... the name of a grandson or great-grandson is substituted for the name of a son. Such gaps can be demonstrated in some biblical genealogies. (In Matthew 1:8, for instance, Matthew skips three generations from Joram to Uzziah, apparently to maintain a symmetry in the genealogy.) No such gaps can be proven in the detailed genealogies of ... if you would have cut down a tree on the first day of creation, it would have had rings as if it were several years old (Newton). Newton goes on to describe a third theory known as the Age Day Theory. This theory is based upon the fact that the Hebrew wo...

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... based their families, societies, kingdoms and livelihood on the information based in the Bible, information which, until the 1500's had not been challenged. The theories of Galileo and Sir Isaac Newton had challenged the beliefs of many Catholics; it seemed to them that their trust in the Bible was being questioned. For many it was too much; some lost faith in ... the writings in the Bible were written long ago by people who had no scientific experience or theory, so by ignoring those writings and focusing on the less controversial writings (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) involving Jesus, t...

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