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== Longevity == | == Longevity == | ||
John Sanford in [[Genetic Entropy]] points out that the decline in ages from the oldest human (Methuselah) and the other long ages for humans (Adam, 930 years, Noah 960 years) down to Abraham (170 years) and declining further. He notes that this decline follows an exponential decay curve and is off-tolerance by this curve by mere fractions of a percentage point. This means that the writer(s) of Genesis were either well-aware of advanced mathematics or were just reporting what-they-knew. There would be no compelling reason to display an exponential curve in the numbers since genetics was not discovered until the 19th century and the human genome was not understood until the 20th century. How could humans live much longer? The original human genome, as provided by the Creator, was free of the generational mutations that led to the decay curve. In addition, it is postulated by creationists that the dietary and environmental conditions were more conducive to longevity. | |||
== Language == | |||
In the [[Genesis Record]], Henry Morris points out the theologically-accepted view that the phrase "''toledoth''" - ''these are the generations of'' - separates the book of Genesis into various diaries, compiled and edited by Moses under the authority of God's spirit<ref>http://davelivingston.com/mosescompgenesis.htm</ref>. Each diary is then punctuated by a "signature" phrase "these are the generations of" which terminates the diary and begins a new one. For example, chapter 5 begins "the book of the generations of Adam" and mentions the word "book". Moses would have no reason to use this word unless he was in possession of the written document as penned by Adam. The words after this offer a genealogy and Adam's death, but Adam would not have recorded his own death. We also note that {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=12}} ends the diary of Ishmael, where {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=19}} ends the diary of Isaac, neither of which are mentioned afterward except in genealogies. An important point is that in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=11}} Isaac records Abraham's death, immediately followed by Ishmael's diary and the signature of his own. We would expect Ishmael and Isaac to have traded records at Abraham's funeral. | |||
This diary mechanism explains why Genesis chapter 1 and chapter 2 seem to be different creation accounts, when they are actually accounts from different perspectives. The first one, signed by the Creator "these are the generations of the heavens and the earth" is from a different perspective than the following diaries. | |||
This also generally sets aside the "JEDP"<ref>http://www.theopedia.com/JEDP_theory</ref> theory of Genesis construction. | |||
What this also strongly implies is that the first written and spoken words in sight and hearing of Adam were "In the beginning.." | |||
The City of Ebla, dating prior to 2500 BC, has a library of 17,000 stone tablets in both Cuneiform and a Semitic language called Eblaite<ref>http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/177618/Eblaite-language</ref>. It is presumed that the Eblaite proto-Hebrew or paleo-Hebrew is a candidate for consideration as the oldest written language known to man, the original language of pre-Flood humans and the language used at Babel prior to the confusion of languages. | |||
Complex written and verbal languages preceded the most ancient post-Flood civilizations such as Sumeria and Babylon, rendering their "flood legends" and "creation myths" to be derivations from the original pre-Flood account rather than the other way around. The book of Job is considered the oldest book in the Bible in the post-Flood era, dating back to over 2500 BC in its penning and setting. | |||
The explosion of language and culture in Mesopotamia (dated roughly 3000 BC) coincides with the confusion of languages at Babel (in Shinar, in Mesopotamia). | |||
== Giant Organisms == | == Giant Organisms == | ||
