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O Christian Martyr Who for Truth could die When all about thee Owned the hideous lie! The world, redeemed from superstition's sway, Is breathing freer for thy sake today. Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692 http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm http://www.salemwitchmuseum.com/

he Great Ages Many of the ancient people listed in the Bible’s genealogies lived very long lives. Methuselah holds the title of oldest-known man at 969 years old. After he died, the Flood came. After the Flood, we see the ages of these men declining. For example, Noah lived to be 950 years old, Shem to 600, Shelah to 433, and Abraham to 175. Patriarch Age Bible reference 1 Adam 930 Genesis 5:4 2 Seth 912 Genesis 5:8 3 Enosh 905 Genesis 5:11 4 Cainan 910 Genesis 5:14 5 Mahalalel 895 Genesis 5:17 6 Jared 962 Genesis 5:20 7 Enoch 365 (translated) Genesis 5:23 8 Methuselah 969 Genesis 5:27 9 Lamech 777 Genesis 5:31 10 Noah 950 Genesis 9:29 11 Shem 600 Genesis 11:10–11 12 Arphaxad 438 Genesis 11:12–13 13 Shelah 433 Genesis 11:14–15 14 Eber 464 Genesis 11:16–17 15 Peleg 239 Genesis 11:18–19 16 Reu 239 Genesis 11:20–21 17 Serug 230 Genesis 11:22–23 18 Nahor 148 Genesis 11:24–25 19 Terah 205 Genesis 11:32 20 Abram (Abraham) 175 Genesis 25:7 21 Isaac 180 Genesis 35:28–29 22 Jacob (Israel) Table

The Bible Tower of Babel and the Origin of Languages is Comic Joke and Silly Biblical Babble about Babel by Farrell Till Why do nations speak different languages? If you think it is because of isolationism in the distant past that made cultural interchanges and hence consistency in language evolution impossible, then think again. A trip to the Twilight Zone will give you the right answer. You see, there was a time when "the whole earth had one language and one speech" (Gen. 11:1), but the linguistically unified people of that time ticked off the petulant Yahweh, who "confused" their language so that they couldn't understand one another. Ever since the world has been linguistically divided. What did those people do that so irritated the whimsical Yahweh? Well, silly, they tried to build a tower whose top would reach "unto heaven." What else? It's all right there in God's inspired word. If people would just open their Bibles more often to experi