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It's also worth pointing out that all the Abrahamic religions predict a 120-year limit, which prediction dates back thousands of years (Genesis 6:3). So regardl
by xamuel 7y ago
It's also worth pointing out that all the Abrahamic religions predict a 120-year limit, which prediction dates back thousands of years (Genesis 6:3). So regardless of your opinion of Abrahamic religions, there are a lot of people who would care a great deal about verifying those extra three years!
- mrsuprawsm 7y ago>all the Abrahamic religions predict a 120-year limit Do you have any more information on this? It sounds like interesting reading, but all I can find on Google is a link to this post.
- Jabbles 7y agohttps://www.versebyverseministry.org/bible-answers/are-people-limited-to-120-years-of-life https://www.versebyverseministry.org/bible-answers/are-peopl... from https://www.google.com/search?q=bible+120+year+age+limit https://www.google.com/search?q=bible+120+year+age+limit
- tastygreenapple 7y agoThe book of Genesis spends the most time talking about this. The book of Genesis is roughly the same between Judaism and Christianity, I know the Qur'an's account is different but I don't know much more beyond that.
- ropiwqefjnpoa 7y agoThe other explanation is that God was saying he was going to bring the flood in 120 years.
- ErotemeObelus 7y agoThere were exceptions after the flood. In the Book of Chronicles we have Jehoiada who died 130 years old. (2 Chr. 24:15)
- mjcohen 7y agoAccording to Professor Gershwin: Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin' When no gal will give in To no man what's nine hundred years ?
- fortran77 7y agoI can't speak for other religions, but in Judaism, the 120 is used in common practice to mean "long life". It's how long Moses lived. The interpretation of the 120 years reference is more complicated. See https://www.aish.com/atr/120-Year-Lifespan.html https://www.aish.com/atr/120-Year-Lifespan.html
- 29athrowaway 7y agoWhy did Moses et al. take 40 years to move from Egypt to Canaan? (about 200 miles)
- xamuel 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Spies#Consequences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Spies#Consequences
- cmonnow 7y agoHinduism (Vedas) sets 120 years as human lifespan (provided it is lived according to dharma, transgressions reduce it a proportionally). That's where all other religions got it form.
- xamuel 7y agoThat's very interesting if true. Can you give any reference? All I can find through search engines is some references to "about 100 years" and a single thread where someone mentions a 120 year prediction but then the rest of the thread is everyone else correcting that person.