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Inherit the Wind

That Eastern Standard Time? Or Rocky Mountain Time? It wasn't Daylight Saving Time, was...

Matthew Harrison Brady:

A fine biblical scholar, Bishop Usher, has determined for us the exact date and hour of the Creation. It occurred in the year 4004 B.C. Henry Drummond:
Well, that's Bishop Usher's opinion. Matthew Harrison Brady:
It's not an opinion. It's a literal fact -- which the good Bishop arrived at through careful computation of the ages of the prophets, as set down in the Old Testament. In fact, he determined that the Lord began the Creation on the 23rd of October, 4004 B.C. at, uh, 9:00 AM. Henry Drummond:
That Eastern Standard Time? Or Rocky Mountain Time? It wasn't Daylight Saving Time, was it? Because the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day

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A fine biblical scholar Bishop Ussher
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has determined for us the exact date and hour of the Creation
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It occurred in the year 4004 BC
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Well that's Bishop Ussher's opinion
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It's not an opinion It's a fact which the bishop arrived at through computation
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of the ages of the prophets as set down in the Old Testament
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In fact he determined that the Lord began the Creation on 23rd October 4004 BC
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at 9am
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Is that Eastern Standard Time
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Or Rocky Mountain Time
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It wasn't Daylight Saving Time the Lord didn't make the sun until the fourth day
Duration
50 seconds
Views
1,130
Timestamp in Movie
01:41:37
Uploaded
Nov 27, 2022
Production
Stanley Kramer Productions,United Artists

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Movie Summary

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Actors

Fredric March
Matthew Harrison Brady
Spencer Tracy
Henry Drummond