The Bible says Noah lived 950 years. Does anyone believe that?

With the Bible you do not start with the things we find difficult you start with Jesus

Geneticicsts have identified the human genes for cell replication ....and interestingly enough, their telomeres have been capped somewhere along the line in our history as a species .

Which means, at some point - they werent.
Which implicates we once lived much longer than we do today .

What we were once taught was metaphorical metaphysical meanderings of god and men, may in fact be more literal than we know .
There may be more truth in ancient scrolls and tablets than we have previosly been able to have the knowledge to understand.

New information is coming to light through science and archaeology that is making us rethink our whole past.

Edit: Historical myths or facts dont have to change the moral message lying underneath.

Of course one can just focus on the ethics and that is enough.
We don't disect every second of every movie we see. We watch, we absorb, and finish with a sense of what it was about .

I feel if more people did this with the bible, they could focus more on the message rather than picking it to pieces to argue about.

It depends what a calendar year was at that time. Ive heard some apologetic arguments that it could have been Luna cycles not years. It doesn't affect my relationship with God so I don't really think about it 🤷‍♀️

If you notice, the time began to decrease after the flood, to where it is now.
So, it is fact.

But you have to study both it and the Bibles background to know for sure!

The Bible is circular logic for the most part.
The most important thing to remember, is do unto others as you would have done unto you.
Don't worry about good things happening, just focus on being a good person, and good to others.
It will give you peace of mind to be honest and good.
We're all on a slow conveyor belt towards drying up, shriveling, and then dying. We're all in various stages of pain, grief, and agony. Just be nice to people, because our time is limited, and it's not worth wasting on angry, selfish bullshit.

Perhaps they were a different kind of people living in a different environment.

The only response I ever got for that was "something something sin".

Some cultures think of a year as new moon to new moon. If you consider that then 950 years is more like 85

My guess is. Due to less population during the beginning of the Old Testaments.

Of course God Changes the age difference when Timeline changes.
That's not legitimate answer but my guess

Noahs age is inexplicable with today's knowledge.
Because of that I'm going to say that it's not a critical point within the story of Noah.

Why do you find it hard to believe that people lived that long in times past?

The Bible was not meant to be a book of history or science, even though multitudes of charlatans use it that way. It’s a book of spiritual living. It doesn’t matter if its stories are literally true, they’re morally true.

Of course you can just keep the good parts. If an apple has a rotten spot you don't eat the whole thing. You cut the rot out.

Yes, Noah didn’t really live to be 950, therefore you should absolutely not love your neighbor as yourself.

As I understand it, there are extra-Biblical records of longevity way back when

I think he was 960.

It ain't necessarily so...
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It’s absolute bull shit cover to cover.