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Hard to declare that the earth is only 6000 years old with all those science hippies in the way. Gotta set priorities.
by kevin_thibedeau 1y ago
Hard to declare that the earth is only 6000 years old with all those science hippies in the way. Gotta set priorities.
- baxtr 1y agoWhat do you mean when you say "only"?!
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- SequoiaHope 1y agoThe post is a reference to religious fundamentalists that deny science and declare that god made the earth 6000 years ago. Science is an inconvenience for those wishing to make such declarations.
- moralestapia 1y ago[flagged]
- dredmorbius 1y agoThe Ussher Chronology, held fast to by many Christian religious fundamentalists / extremists through Young Earth Creationism: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Earth_creationism>
- greenchair 1y ago[flagged]
- tobyjsullivan 1y agoMany scientists believe the earth is, in fact, much older than that.
- 47282847 1y agoOne is religious freedom, the other is science. You pick which is which. ;)
- mistrial9 1y ago[dead]
- kens 1y agoA bit over 6000 years old: the specific date that Ussher determined for creation is October 23, 4004 BC, an amusing level of precision.
- croon 1y agoJust had to check, and that date was a Sunday, but that's when the big guy rested, so I'd argue that date is inconsistent within the lore to begin with.
- prox 1y agoIt is said jokingly, but wait until you read this, go the goals section. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Network_Charismatic_Christianity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Network_Charismati... This network is closely aligned with Trump. Paula White did the invocation at the 2016 inauguration.