james-ussher

Cope laughed. __ wouldn__ worry yourself, my friend. Eobasileus has been extinct for thirty-seven million years.__t this, the preacher could no longer contain himself. __onsense! Utter nonsense!___onsense?_ asked Cope.__he archbishop James Ussher, using the Holy Bible itself, worked back generation by generation, mathematically, and calculated that the Earth was created on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC at precisely eight a.m.___id he, now? Eight a.m., precisely?___recisely,_ the preacher insisted.Copy and Sternberg exchanged amused looks.__ell,_ Cope replied, __ince the rotation of the Earth assures us that it__ always eight a.m. somewhere in the world, I suppose I should applaud him for guessing the correct time, at least._ The cowboy couldn__ help but interject.__ardon me, Preacher, but if I recall correctly, didn__ the Bible say something about the Lord resting on the seventh day?__he preacher looked confused. __hat?_____ certain of it._ The cowboy quickly snatched the Bible from the preacher__ hands and opened it to the first page of Genesis. __ure. Here it is. He got started on a Monday, making light and darkness. By the time he got around to creating the Earth it was well into the third day. I make that to be Wednesday, not Sunday.__onplussed and blushing, the preacher snatched his Bible back. The cowboy shrugged. __ooks to me like your archbishop pulled a fast one, Preacher. Or maybe he just wasn__ all that good at calculating.