"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
23 October 2007Happy birthday, planet EarthSunday's child is full of grace:
[I]n the seventeenth century, in his great work, Dr. John Lightfoot, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and one of the most eminent Hebrew scholars of his time, declared, as the result of his most profound and exhaustive study of the Scriptures, that "heaven and earth, centre and circumference, were created all together, in the same instant, and clouds full of water," and that "this work took place and man was created by the Trinity on October 23, 4004 B.C., at nine o'clock in the morning."
Standard Time, no doubt. Posted at 9:00 AM to Say What?TrackBack: 1:00 PM, 23 October 2007 » Imagine That from The McGehee Zone Apparently the universe is a Scorpio....[read more] Amazing! I'm going to celebrate the the anniversary of the world's birth by eating a Snickers bar. Posted by: GreenCanary at 9:36 AM on 23 October 2007And here I had always heard that date attributed to Bishop Ussher. (Of course, the 4.5 billion year or so date that is the scientific standard is more my style...) Posted by: fillyjonk at 12:27 PM on 23 October 2007Well, Bishop Ussher did come up with that same date, independently; Lightfoot is the one who determined the time of day. (Apparently rather a lot of research was done on this particular matter in those days.) Posted by: CGHill at 12:45 PM on 23 October 2007Nine o'clock in the morning standard time, sure -- since God didn't create daylight-saving time until much later. But which time zone? And who knew the universe was a Scorpio? Posted by: McGehee at 12:58 PM on 23 October 2007Especially, you know, since Jesus was a Capricorn. Posted by: CGHill at 2:24 PM on 23 October 2007Here's another question to ponder: if I go to a fundamentalist church and get "Born Again," do I get a new sign? Posted by: McGehee at 3:37 PM on 23 October 2007Depends on what time of year you go, don't you think? Posted by: CGHill at 4:49 PM on 23 October 2007McGeHee: As in "Here's your sign"? Posted by: unimpressed at 8:15 PM on 23 October 2007LOL Posted by: McGehee at 9:44 PM on 23 October 2007Ah, McGeehee, but God didn't create Daylight Savings time at all - THAT, my friend, is a creation of Satan, aided and abetted by those members of Congress whose day ends early enough that they can be out on the back 9 before the sun sets. For the rest of us working stiffs, all it means is driving to work in the dead dark instead of driving to work in the dark. Posted by: fillyjonk at 7:10 AM on 24 October 2007Er... it must be GMT+2 (Jerusalem), you know. Anyway, if 9:00 AM is the time, it is no wonder the result went of the assembly line with so poor quality control. Take the teeth, for example. For me 9:00 AM is the time when the first brain cell start taking notice of that caffeine that starts insinuating itself into my blood stream. No more. Posted by: SnoopyTheGoon at 7:52 AM on 24 October 2007Ah, McGeehee, but God didn't create Daylight Savings time at all - THAT, my friend, is a creation of Satan And who created Satan...? That sign on God's desk has quoted Harry Truman since before Truman was born. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to put on my flame-proof suit and climb into my Faraday cage. Posted by: McGehee at 1:43 PM on 24 October 2007 |