Originally posted by Da Pittman
Where did you get that? Most information I have read is the average lifespan is about 20 to 30 years.
Yes, average life span was 20 to 30 years. Mortality rates among children drop more than anything else as medical technology improves. Once someone reaches puberty their life expectancy increases to the 40s and 50s. When places list average they don't mean "most people lived to be this long" that mean that mathematical average.
You'll not that a lot of places state "average life expectancy at birth". From newborn to teenage years is the highest risk of death from disease and malnutrition, it drops off sharply after that.
"keep in mind that life-expectancy-at-birth is a mean, not a median; high infant mortality conceals the susbstantial number of people who will live well past this age"
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html
Wikipedia and Britannica note the same phenomenon.
Originally posted by Symmetric ChaosThanks for the info, now here is your...
Yes, average life span was 20 to 30 years. Mortality rates among children drop more than anything else as medical technology improves. Once someone reaches puberty their life expectancy increases to the 40s and 50s. When places list average they don't mean "most people lived to be this long" that mean that mathematical average.You'll not that a lot of places state "average life expectancy at birth". From newborn to teenage years is the highest risk of death from disease and malnutrition, it drops off sharply after that.
"keep in mind that life-expectancy-at-birth is a mean, not a median; high infant mortality conceals the susbstantial number of people who will live well past this age"
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.htmlWikipedia and Britannica note the same phenomenon.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Yes, average life span was 20 to 30 years. Mortality rates among children drop more than anything else as medical technology improves. Once someone reaches puberty their life expectancy increases to the 40s and 50s. When places list average they don't mean "most people lived to be this long" that mean that mathematical average.You'll not that a lot of places state "average life expectancy at birth". From newborn to teenage years is the highest risk of death from disease and malnutrition, it drops off sharply after that.
"keep in mind that life-expectancy-at-birth is a mean, not a median; high infant mortality conceals the susbstantial number of people who will live well past this age"
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.htmlWikipedia and Britannica note the same phenomenon.
Oddly, even in countries like Swaziland where HIV is rampant (39% of pregnant women test +), the life expectancy doesn't drop all that much for adults.
Which begs the question in this thread, why does God let so many black babies get AIDS?
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Comas of (if you want a less funny answer) it took them 20 years to "publish" they could easily have written their work closer to the time that it happened and not have revealed it, most likely for fear of persecution.
I agree. Christians faced widespread persecution following the ascension of the Lord Jesus back to Heaven.
That may have had a lot to do with the timing for the books that were written.
^but seeing as jesus didnt write them and he was the only son of god/god incarnate, they cant be an authentic representation of what yahweh desires of us. no matter how much the writers claimed they were inspired by yaheh. there no way to prove that they were and you cant have faith if they didnt even come from jesus.
Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
I agree. Christians faced widespread persecution following the ascension of the Lord Jesus back to Heaven.That may have had a lot to do with the timing for the books that were written.
Time has a way of changing the story, and over 20 years means a lot of changes. Also, persecution can lead to bolstering and romanticizing.
Originally posted by Da Pittman
Just try and retell a story after just 1 week 😖
Now imagine writing about something that happened over 20 years ago with no news papers or Internet to refresh your memory. For example, try to write about the death JFK without doing any research. If no one can check on what you have written, and making JFK look like a hero works to your advantage, then how much would you elaborate?
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Now imagine writing about something that happened over 20 years ago with no news papers or Internet to refresh your memory. For example, try to write about the death JFK without doing any research. If no one can check on what you have written, and making JFK look like a hero works to your advantage, then how much would you elaborate?
Well, for starters, I'd say that JFK's mom was a virgin when she birthed him and that three wise kings bearing gifts visited him shortly after. I'd then leave out about 30 years of his life out(ie the boring suff). I'd recount stories of him (as a man now) healing the sick, turning water into wine, berating the greedy, saving a whore, being the only sinless man etc.
It would then end with him dying a tragic death for us all, oh, and JFK actually being the living incarnation of God, master of the universe.
That's how I'd write it.