2006-07-16 18:06:55 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You need to keep time somehow...
2006-07-16 18:11:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. 2006 AD sure beats 6 Bush2 or 7 Clinton. Maybe by
3000 AD the earth's inhabitants will start a new count at 1 AW.
Of course you Christians believed the earth was flat and the
sun revolved around the earth in 525 AD when you started
using AD and BC.
2006-07-16 19:15:43 · answer #2 · answered by John J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but then again I grew up with it. Any measure of time is to some extent an arbitrary decision, so we might as well pick something that works and stick with it.
My beef is that the start point of the year is so arbitrary - it should start at some point that has real-world significance, like the day after the winter solstice.
2006-07-16 18:13:44 · answer #3 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In these politically correct times, many are adopting a change from B.C. (Before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, or Year of our Lord) to B.C.E. (Before Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era).
What they fail to mention, whether it's realized or not, is that the very thing that divides the era from "before" to the "current" era is Christ. So, it's just "fluffy" talk. Meaningless blather. It's the elephant in the room. Everyone knows it's there, but no one wants to talk about it.
2006-07-16 18:13:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, yet i might rather human beings ward off utilizing BC and advert, a minimum of for issues that are no longer shoddy "medical" bible motives. as quickly as I found out they used it in museums and in any different case historic or medical places, and found out what BC and advert meant, as quickly as I had the flair to appreciate the irony, I lol'd. Then I felt relatively nervous approximately human beings falling in to ironic issues like this and how via fact BC and advert are the greater usual words I doubt they're going to stop getting used. temporarily, they do no longer offend me, rather I basically locate it suggestions numbingly ridiculous.
2016-10-08 00:20:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, because it denotes a time line reference that I'm so used to. Some things are more important than to get so worked up over this. But this is from a New Age perspective.
2006-07-16 18:10:45 · answer #6 · answered by sacredmud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all - time is a man made medium, so is Christianity so no big deal.
Besides, atheists and muslims don't doubt the existence of Jesus
2006-07-16 18:08:35 · answer #7 · answered by LadyRebecca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Ya see, its only the weirdo Christians that get offended at little stuff like this that, in the big scheme of things, doesn't matter at all.
2006-07-16 18:10:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. A universal structure of time may be the only logical thing that came out of that book.
2006-07-16 18:10:48 · answer #9 · answered by Galen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, I'm not that radical of an atheist. I got better things to be concerned with.
2006-07-16 18:11:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I guess I could see how it might offend some people.
2006-07-16 18:09:54 · answer #11 · answered by Fallen_jedi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋