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Why the Human Lifespan Ends at 122

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 8:53 pm
by ccgr
The Bible says this: Genesis 6:3
Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years."

scientists think it's a fixed genetic trait

http://gizmodo.com/why-the-human-lifesp ... 1787412178

Re: Why the Human Lifespan Ends at 122

Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 4:51 am
by Gimmezell
Interesting. I can say that I wasn't familiar with the verse that you mentioned. Interesting commentary of Genesis 6:3 below.

https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/q ... -63-refer/

Re: Why the Human Lifespan Ends at 122

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:55 am
by ArcticFox
I'm curious as to how that applied to the extremely long lifespans of the original humans. Like Adam lived to be around 900, Noah lived to around 400, etc.

Re: Why the Human Lifespan Ends at 122

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:45 am
by ccgr
I always thought it took effect after the flood