be seen by looking at the lifespan across the globe. A person living in Europe and central america, has an average lifespan of around 75 years. Where as a person living in South Africa has an average lifespan of under 50 years. Is it more probable that the lifespan is effected by natural circumstances, or that God punishes the poorer countrys with shorter lifespans?

    Also, if the human lifespan is decreasing; using the average global life expectancy of 66 years, and the life expectansy of 900 ,5000 years ago; using your current rate of "degenerating", the global life expectansy in the year 2395 will be less than 1 year. A healthy human with such a small life span is a biologically impossibility.

    The history of the human lifespan:

    Neanderthal, 20 (Note: Neanderthal is actually a different species from modern humans)
    Neolithic, 20
    Classical Greece, 28
    Classical Rome, 28
    Medieval England, 33
    End of 19th Century, 37
    Early 20th Century, 50
    Circa 1940, 65
    Current (in the Western world), 77-81

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#Life_expectancy_over_human_history

    A fact can change your faith, but your faith can not change a fact. ( - ;

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    • Each generation introduces more degenerating anomalies into the human condition. We are not evolving; quite the contrary.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on April 27th, 2006

    • Adam-930, Noah-950, Abraham-175, Enoch-365, Methusaleh-969.Us? threescore and ten

      wfbrad

      by wfbrad on April 28th, 2006

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