Hundreds Or Even 900 Years?

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Sounds good.
EvangAlived said:
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Hope1960:
Do you mean that maybe they calculated time differently than us, and therefore didn’t actually live that long?
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No, for the same Moses that wrote Genesis, wrote Exodus (20:8-11, etc), etc.

Notice the ages given for births. Especially see Genesis 5:12,15,21. Moses faithfully recorded in Genesis 1, God speaking Genesis 1:14. Days are simply days (with number). Years are simply years (with number), based upon the Sun. See also Psalms 19:2. Connect to the specific time that God gave for the Flood, 120 years, Genesis 6:3.

Moses knew of great numbers (Genesis 24:60) and small, but used the standard calculation of time for their ages.

Even Peter alludes to the length of time Adam lived, just short of 1,000 years (a “day with the LORD”); 2 Peter 3:8; Genesis 2:17, 5:5.

See also what Jacob said in Genesis 47:9. Read carefully.
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So, this deals with the OP and their response about age.
 
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Dan_Defender said:
I think it makes sense to have longer life spans before the flood. The closer to Adam the better equipped genetically. Probably no vulnerability to diseases. Also, the Sumerian list of kings, which is an older source than Moses, confirms long life spans before the flood and shorter life spans after.
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What’s the Sumerian?
 
Sumer is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq. From there we get the earliest written records known.
 
Sometimes opinions merit derogation. Insulting an idea is fine; insulting the individual who holds it is trickier.
 
So, getting back on topic, which Catholics here doubt people lived up to 900 years old, and for those who do believe it, how exactly could that have happened?
 
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TK421:
More than likely those years are written to correspond with the cumulative effect of sin.
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I’m not sure what you mean. Can you please explain further?
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The book of Genesis talks about the increase of sin among (for example) the Amorites - who are the descendants of Lot - and the Canaanites. The lifespans of the people decrease as sin in the world increases. Long life was seen as a blessing and a sign of greatness. Moses, for example, lives 120 years. Other heroes like Tobiah and Judith are also assigned long lifespans.

It’s didactical.
 
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TK421 said:
The book of Genesis talks about the increase of sin among (for example) the Amorites - who are the descendants of Lot - and the Canaanites. The lifespans of the people decrease as sin in the world increases. Long life was seen as a blessing and a sign of greatness. Moses, for example, lives 120 years. Other heroes like Tobiah and Judith are also assigned long lifespans.

It’s didactical.
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Is there any scientific support, at all, that shows humans ever lived that long? Or could it be that it’s just in the Bible, and up for interpretation?
 
So Yoda was a antediluvian refugee who escaped earth before the Flood came!
 
It cannot be determined just from bones. Scientists can look at wisdom teeth, size of the skull, ossification, bones fused together and other clues. Then compare to ‘standard’ skeletons to estimate a person’s age at death. That’s all.
 
Have any scientists ever been able to determine or even suggest people could’ve lived that long?
 
Do we as Catholics have to believe humans lived way into these looooooog ages, or are we free to not believe it?

Anyone?
 
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Hope1960 said:
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TK421:
The book of Genesis talks about the increase of sin among (for example) the Amorites - who are the descendants of Lot - and the Canaanites. The lifespans of the people decrease as sin in the world increases. Long life was seen as a blessing and a sign of greatness. Moses, for example, lives 120 years. Other heroes like Tobiah and Judith are also assigned long lifespans.

It’s didactical.
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Is there any scientific support, at all, that shows humans ever lived that long? Or could it be that it’s just in the Bible, and up for interpretation?
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No, people don’t actually live that long (obviously). Even less so in the past.
 
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For all we know, each season could have been considered a year. We are also at liberty to interpret it figuratively.
 
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