James Usser is the guy who came up with that nonsense. I have Christian friends who tell me that it's 'in the Bible.'
(I quit talking with them about it)
22 October 4004 BC, to be exact. The archbishop was unable to calculate the time of day of creation, however.
I understand that St. Paul’s personal copy of the King James Bible had Archbishop Ussher’s dates in the margin. But they were in Roman numerals: MMMMIV.
James Usser is the guy who came up with that nonsense. I have Christian friends who tell me that it’s ‘in the Bible.’
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For starters, his name is Ussher - U-S-S-H-E-R
If you were to investigate his credentials and accomplishments you would surely be humbled. Not only did he know numerous ancient languages (and numerous other languages of his day), but he was largely self-taught. Learned Latin, Greek and Hebrew at a young age.
How are you doing on that score alone?
Hmmmmm???
The actual work Ussher did was not just a simple “add it up” exercise. Even if you don’t agree with his interpretation of the scriptural record, can you prove where you think he got the calculations wrong? Or are you just repeating someone else’s opinion?
Of course, people today think if they read something in Fox News (or FR, for that matter) that it is as good as gold.
So many of these “unprecedented discoveries” are just assumptions based on faulty application of limited measurement techniques.