What do you believe is the greatest age reached by a human being?

[Moontanman]

Originally Posted by goku

adam

Can you offer evidence to back that up goku?

[goku]

i think the question is would you believe the evidence?

[InfiniteNow]

Please tell me someone is not about to suggest that a fairy tale in the bible constitutes evidence of someone's existence.

[goku]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

Please tell me someone is not about to suggest that a fairy tale in the bible constitutes evidence of someone's existence.

i gues that means you wouldn't believe the evidence

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by goku

i gues that means you wouldn't believe the evidence

That is correct. Yes, because it is not evidence, but a fairy tale. What you are proposing is akin to me saying that Gandolf the Gray existed in reality because there is a series of books known as Lord of the Rings.

[Moontanman]

Originally Posted by goku

i gues that means you wouldn't believe the evidence

No, that means the bible is not evidence. There is no way to show that the bible is true in it's entirety or even in small parts. the bible has no independent proof. You cannot use the bible to prove the bible. that would be like me claiming something to be true just because I believed it to be true. You can believe anything you want but proof follows a higher standard. Now can you backup your claim or not?

[Moontanman]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

That is correct. Yes, because it is not evidence, but a fairy tale. What you are proposing is akin to me saying that Gandolf the Gray existed in reality because there is a series of books known as Lord of the Rings.

Infinite, I'm going to quite hanging around you, you have just destroyed my favorite book, I was thinking of emigrating to middle Earth and not you say it's all just a story Now what will I do in my old age Hmmmm.... Maybe I can move to Narnia, yes, that's the ticket

[C1ay]

Originally Posted by goku

i gues that means you wouldn't believe the evidence

What evidence?

[CraigD]

Originally Posted by goku

over 500, of course

Originally Posted by Moontanman

Oh yeah goku? Who was that?

Originally Posted by Moontanman

Can you offer evidence to back that up goku?

Note that the original post of this thread states

Originally Posted by CraigD

[The poll is] intended to measure beliefs concerning the maximum human lifespan. Although you are welcome to do so, it’s not necessary to cite a documented example of a specific individual supporting your belief.

Goku’s vote, and his explanation that it is due to belief in the literal interpretation of the Bible, thus, establishes only that Goku believes that a human being has reached an age greater than 500 years, not that there is any scientific support for his belief.

I’m slightly surprised that the only 201+ vote has been from a Biblical fundamentalists, as the belief is not unique to this community.

In the terminology of the study of longevity myths, Goku’s is known as a patriarch myth.

An interesting theory of Biblical scholarship, which I’d not encountered until researching this thread, is that they are due to mistranslation of the word for “month” as “year”. If so, the biblical claim of the age of the Biblical patriarchs (eg: 969/12 months = 80 years, 6 months, or if the months were the then-common lunar months, 969/12.4 = slightly over 78 years), while exceptional given the life expectancy in the time and culture they were written, are not scientifically implausible.

[goku]

Originally Posted by InfiniteNow

That is correct. Yes, because it is not evidence, but a fairy tale. What you are proposing is akin to me saying that Gandolf the Gray existed in reality because there is a series of books known as Lord of the Rings.

do you believe there was a shakspear?

can you prove it?