As some of you may know, in 1650, the Irish archbishop, James Ussher dated the beginning of the universe using the Book of Genesis and calculated the date of creation to be October 22, 4004 BC. That would make the universe 6002 6009 years old today.
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Yes, folks, today is the Earth's 6000th birthday, according to the famous Bishop Ussher. In 1650, he famously calculated the age of the Earth using the biblical timeline based upon the ages at which various people were begat and came up with October 22nd, 4004 BC. At around 6…
On this date, six thousand and eleven years ago (give or take a little due to the vagaries of how calendars are kept), the creation of the universe had just begun. That's according to the 1650 chronology determined by the Anglican Bishop of Armagh James Ussher, anyway, published in his Annales…
I almost forgot — in 1658, Archbishop Ussher determined that the world was created precisely at 9am, 23 October, 4004 BC, making today the official creation day, and the earth 6012 years old.
Stop laughing, people. There are some who still seriously believe that: I just got spam from Whirled Nut…
In their usual breathless marketing style, the Worldnutdaily is offering a new version of Bishop James Ussher's classic Annals of the World. The front page of WND declares:
Real history, untampered with by 'them'
And yes, the emphasis and the scare quotes are in the original. They further declare…
No, it would make the universe 6009 years old (no year zero).
Bugger! I brain-farted.
I'm sure that someone has cast a horoscope for the earth. Let's see, wouldn't the earth be a Scorpio?
(Just to make it clear, I am joking.