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If you consult the article on Biblical Chronology in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica, you will see it demonstrated that Ussher's date for the Creation, on his own premisses, was late by over a hundred years. Hence if it was to last only 6,000 years, the Judgement ought to have come already. But don't relax! A better authority has told us 'Ye know not when...'. On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Abigail Ann Young wrote: > This late-breaking item (so-to-speak)..... > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > > Date sent: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 10:36:07 -0400 > Send reply to: Early Music List <[log in to unmask]> > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: End of the World > To: Multiple recipients of list EARLYM-L <[log in to unmask]> > > Date sent: 22-OCT-1996 > > > > James Ussher, Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin, and Bishop of Armagh > predicted that the World would end on Wednesday October 23, 1996. The > end will begin with dawn and will proceed throughout the day and > should be done by dusk. (Bishop Ussher's time frame is still > incorporated in the King James' Bible.) So good-bye everyone. > > However, it's not too late to party! > > Ed Margerum > > [log in to unmask] > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Mark Harris > S-mail: Finance Division, University of London, Room 255, Senate > House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Tel: 0171-636 8000 x 3488 > Fax: 0171-631 1195 > > > I have often repented of having spoken, but never of having > been silent. > Abba Arsenius the Great > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >