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To: b4me

“more likely it’s true”

Most interesting will be if it can be dated.
Ussher imposed his calculations on the Bible and they were widely assumed true or close to true. But did 100 years or 900 years as translated from the language of Noah or Enoch mean the same thing as when Abraham or Joseph said 100 years?


10 posted on 09/06/2026 12:46:47 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: spintreebob
Ussher imposed his calculations on the Bible and they were widely assumed true or close to true.

Archbiship James Ussher famously fixed the date of the creation of the earth as October 24, 4004 BC at 9:00 A--and I assume he meant Pacific Daylight Time. So on October 24, 1972, at 9:00 AM PDT, students in the geology department at Occidental College invaded my geology class, which was just getting underway, to hold a surprise party to celebrate the creation of the earth. A TV cameraman accompanied the students, and we got on the news that evening.

16 posted on 09/06/2026 1:23:16 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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