Actually, I was thinking that age of humans have reduced from 950 years (Noah period) to just 70 years at present. It is also supported by biology, that being children of ONE couple, Adam and Eve, the human race has faced degradation in terms of age as well as height. For example, height of Adam was 90 ft; now it has come down to nearly 5'-8".
45 comments
The Amazing Colossal First Man! That'd be a crappy movie too.
And if people have shrunk, why are historic skeletons smaller than the modern average, Empty-Box Thinker?
Um... historical, as well as biological, evidence clearly shows that humans have, on average, gained in height over time.
Nope this isn´t supported by biology.
In contrast, compared to the medieval ages mankind has increased in body height, same goes for life expectancy (thanks to modern medicine) ;)
the 90 feet thing made me go "huh?", where is THAT in the Bible.
Can't even agree with what it says in the Bible, let alone science which refutes his statements soundly.
Adam and Eve were Zentraedi?
(Yeah, I know, 90ft is about twice as tall as your average Zentraedi, but hey, it was still the first thought that sprung to mind. Am I a geek?)
"Out-of-Box Thinker"
Out of the box is right.
Out of the box, and off into outer space.
90 ft?
Do these people ever actually experience a hint of skepticism?
P.S. God says to give 10% of your income to me...
90' tall - wow. How would he stand up, much less walk, without splintering his leg bones to dust? If you increase the linear dimension by 15 times, the weight and volume go up by 15 cubed, or 3,375, times. A hypothetical 90' Adam would weigh 607,500 pounds - just over 300 TONS. Adam was bigger than the biggest whales! No wonder he didn't have to worry about T. rex.
As for the emphasis on "ONE couple" ... I *think* he's saying we've degenerated because Cain etc. had to marry their sisters. But THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO GO FROM 300 TONS TO 180 POUNDS IN 6,000 YEARS!
That would explain what that huge skeleton made out of impossibly strong bone is.
Because, you realize, a human 15 times the size of a modern human would need 15 [maybe 225 I forget the power] times stronger bone and muscle in order to have the same mobility?
You would think we would find something that huge and that durable...
@Tony
Do these people ever actually experience a hint of skepticism?
Of course. All this is perfectly plausible, but mention the fact that they could be the result of billions of years of gradual adaptation, and suddenly, you couldn't possibly produce enough evidence.
90-foot Adam is an Islamic belief, see here for the verses. Odd, because "ThEndTimes" seems to be a Christian site.
By the way, when I Googled "adam 60 cubits", even CARM had an article pointing out that it was impossible...
Adam was 90 ft tall? He can't have looked much like a present day human, then. If you greatly increased the size of a human without also altering the design, you would run into problems.....for example, if you were to increase a man's height by 10x, the cross section of his bones would be increased by 100x but his mass would be increased 1000x, thus putting unbearable stress on the skeleton. A 90-ft tall man would be unable to stand or probably even sit up without fracturing bones.
Haven't we've been living longer and longer, since the days of Jesus, with an explosion in the latest decades?
Aren't we also becoming taller and taller, as we receive better and better nutrients during our first 10 years of life?
I'd say that you're an Out-of-Mind Rambler.
Where's your evidence that people usually lived to 950 years of age, a mere couple of thousand years ago? And no, the Bible doesn't count as evidence, or Bowtruckles and Dementors exist, too. Is the life-expectancy for US citizens only 70? In Sweden it's 83, so I guess that, by your "logic", we're closer to Adam and Eve than you are... 5'8'', that sounds kinda short, or is that the average for all Americans (male AND female), perhaps?
How do you explain that humans have been growing taller and lived longer for each generation for a couple of centuries? Or are you just criminally stupid?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
To post a comment, you'll need to Sign in or Register . Making an account also allows you to claim credit for submitting quotes, and to vote on quotes and comments. You don't even need to give us your email address.