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'''Human longevity''' is the length of a person's life span. The Creationist reflections on this topic typically focus on the effects of the flood on the human lifespan, and the cause of [[fall of man|human mortality]]. Ancient historical documents, including the Biblical book of [[Genesis]], record lifespans approximately 10 times above what they are currently. However, immediately after the flood, human longevity shows a rapid decline. | '''Human longevity''' is the length of a person's life span. The Creationist reflections on this topic typically focus on the effects of the flood on the human lifespan, and the cause of [[fall of man|human mortality]]. Ancient historical documents, including the Biblical book of [[Genesis]], record lifespans approximately 10 times above what they are currently. However, immediately after the flood, human longevity shows a rapid decline. | ||
According to the [[Bible's]] book of Genesis, God restricted the human lifespan to 120 years | According to the [[Bible's]] book of Genesis, God restricted the human lifespan to 120 years in the time prior to the [[the Flood]]. The apparent reason for this is to insure as few people as possible actually died in the Flood. The purpose of the Flood, as stated in Genesis 6, was because "all flesh had corrupted his way" and required a physical solution. While wickedness was rampant, God's first words to Noah after the Flood concerned the ongoing wickedness of man's imagination "from his youth", so the purpose of the Flood was not to cure a sin or wickedness problem, but a physical problem with the "corruption of flesh" : {{cquote|And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=6|verses=3}}}} | ||
According to the book of Psalms, the average human lifespan (which at the time of the writing would have been 3,000 years ago, and we know must have been at least 2,500 years ago given the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]) was 70 years: {{cquote|The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. {{Bible ref|book=Psalms|chap=90|verses=10}}}} | According to the book of Psalms, the average human lifespan (which at the time of the writing would have been 3,000 years ago, and we know must have been at least 2,500 years ago given the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]]) was 70 years: {{cquote|The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. {{Bible ref|book=Psalms|chap=90|verses=10}}}} | ||
