Quote from Forum Archives on April 7, 2005, 8:41 am

Posted by: deepsky8 <deepsky8@...>

Maybe our shorter lifespan is not because of something we are or are not doing. Maybe the longevity of the first several generations of people is due to living under different conditions.

One theory currently being circulated is that God originally created the earth with a water-shield around it. Such a shield would have eliminated chance cell mutations resulting from contact with the high-energy rays (UVA, UVB, etc.) that the sun emits. This would keep people's bodies in better condition for much longer. A second benefit would be to insulate the earth, maintaining a steady, warm environment. Such an environment would have allowed animals to live longer than we are used to, just as humans did. This is perhaps a reason for the giant size of the dinosaurs. The flood would have been in part from that water shield coming down. Check out www.drdino.com for Dr. Kent Hovind's fascinating & free mp3 downloads. I have really appreciated what he has to say.

In His Time,
~Joel~

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Siverling <greenknight83@hotmail.com>
To: dragonraid@welovegod.org
Sent: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:52:19 -0500
Subject: Re: [DragonRaid] An honest question

Before the great flood people lived for a very long time. I wonder if it's something that we are not doing that is effecting us. Also in the book of revelation it speaks of death and hades being thrown out.

>From: Aaron Siddall <asiddall@tds.net>
>To: stephen brown <doughboyinc@yahoo.com>, Dragonraid Listserve ><dragonraid@welovegod.org>
>Subject: Re: [DragonRaid] An honest question
>Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:07:51 -0500
>
>Hello all,
> This has all been a very interesting (albeit tragic and very very serious)
>subject. The fate of Terry Shaivo represents a tremendous struggle for the
>ethical framework for the future in American medicine and genetic
>technology. There are a great many folks out there interested in advancing
>their technological visions (such as cloning, cybernetics, and a vast array
>of genetic engineering ideas). To do these things then certain ethical
>obstacles need to be removed - this translates as: Christians, or at least
>their ability to affect the outcome one way or another.
> As far as to whether or not brain damage can ever be repaired through
>technology, there ARE people who think that it will be possible in the
>future. Check out The Immortality Institution: (www.imminst.org/),
>it is a group of scientists, doctors, and assorted visionaries who want to
>"defeat death". I personally consider some of their ideas in particular to
>smack of nazi-esq master race stuff, and mystical antichrist creation kits
>(see the "transhumanist" and "singularity" parts). But there are some neat
>concepts being knocked around such as cybernetics and the like.
> This link is a good indicator of the veiws of some of the leading
>scientists intents and outlook on what they want to do. I do not think that
>these guys are all bad, though I have great distaste for the
>pseudo-mystical transhuman crap. If cybernetics could help people see,
>walk, talk, then Im all for it. But human baby clone farms (for "resource"
>harvesting) are needed to get there, then we dont need it.
> I would be very curious as to what you guys thought of this sight. I think
>that Christians NEED to understand what is in the minds of the intellectual
>elite.
>
>-Aaron
>
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