The Inference That the Earth Had Been Created in 4004

Multiple Choice

The inference that the Earth had been created in 4004 B.C.E.was attributed to James Ussher who ________.

A) carefully counted the generations and "begats" in the Bible
B) was a religious crackpot whom nobody believed
C) had this revealed to him by the Archangel Gabriel in a divine dream
D) was the Irish geologist to first attempt absolute dating of rocks