The belief that Bishop Ussher could establish an hour, day and year for creation is a sign of how bad our school systems have become. My recollection is that his calculation was based on the number and ages of the “begats” in the Bible. Since no days, hours, or years were given for the begats, it is mathematically IMPOSSIBLE to establish a “correct” time and date for creation. One can only establish an “estimated” time for that event, give or take a certain number of years. Of course in 1656 a lot less was known about statistics and estimating. Now that statistics is a clearly established mathematical science it is an insult to God to continue using an absurd time line which limits the magnificence of God’s creation. It also smacks of “fake news” to use such mathematically imprecise data to establish a precise date. Mathematics as a science has a level of precision that is in a different league than climate science, sociology, and other “soft sciences.”
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Your ignorant post is a sign of how evil our school system has been for a century.
Bishop Ussher’s excellent work has in large part been affirmed scripturally and scientifically.
The hour of creation was plainly stated in Genesis; Ussher merely had to read and understand.
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