The Inference That the Earth Had Been Created in 4004

question 178

Multiple Choice

The inference that the Earth had been created in 4004 B.C.E.was attributed to James Ussher who ________.

• A)carefully counted the generations and "begats" in the Bible
• B)was a religious crackpot whom nobody believed
• C)had this revealed to him by the Archangel Gabriel in a divine dream
• D)was the Irish geologist to first attempt absolute dating of rocks

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