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some thoughts on biblical chronology

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1402, 5th February, 2010
We often hear the year 4004 BC spoken of by conservative Christians as the approximate date of Creation.  This is the date which was set by Archbishop Ussher hundreds of years ago.  Now, while the hyperconservatives think his date quite precise, he is routinely scoffed at by more liberally-minded Christians who think of his dating [...]
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population growth, exodus, and numbers

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0416, 7th December, 2009
Often, people attempt to use what they call science to disprove the history in the Bible. One of the accusations concerns the rapid population growth recorded in the Bible during the Israelite sojourn in Exodus. This is the accusation: that to start with 70 Israelite men going into Egypt and end with over 2,000,000 people [...]
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