>By the way, these folks think Pat Robertson is some kind of crazy liberal because he has been duped by Satan into believing the billions of years thing.
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"In preparing this work, Ussher first made the assumption that the Bible is the only reliable source of chronological information for the time periods covered therein." and "When we defer to the Bible as our authoritative basis for the areas on which it touches, it will prove itself without fail."
Uhh, I think I see your problem right there...
When I defer the to Star Trek timeline as my authoritative basis, the future seems pretty cool. Oh, and we'll meet our first alien species in 50 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Star_Trek