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Different [[Bible|Biblical]] scholars suggest that Ussher might be off by as much as 215 years in his calculation. The key points of [[Biblical chronology dispute|dispute]] that lead them to compute a different year for [[date of creation]] are the birth date of [[Abraham]], the Sojourn of the children of [[Jacob|Israel]] in [[Egypt]], and the length of the linked histories of the Divided Kingdoms [[Northern Kingdom|Northern]] and [[Southern Kingdom|Southern]]. Secular historians, in addition, have attempted to synchronize the [[Exodus]] from Egypt at a date 201 years later than Ussher calculated for it.

Different [[Bible|Biblical]] scholars suggest that Ussher might be off by as much as 215 years in his calculation. The key points of [[Biblical chronology dispute|dispute]] that lead them to compute a different year for [[date of creation]] are the birth date of [[Abraham]], the Sojourn of the children of [[Jacob|Israel]] in [[Egypt]], and the length of the linked histories of the Divided Kingdoms [[Northern Kingdom|Northern]] and [[Southern Kingdom|Southern]]. Secular historians, in addition, have attempted to synchronize the [[Exodus]] from Egypt at a date 201 years later than Ussher calculated for it.

In addition, [[Young earth creationism|young Earth creationists]], are flexible on the age of the Earth and do not take Ussher's calculation as the final word.  They believe that the Earth is anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 years old, but most young Earth creationists today hold to a date of about 6,000 years.

[[Young earth creationism|young Earth creationists]] are flexible on the age of the Earth and do not take Ussher's calculation as the final word.  They believe that the Earth is anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000 years old, but most young Earth creationists today hold to a date of about 6,000 years.

Most scientists (primarily mainstream (uniformatarian) [[geology|geologists]], but also [[Old Earth Creationism|old earth creationists]] as well) do not agree with Usher's findings and interpret the geological evidence to derive an age of 4.6 billion years.<ref>http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html</ref>

Most scientists (primarily mainstream (uniformatarian) [[geology|geologists]], but also [[Old Earth Creationism|old earth creationists]] as well) do not agree with Usher's findings and interpret the geological evidence to derive an age of 4.6 billion years.<ref>http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html</ref>