Sir, – Letter writers who suggest that creationists consider the Earth to be only 4,000 years old appear to be one-third short of the mark.
The real figure is around 6,000 years ago.
This is linked to a synthetical chronology devised in the mid-1600s by the Church of Ireland archbishop of Armagh, James Ussher. Calibrating biblical events and persons, he determined that the Earth was created in 4,004 BC.
He even provided a date, October 23rd.
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So when the 35 members of the electoral elite of the Democratic Unionist Party have ushered in a new leader, the 6,025th birthday of the Earth can then be celebrated in late October this year. – Yours, etc,
CHRIS
SPURR,
Ballygowan,
Co Down.