07-22-2008, 07:27 PM
providencecrow Wrote:Zee Wrote:The Bible explains that very clearly. There were not just two people but there were eight people after the flood. People lived longer back then and had a lot of children. I do believe it is 100% factual.
If you want me to do the math on this, I will, but even though in the past humanity has been known for having tons and tons of children, the reason was that the majority of them didn't make it very far along in life. In order for in 5000 years the population to go from 8 to several billion, youre talking of a Zap Brannigan's dream style mating system.
The fossil record also does not show a mass near extinction of humanity 5000 years ago. But that's the easy proof against Noah's story.
And to go with the whole miracle talk, if God did want to prove to us that he can cure disease or help people through prayer, he just needs to perform one simple miracle to convince everyone: Just give one amputee a limb back.
Go for it do the math... I just did. Assuming 5000 years, starting at a population of 8, ending with a population of 8 billion, that means an increase of population each year by a factor of just under 1.005. A factor of 1 would mean that there is a birth for every death. With a factor of 1.005 it would have taken 25 years to increase the over all population by 1. Obviously it grows exponentially. Sounds reasonable to me.
Your miracle part I agree. Apparently God doesn't want to prove Himself to everyone because as you said it... He could if He wanted to.