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- From: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Agnostics and Athiests
- Message-ID: <1873@snap>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 09:13:25 GMT
- References: <1992Jul30.175057.9797@pbhyc.PacBell.COM>
- Reply-To: paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson)
- Organization: GEC-Marconi Research Centre, Great Baddow, UK
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- In article <1992Jul30.175057.9797@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> djdaneh@PacBell.COM (Dan'l DanehyOakes) writes:
-
- >Well, his name was James Ussher, he was a bishop, and he lived in the 16th
- >and 17th centuries (1581-1656). And, yes, he did that, which was quite
- >clever of him considering that there are a great many gaps in the biblical
- >record, and, yes, an awful lot of people took him seriously.
- >
- >Which only goes to prove that people can be schmucks.
- >
- >As I recall, he came up with a specific *day* in 4004 (in June) and even
- >a specific time of day, but I could be wrong about that.
-
- According to Terry Pratchett and Niel Gaiman in "Good Omens", the good
- Bishop came up with 4004 BC and an assistant later extended the
- calculation to 9am Jerusalem time, 29th October. This calculation is
- inaccurate. By almost 15 minutes :-)
-
- This date and time (without the time zone) also made an appearance in
- the film dramatisation of the Scopes Monkey trial. Does anyone know
- if this really happened? What does the court record actually say?
-
- Paul.
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