Life Spans in Genesis

Life Spans in Genesis

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For many skeptics the long life spans recorded in Genesis 5 and 11 seem absurd. Recent advances in the biochemistry of aging, however, make these long life spans scientifically plausible. Researchers studying the aging process have known for some time that calorie restriction can dramatically boost life expectancy for a wide range of organisms. This report announces the discovery of compounds that mimic calorie restriction. Scientists hope that in the near future, such advances will lead to pharmaceutical therapies that extend human longevity to several hundred years in age. If human intervention holds the potential to extend life span to several hundred years, is it unreasonable to think that the Creator could do the same? In light of this study, long human life spans described in Genesis are scientifically rational.

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