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To: raccoonradio
Just wondering what the comment about Palin believing there were dinosaurs here 6,000 years ago is based on?
6 posted on 09/14/2008 11:57:44 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232

There was talk on the Howie Carr show that “well maybe they think she’s a fundamentalist and she thinks the world has only been around for 4,000 years or so” (or maybe a bit more?)


7 posted on 09/14/2008 12:11:10 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: Red_Devil 232

I believe this is a reference to 17th-century Archbishop James Ussher (sometimes Usher) of the Anglican Church, who supposedly added up the geneologies in the Bible and came to the conclusion that Earth was created in 4004 BC (specifically, 21 September (new style)).

Of course, that would be about 6,000 years ago.
This is of course silly (I believe he actually came up with a time of day at one point!), but it has been a favorite target for “progressive” scientists for many years (I recall a geology class from 40 years ago where it was “emphasized”).


9 posted on 09/14/2008 12:29:46 PM PDT by Sigurdrifta
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