Monday, May 11, 2015

Do the Bristlecone Pines and the Sequoias Match the Bible's Timeline?

   The world's oldest living trees might give a small glimpse of light as we wonder about whether the Bible is true. I watched a video by John Pendleton, who was arguing for the creationist's timeline and against the timeline of the evolutionist.
   The Methuselah Pine, which is a bristlecone pine, is the oldest living thing on earth, he says, noting that particular tree in California is 4,300 years old, The Sequoias in California, Pendleton says, are about 4,000 years old. That matches well with when Noah was one of eight people who survived the Great Flood, which was, what, 4,400 years ago?
   I don't pick up my Bible to remember how long Noah was upon the waters, but I wonder some if a tree couldn't have survived underwater for the duration of the flood. If so, Pendleton's argument loses some of its value. Then again, the force of flood as it arrived would perhaps have uprooted many, if not all of the trees.
   I also check and find that others say it is not the Methuselah Pine that is the oldest, but a neighboring bristlecone pine, also in the White Mountains, which is said to be 5,064 years old. That puts it a little beyond the Great Flood. Or is there enough leeway that it still matches?
 

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