How/Why is everyone so old!? (Earth, myth, sinners, Christians)

[Todd]

Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous

It's a myth.

Also, the length of years could be in dynastic terms. That is, we can have the length of time for the house of a notable, like Adam, summed up in a large number of years associated just with the notable's name. Particularly if that notable is on a Babylonian/Sumerian king list.

Very true. I forgot about that teaching, but have heard this a few times before also.

[exgirlfriend]

I remember I asked this same question during my confirmation classes, and no one could come up with an answer that made an sense. Someone said they counted the months as years, but I don't know. It doesn't make sense to me, but then again I'm not the type of person to take the Bible literally.