Big birthday today. Why hasn't Bush mentioned it?

[Rex_Goodheart]

Today is the world's 6000th birthday.

The earth was created on October 22, 4004 BC, according to a famous assertion by James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland, who used Biblical accounts and genealogies in his calculation.

Seems like Bush could sew up the creationist vote by saying "Today is the world's 6000th birthday! Only by defeating the terrorists will we have the 30 more before Jesus pays us another visit!"

Oh well, strike that. He already has the creationist vote sewn up. No need to piss off rich people who believe in evolution.

[BurtWorm]

1. Shee-it. I got socks older'n that.

;)

[nixonwasbetterthanW]

2. your math, or Ussher's, math is off --

World would have had to have been created on 10/22/3996 B.C.

[Rex_Goodheart]

4. LOL, sniggles...

OK, I admit it... I made a really stupid math error.

It's the 6008th birthday of the world!

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

3. If it was 4004 bc, it would be the 6007th birthday today

which is clearly not worthy of mention by our idiot-in-chief

[omnithrope]

5. The earth is about 4.5 billion years old, actually.

nt

[Qanisqineq]

6. IT IS ALSO MY HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY!

Happy 33rd Birthday honey! :party:

I've never understood how creationists explain carbon-dating. Fossils can be carbon-dated to millions of years old, much older than 6,000 years old. My sister is a born-again and has bought me books on how evolution is a "fairytale" only I've never been able to read that far into it.

[Rex_Goodheart]

7. I think carbon dating is only good for measuring things back 35000 years

or so. However, there are many other dating methods.

Creationists are whackos.

[Qanisqineq]

10. well, that is still more than 6000 !

I didn't pay much attention in my college geology course and it shows! I found out I didn't like learning about different rocks. :)

[humanbeing]

11. but don't forget the time zone:

what time zone was the Earth in when God created it?

[Generator]

8. Happy birthday Earth!

You don't look a day over 59999, except(let's face it) in Florida, where frankly, I think you are a wee bit over the top with your fountain of youth thing.

[Cocoa]

9. 6000 spankings for the Earth

:party: