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The 4004 BC date was based on the assuption that history is divided into 1000 year intervals, rather than on adding up the genealogies in the Bible (which don't give all the necessary numbers, even if you ignore evidence for gaps, rounding, and scribal errors). I think that means that October 22, 1997 (or rather about a month earlier, because of the difference between the Julian and Gregorian calendars) was not only the 6000th birthday of the earth but also the end of the earth. Did anyone notice it was gone? -----Original message----- From: "Andy Rindsberg" arindsberg@gsa.state.al.us Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:50:54 -0400 To: PaleoNet@nhm.ac.uk Subject: paleonet FW: [TSFS] Happy Birthday Universe! > Bishop Ussher raises his ugly head again. I'm trying to think what I was > doing on the evening of October 22, 1997... Where was the party? > > Andrew K. Rindsberg > Geological Survey of Alabama > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1333008,00.html > > > Dr. David Campbell Old Seashells University of Alabama Biodiversity & Systematics Dept. Biological Sciences Box 870345 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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