First of all, I just wanted to say I don't necessarily believe Ussher's calculations.
Originally posted by quetzalcoatl13
First of all the obvious: if that is the day the earth was created then why is it not the first day of the calendar? Considering we operate with the
Gregorian calendar being used and that calendar was decreed by the church to be law, why wouldnt october 23rd be the first day of the year?
Furthermore, why would the earth start in 4004 B.C. instead of 1 or something similar?
1). The Gregorian calender was already in use by the time Ussher came up with his dates and calculations.
2). Therefore, BC/AD was already in effect so year '1' became 4004 'BC.'
3). On the other hand, the Jewish calender is more 'linear' (for lack of a better term), with no BC/AD divisions. According to their calender,
we're currently in the year 5769. Their new year also starts at Rosh Hashanah, which corresponds to our September and October, depending on the year
it falls on. According to the Hebrew calender, creation began on the 25th of Elul, around our August/September.
4). So basically, our calender, already in use for centuries, wasn't redone just to accommodate Ussher's calculations.
