Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site scgvaxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!dan From: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich) Newsgroups: net.origins Subject: Re: What do Creationists believe Message-ID: <278@scgvaxd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 17:31:23 EST Article-I.D.: scgvaxd.278 Posted: Fri Mar 8 17:31:23 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Mar-85 07:32:38 EST References: <340@tekchips.UUCP> Reply-To: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich) Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA Lines: 17 Summary: In article <340@tekchips.UUCP> jackg@tekchips.UUCP (Jack Gjovaag) writes: >I think that Bishop Ussher decided that the world was created in exactly >six days on October 14th (a Monday) 4004BC. This came from the >family tree information (or data) in Genesis. The date may not >be quoted exactly. I will look it up sometime and we can have >an earthbirthday celebration. Sounds like Bishop Ussher can join the ranks of some of those great men who built great transitional models out of pig teeth and ape jaws. Incidently, it is impossible to determine the age of the earth by checking the family tree in Genesis. Why? 1. It does not contain a complete uninterrupted family line. (Those who are mentioned are because of necessity. Not all patriarchs played a key role in biblical history.) 2. The hebrew word "beget" implies blood line but not specifically "son". 3. This does not take into consideration the gap theory. (The gap between verse 1 and 2.)