Originally Posted By: Remington270
Originally Posted By: CarbonClimber1
Im 24 years old and i hope the good lord comes back before i have to work for the next 50 years just to get to retirement.


Retirement is a relatively new phenomenon (that I'm aware of). In biblical times, I don't think many 55 year olds were posted up by the Sea of Galilee drinking wine all day and playing bocce ball.
Just a thought. I could be dead wrong.
And yes, the "average" age was in the 30's due to infant mortality, not because folks died in their 30's and 40's regularly. Common misperceptions.


The only biblical reference I can think of was the Levitical priests were retired at age 40. Slaughtering and burning all that livestock was work for a young man. And a man was supposed to get a year off work when he got married. But they ignored a lot of the laws so they may have ignored these too.

David kinda retired from being king; he had Solomon coronated while he was still alive, and that was unusual for his time. And when he got old and couldn't stay warm, they found a beautiful virgin to try to keep him warm. I stay cold all the time in retirement. I've suggested this solution to my wife, but she thought it was a bad idea. smile

Last edited by poorcountrypreacher; 08/15/17 01:27 PM.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.