Submitted by Maeglin (not verified) on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 2:10pm.
Indeed, only a book. Yet how much more do old objects tell us than old liturature? All knowledge is grounded in faith in something or another.
My only real problem with your article is this word: "most." Specifically, "most Biblical figuresare recorded to have lived inordinately long lives." If you believe this, then you have not read past the first couple of chapters of Genesis. From Adam on to Noah lives are recorded as being rediculously long, however they are shorter for each generation, eventually evening out at 40-80 years. This would make some sense, if the world was created then there would be a lot of vigor in the earlier characters in comparison to later ones.
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Indeed, only a book.
Indeed, only a book. Yet how much more do old objects tell us than old liturature? All knowledge is grounded in faith in something or another.
My only real problem with your article is this word: "most." Specifically, "most Biblical figuresare recorded to have lived inordinately long lives." If you believe this, then you have not read past the first couple of chapters of Genesis. From Adam on to Noah lives are recorded as being rediculously long, however they are shorter for each generation, eventually evening out at 40-80 years. This would make some sense, if the world was created then there would be a lot of vigor in the earlier characters in comparison to later ones.