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* The decrease was a result of events occurring between 1997 [[AM]] and 2187 [[AM]] (when most of the post-diluvian patriarchs died). | * The decrease was a result of events occurring between 1997 [[AM]] and 2187 [[AM]] (when most of the post-diluvian patriarchs died). | ||
* The ages of the Biblical [[genealogy]] are exaggerated. | * The ages of the Biblical [[genealogy]] are exaggerated. | ||
* The ideal genetics of Adam were increasingly diluted through the postdiluvian generations, making the body less robust. This is supported by the geometric decrease in lifespan before leveling off. | |||
It is argued by some that the decline in human longevity was either an intended or knowingly concomitant result of the flood. The following passage quotes the words of God declaring man will live to be 120 years because He would destroy the [[Earth]] by flood. | It is argued by some that the decline in human longevity was either an intended or knowingly concomitant result of the flood. The following passage quotes the words of God declaring man will live to be 120 years because He would destroy the [[Earth]] by flood. | ||
