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Do any young earth creationists believe that a change to the earth's axis tilt was God's way of shortening human lifespans?

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Scripture tells us in [Genesis 6:3](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+6%3A3&version=ESV) that God saw fit to shorten the lifespan of mankind. He did something that dramatically reduced humans years from close to a thousand years (Methusala) to 100 or less. Some speculate that the flood opened the earth's atmosphere up to greater UV light and changed atmospheric pressure and those things changed the environment thus shortening human lifespans. Recently I had a interesting dialogue with a Christian who had been taught that the Creator accomplished the goal of shortening lifespan by tilting the earth from original setting to a more extreme setting that changed "normal" to a new "Normal," which caused the dramatic climate changes and led to a much different habitat for humanity and shortened the life expectancy. This was partially supported by [scientists quoted here](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-tilt-spawns-rise-a/#) who theorize that the orbit and tilt of the earth causes emergence and extinction of mammals in 2.5 million year cycles. I know the YEC Christians have much to say about the meanings of Genesis history. Have any YECs ever written about the effect of the earth's tilt on the way lifespan or other environmental decline occurred?
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Jan 15, 2016, 12:47 AM
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