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on 04-10-22 18.35, bivalve at bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com wrote: > 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? > Yes, I posted something on the very day... >Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 23:45:08 -0700 >Reply-To: graham.budd@pal.uu.se >Originator: paleonet@ucmp1.berkeley.edu >Sender: paleonet@ucmp1.berkeley.edu >From: Graham Budd <graham.budd@pal.uu.se> >To: Multiple recipients of list <paleonet@ucmp1.berkeley.edu> >Subject: Usshering in the New Millenium... >X-Comment: PaleoNet Mailing List > > > >As Archbp Ussher famously calculated, the world was created on 23rd Oct >4004 BC. As there is no year '0', this makes today the 6000th anniversary >of the event. Whilst pedants might complain about the Julian calendar, >and the small intercalation of a few extra >billion years that minor adjustments to his scheme have involved over the >years, I think we on Paleonet should salute the efforts of an early bio- >and chrono-stratigrapher. If one wants to be more precise, one could >crack the bubbly at 9 am (GMT?), if one believes the further refinement of >Sir John Lightfoot. Perhaps a bit early for alcoholic consumption (or, >indeed, anything else) for our colleagues in the west... > >So: happy 7th Millenium! > >Graham Budd > >University of Uppsala >Sweden Graham
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