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Offline LrsDude

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Re: A.D. vs C.E.
« Reply #20 on: August 11, 2010, 09:29:13 PM »
Isn't the seven day week based on Christianity as well?

I have a mathematical solution to all this. All years will now appear on a number line. Hence, we are now in the year +2010, and the dinosaurs died around the year -65,000,000. Of course, this doesn't completely solve things, because those dumb guys didn't use a year "zero"... dammit.
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Re: A.D. vs C.E.
« Reply #21 on: August 11, 2010, 11:58:42 PM »
Actually it seems the 7 day week technically is of Christian origin, but only because Pope Gregory the something-th took the old Roman/Germanic calendar system and made some minor tweaks to it so that it'd to be more accurate - before, it was about 11 minutes off.

Oh hell now I'm trawling wikipedia again.
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Re: A.D. vs C.E.
« Reply #22 on: August 12, 2010, 03:27:07 AM »
NEW CALENDER IDEA

SOLAR YEAR

LUNAR MONTH

NO WEEK

TERRESTRIAL DAY

STARTS AT MITOCHONDRIAL DAWN

CUE PC BITCHING ABOUT HUMAN-CENTRIC CALENDER
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Re: A.D. vs C.E.
« Reply #23 on: August 12, 2010, 11:30:24 AM »
Sounds good to me, but some subdivision of the month would be useful. I don't think quartering it is a problem -- call it by moonphases.
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Re: A.D. vs C.E.
« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2010, 02:25:04 PM »
Quote from: machiavelli33 on August 11, 2010, 11:58:42 PM
Actually it seems the 7 day week technically is of Christian origin...
Nope, it's Jewish. The scriptural basis is Genesis 1 -- seven days for creation. But it seems the idea was already around...
Quote from: Scix on August 12, 2010, 11:30:24 AM
Sounds good to me, but some subdivision of the month would be useful. I don't think quartering it is a problem -- call it by moonphases.
Yup -- so good the Babylonians thought of it.  ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-day_week

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