Prophecy Apologetics

Woodrow guest posts at DovBear about yeridat hadorot, the decline of the generations. He writes:

"If you just assume that the generational average declines a little every few decades, we still have a problem. During the time of the Judges, Jews were massacring each other in a civil war (Judges 19-21). The Tanach leaves the impression that idol worship was quite common during the First Temple period (or at least near its end). Are either of these generations really better in any way then the generations of pious Jews following them?"

Two comments:

1. Argh. I was going to post about this a few days ago but never got around to it!
2. The upside is that I was going to take a different approach, which follows in brief.

Given the evidence against yeridat hadorot, it seems a bit disingenuous to claim that prophecy ended because of it. We were pretty low at times back when prophecy is supposed to have existed.

*Begrudging hat-tip to Woodrow :-)