tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589257747317621588.post6844483720939835728..comments2023-09-28T03:01:54.769-07:00Comments on disambiguation: Thoughts on the misuse of literalismellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308264045246008025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589257747317621588.post-72347761919608716462007-02-08T18:31:00.000-08:002007-02-08T18:31:00.000-08:00You have to assume that this concept of the "Bibli...You have to assume that this concept of the "Biblical Year" cuts off at some point, and doesn't apply to every event in the Bible. I have actually heard people say that the Flood lasted for 40,000 years, which would mean that antediluvian Methuselah would in fact have to have been millions of years old. Surely the events in the historical books like Judges and Samuel don't operate on the same scale, though. (Right?) The fact that the application of this definition of "day" cuts off at some point makes it even less plausible as a "literal" interpretation...ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308264045246008025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589257747317621588.post-34443497798941025472007-02-08T02:12:00.000-08:002007-02-08T02:12:00.000-08:00So Bishop Adoyo says that "each biblical day was e...So Bishop Adoyo says that "each biblical day was equivalent to 1,000 Earth years."<BR/><BR/>Methuselah, the oldest person named in the bible, was therefore 353,685,000 years old when he died according to the "modern" calendar, and not merely 969. Quite an accomplishment...M.J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494821452318393286noreply@blogger.com