Just to say, as a total greenhorn, I appreciated and enjoyed the post. I take it the "experimental" aspect is the way it is presuming a birthdate for the earth itself. I'd be interested in a bit of backstory about Thema Mundi, and whoever worked out that specific date, and what their reasoning involved.
The most definite such "earth birthdate" that I have known of, and I learned it while growing up evangelical, is that of Bishop Ussher, whose calculation that the earth was created at mid-day, 23rd October, 4004BC, is so very, very specific. And also, so very chart-friendly.
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Date: 2024-08-10 08:32 pm (UTC)The most definite such "earth birthdate" that I have known of, and I learned it while growing up evangelical, is that of Bishop Ussher, whose calculation that the earth was created at mid-day, 23rd October, 4004BC, is so very, very specific. And also, so very chart-friendly.
https://www.bethinking.org/is-there-a-creator/conflict-myths-bishop-ussher-and-the-date-of-creation
If anyone was feeling "experimentally" inclined, I suppose playing around with a chart using this creation date could be fun, too.
(No, not volunteering, at least not this year)... ;)
As to what is predicted, I'm hanging in there...