The Observation Deck:  Did you know?

One of The Trump’s cabinet ministers and a great many Republicans actually believe the earth is 6,000 years old. What you probably don’t know is where that comes from.  That belief is based on the calculations of the 17th Century Irish Archbishop of Armagh, James Ussher, who used the generations and ages given in the Bible to calculate that the exact date of creation was Saturday, October 22, 4004 BC.  Now if you add the years since ancient Christians adopted pagan rituals to determine the birth of Jesus, you add 2017, so the earth is 6,021 years old.  And if you believe that, it is perfectly understandable why you believe everything Donald Trump says.