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To: dmz

There is no reference to the age of the Earth in the Bible.

The figure was derived by a Bisop Ussher, around 1800(?) so it is a fairly recent development in Christian theology.

Believers in this number used to be called “Ussherites”.


39 posted on 08/19/2009 10:40:09 AM PDT by texmexis best (uency)
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To: texmexis best; steven33442

There is no reference to the age of the Earth in the Bible.
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Which is why I asked Steven for chapter and verse, because there isn’t one. I was kinda hoping to hear it from him, though.


40 posted on 08/19/2009 10:44:45 AM PDT by dmz
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