Corruption of Humanity

         I have never actually directly quoted the Bible in my posts, so now I shall to be examine the text. "My spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years." (v.3). The Youthwalk Devotional Bible New International Version states that the translation of mortal is actually corrupt. This means that God is already fed up with humanity. This is very different than earlier in Genesis, when "he saw that it was good." In addition, humanity's lifespan was shortened from hundreds of years to 120 years, possibly, due to corruption. Further this transformation transpired in less than five chapters. Therefore, it must be remembered  that this had actually transpired over thousands of years before Noah's birth. This evidence disproves the Creationist New Earth theory  that the Earth was created in 4,004 B.C. This theory would put Noah and the flood at the same time as Jesus, at its' earliest point. Christian and Secular scholars have proven that Noah had lived much earlier than Jesus. In addition, it should be mentioned that few Creationists believe that the Earth is only 6,014 years old. In Genesis verse 6 chapter 6 there is the quote, "The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the Earth, and his heart was filled with pain." He went from being joyful about the creation of Adam to grieved by the time of Noah. I would like to say now that I understand how God feels. He then decides to wipe out mankind and the animals.  What did the animals do? Was this an all or nothing plan? Did God have no other way to destroy humanity that would not involve the animals? Maybe God thought that the animals would only remind him how much humanity had grieved his heart. Basically, at this point, God is sick of everybody except Noah. Noah was a man who followed God. I guess it is good that God had spared Noah, otherwise, the rest of humanity would not exist. Or is it better for humanity to have died out back then? Finally, "God saw how corrupt the Earth had become, for all the people on Earth had corrupted their ways," (v.12) shows that it was the fault of humanity for their then-current state of corruption. Anyway, this leads us to the story of the Great Flood.