While I was away in the USA I listened to a radio talk show about why we no longer live for as much as 950 years. The guest on the show was a fundamentalist Christian and had written a book that explained that the great flood had killed all of the fruits and vegetables causing our diets to be changed drastically. This change dropped our life expectancy from 900 plus years to less than 100. He maintained that by changing our diets by including more fruits and vegetables we would once again live for as long as Adam.

Does this strike anyone other than me as insane??

PS. For all those who wished me a hurried return while I was away Golfing thank you for your kindness. It was a great trip and I was voted "most loved participant" by the group. :biggrin:

Actually this is the least crazy story I heard from fundamentalist christians.

And welcome back! Was getting stuffy in here when you left.

That does sound bizarre. Wonder that his research was.

Man, I hope those fruits were tasty if someone had to eat them for 900 years. lol

There're kooks in every religion. Even mine. As a Christian, I think people go awry when they inject their own personal opinions into theology. When I was reading the Bible, I didn't see any description of Noah's menu choices post-flood.

What a stupid radio talk-show host!! Now about cavemen riding the dinosaurs.....that's totally feasable. :huh2:

Actually, the caveman riding a dinasour is completely out of the question, the timelines don't work, makes for a great sitcom however.

Ooops. Trying for sarcasm, failing miserably. I read about some nutjob somewhere that claims that dinos and men walked the Earth together. This was because he somehow had worked out, in his own mind, what era in time the Bible was written in. Keep in mind I'm a Christian. A baptist, at that. I don't see why religion can't co-exist with science, unlike Dino-man.

Wasn't it Linus the Great who once said "I never talk about three things: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin"!:biggrin:

Wasn't it Linus the Great who once said "I never talk about three things: religion, politics and the Great Pumpkin"!:biggrin:

Linus never existed either.

Oh Snuffy, snuffed out by the Snuffster!

I'm trying to shop on line for pillows and keep getting posts!

I'm trying to shop on line for pillows and keep getting posts!

HAHA, what kind you getting? Sorry thread hijacker here@

Quote: I had an otherwise perfectly rational friend, who was convinced the entire dinosaur bones/earth is older than 8000 years thing was flat-out evidence of the existence of and direct work of Satan. And she was serious.

Jack - I had a friend who was/is steadfast in her opinion that an individual with an extremely high IQ is proof of that aliens co-exist with us. She is very religious, and believes that we were the 'dry run' for other creations; aliens are God's 'new and improved' creation I guess.

Snuffy, as a Christian, I must point out that just because you've never seen Linus or the Great Pumpkin, does not mean that they don't exist. Heehee. :rolleyes2:

He's right, I just bought my pumpkin seeds today, sorry computer on the blink but I did get boring brown and tan pillows to go with my couch! Nothing fun like Pier 1 or anything, that is if anyone cares, brandyII

PS we will see this fall if my pumpkin wins for biggest pumpkin in the town festival!!!!

Pier I is my favorite store!!!