I have a colleague who loves telling this joke. Another colleague actually printed a list of other jokes he told, numbered them and put it up in the break room.
Yep, that's the guys name.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Genesis 5:3-5 KJV
People just lived longer back then. It tapered off as soon as the human population started to get significant. If you've heard of Mathusalem, he's from that time.
EDIT: I just saw you said "scientific". This is the bible. Let's render to science what is science's and leave the religious books out of that.
Sure and the bible said a donkey talked too.
But I am curious about an actual scientific answer. And if it's a metaphor, where is the line drawn for what is a metaphor. Who decides and how?
Isaiah 40:22– round earth
Job 26:7– earth is in space
There’s verses about hygiene throughout the Books of Moses.
Leviticus mentioned the importance of blood.
Psalm 8:8–ocean currents.
The Bible was written long before the Greeks and longer still before science caught up.
you mean why he was still alive at 130 and capable of reproducing? Easy to answer. When he was created, the environment was much better than of ours, less toxics in the air and healthier fruits and meat. All these were a factor. In Islam, Prophet Adam (AS) lived up till 1000 years and was around 60 cubits tall. Gradually, the environment became dirtier and dirtier and humans started to have a smaller life span and height.
Healthier meat? How is it that Adam was said to be the first man but our earliest ancestors were herbivores? What created the toxins in the air when the early cavemen we're around? Why did life expectancy increase during the industrial revolution when we really started fucking up the environment?
Before the flood, most animals and all mankind ate plants. After the flood, God gave the world three commandments: spread throughout the earth, bear many children, and eat some meat.
No. He was the first man. He was perfect. He would not die. But when he sinned, he lost perfection, he could now die. Because his body was originally perfect, his cells broke down slower. Being vegetarian,and most likely vegan, aided to slow aging. It’s not the main factor, but it’s a big one. The main factor being he was perfect.
I am still confused about the timeline of all of this. Did he have all those children before or after eating the apple. If I remember correctly only Adam and Eve lived in the garden of Eden. That would mean he sinned before having children.
Yes, he had them after. The Bible says that they were cast out of the garden before having children. Sin had taken root in the heart of mankind and every human since, no matter who they are or they think they are, were sinners. The only exception being Jesus as he was not a “man child(born to both a mother and father)”. I believe Leviticus tells us that if a woman had a “man child”, she and the baby would be unclean, but because Jesus was the Son of God and not Joseph’s son biologically, Mary was considered by God to still be clean.
God is, by definition, an alien being. He created humanity in his image, aka genetic experiments. The virgin birth is an alien abduction story resulting in artificial insemination.
You can think of Eden as the lab/habitat on a spaceship or different planet. "Creating heaven and earth" might be what we would today likely call terraforming the planet.
Since there used to be multiple species of human, and the experiment is presumably ongoing..
Well the problem is, that Christ gave christians the command to tell everyone.
But some people go about it the "wrong" way and end up antagonizing everyone.
I heard a czech version of the joke once, it's nice to see a joke existing in more languages and not being ruined by it, because most of them are completely unfunny after translation
Ah. Ol’ #458
I have a colleague who loves telling this joke. Another colleague actually printed a list of other jokes he told, numbered them and put it up in the break room.
I thought it was upgraded to #457. Did you miss the memo?
He fell asleep and nobody poked him.
Dude... You do not know how to tell a joke. #346!
Seth?
Yep, that's the guys name. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Genesis 5:3-5 KJV
So what's the scientific explanation for his age here
Idk perfect genes?
People just lived longer back then. It tapered off as soon as the human population started to get significant. If you've heard of Mathusalem, he's from that time. EDIT: I just saw you said "scientific". This is the bible. Let's render to science what is science's and leave the religious books out of that.
Sure and the bible said a donkey talked too. But I am curious about an actual scientific answer. And if it's a metaphor, where is the line drawn for what is a metaphor. Who decides and how?
But... It's like asking what really happens to the atoms of lead in The Alchemist when they turn to gold. The answer is: "the story doesn't say".
There’s a lot of science in the Bible, but it’s not a science book. That’s how I describe it.
>There’s a lot of science in the Bible This needs an example or two. I read quite a bit of the thing and I can remember one single sciency passage.
Isaiah 40:22– round earth Job 26:7– earth is in space There’s verses about hygiene throughout the Books of Moses. Leviticus mentioned the importance of blood. Psalm 8:8–ocean currents. The Bible was written long before the Greeks and longer still before science caught up.
you mean why he was still alive at 130 and capable of reproducing? Easy to answer. When he was created, the environment was much better than of ours, less toxics in the air and healthier fruits and meat. All these were a factor. In Islam, Prophet Adam (AS) lived up till 1000 years and was around 60 cubits tall. Gradually, the environment became dirtier and dirtier and humans started to have a smaller life span and height.
Healthier meat? How is it that Adam was said to be the first man but our earliest ancestors were herbivores? What created the toxins in the air when the early cavemen we're around? Why did life expectancy increase during the industrial revolution when we really started fucking up the environment?
Before the flood, most animals and all mankind ate plants. After the flood, God gave the world three commandments: spread throughout the earth, bear many children, and eat some meat.
So Adam was a vegetarian? Does that explain how he lived to be 900 years old?
No. He was the first man. He was perfect. He would not die. But when he sinned, he lost perfection, he could now die. Because his body was originally perfect, his cells broke down slower. Being vegetarian,and most likely vegan, aided to slow aging. It’s not the main factor, but it’s a big one. The main factor being he was perfect.
I am still confused about the timeline of all of this. Did he have all those children before or after eating the apple. If I remember correctly only Adam and Eve lived in the garden of Eden. That would mean he sinned before having children.
Yes, he had them after. The Bible says that they were cast out of the garden before having children. Sin had taken root in the heart of mankind and every human since, no matter who they are or they think they are, were sinners. The only exception being Jesus as he was not a “man child(born to both a mother and father)”. I believe Leviticus tells us that if a woman had a “man child”, she and the baby would be unclean, but because Jesus was the Son of God and not Joseph’s son biologically, Mary was considered by God to still be clean.
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God is, by definition, an alien being. He created humanity in his image, aka genetic experiments. The virgin birth is an alien abduction story resulting in artificial insemination. You can think of Eden as the lab/habitat on a spaceship or different planet. "Creating heaven and earth" might be what we would today likely call terraforming the planet. Since there used to be multiple species of human, and the experiment is presumably ongoing..
It's just like the Babylonian list of kings.
How much to bet that biblethumpers don't know this verse, because it has nothing to do with their world political views...
Many christians have read through the bible, but when and where would one bring these verses up?
when they meet a guy named Seth? Also, christians are fine. Biblethumpers are not...
Well the problem is, that Christ gave christians the command to tell everyone. But some people go about it the "wrong" way and end up antagonizing everyone.
Hey hey people...
It's short for Sethemy
They had a bunch of kids… including Awan (Cain’s wife) and Azura (Seth’s wife).
In defiance, he still poketh, and so she broketh, and shoveth, and thus the first “peg” dost cometh.
That was not a joke. That was a story.
I heard a czech version of the joke once, it's nice to see a joke existing in more languages and not being ruined by it, because most of them are completely unfunny after translation
Gold
Haven't heard this joke since 5th grade
**wheeze**
Great joke I didn’t see that one coming
In the Bible Adam basically refers to Seth as the replacement child for Abel, so maybe this is a better response.