This is the guy responsible for all the 'new earth' crap. I don't know why people insist on polluting my religion with this BS.
"James Ussher (or Usher; 4 January 1581 – 21 March 1656) was the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625 and 1656. He was a prolific scholar and church leader, who today is most famous for his identification of the genuine letters of the church father, Ignatius, and for his chronology that sought to establish the time and date of the creation as "the entrance of the night preceding the 23rd day of October... the year before Christ 4004"; that is, around 6 pm on 22 October 4004 BC, per the proleptic Julian calendar. "
He made it up.
I've had good intentioned people tell me 'it's in the Bible.'
BS!!
Oh I know, I’m hip to Ussher, and this Gentleman and I have debated this before. And if Jim wants to believe this it’s just fine for him and I support that. But the stalking just to try and discredit and shame anyone thinks otherwise is getting old.
There are a couple here who do this. Look at who was first to post to the thread, like a vulture they watch for these to pop up so they can dump on them. Here is a good reference to the concept in this debate for you to archive.
http://godandscience.org/youngearth/age_of_the_earth.html