The Antediluvian World - question 1 of 7

[mark kennedy]

This thread and six more that I think will follow is for those who believe that Genesis 4 and 5 describe real people. I would like to hear what you think we can reasonably infer about what the antediluvian world was like -- addressing the questions of when?, who?, what?, how?, where?, and why?. If you don't have an answer yourself, but are aware of someone or some organization that does, I would appreciate a reference. The main topics I am interested in are as follows:

Yes of course the refer to real people, it's an historical narrative.

1. History and chronology generally (Ex: Was the first man created at 4004 BC?)

Yes and the genealogies are an unbroken timeline from Adam to Christ accounting for all periods.

2. Individuals and relationships (Ex: Were Noah and Tubal-Cain related?)

We are all related since our first parents were Adam and Eve.

3. Social structures (Ex: Was Enoch a king and/or prophet?)

A prophet obviously, no idea where the idea he might be a king comes from.

4. Flora and Fauna (Ex: Did humans really walk with dinosaurs?)

Yes of course.

5. Technology (Ex: What about the Great Pyramid?)

Thales goes to Egypt and learns how they used triangulation to determine property boundaries, Pythagorean was one of his disciples and later Euclid would author the seven volume set known as Euclid's Elements, the number 2 best selling work of nonfiction of all time.

 

[SkyWriting]

SkyWriting said: ↑Because such estimated dates are not clear or repeated in multiple books in scripture, and because the efforts of multiple scholars over 100's of years have arrived at conflicting results they all have no significance.

Are you saying that because of the disagreement on these dates, they have no significance?
Were you aware that Isaac Newton spent an enormous amount of time on Biblical chronology? Were you aware of a number of people's position that the veracity of these dates in the Bible is very important to the perceived veracity of the the Christian message?

I can see that the dates very well may appear to have no significance to you. But you appear to be making an absolute statement, that they have no significance period, and I don't see the logic for that. Can you explain?

Because such estimated dates
#1 are not clear
#2 or repeated in multiple books in scripture, and
#3 because the efforts of multiple scholars over 100's of years have arrived at conflicting results
#4 new testament churches and writers of the letters to the churches do not cover these topics

then
this indicates that the information is being used in ways it was not intended to be used by the writers.