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Re: How old is our planet, and the effect this question has on the Bible. [message #374282 is a reply to message #374188] Sun, 01 March 2009 22:16 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Muad Dib15 wrote on Sun, 01 March 2009 14:53

Genisis 5:3-5 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. Everyone before Noah lived very long lives before they died. Take that into consideration before you say that we believe that people have only been here 6,000 years.

Actually they take that into account already. The figure only gets to about 10,000 years tops.


The bible, or any religious text for that matter, should absolutely not be interpreted literally. Sometimes they have good messages that people should abide by like "Hey don't kill your neighbor or steal his stuff or his wife" but then they also contain "supernatural" things that can easily be explained by modern science, like disease being caused by bacteria, viruses, and unsanitary conditions, as opposed to "the wrath of an omnipotent, omniscient creator-being."


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