Mini said this:

(May 3, 2016 at 2:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Fear not....some dipshit will be along to defend the fairy tales in short order.  Facts do not even slow those motherfuckers down.

Two posts later Drich turns up I almost pissed myself laughing. Turns out the "dipshit" actually happened to be dripshit.

Actually.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_calendar

(May 5, 2016 at 1:08 pm)Drich Wrote: glob...

And how did one measure one rotation around the sun, when it was thought the sun revolved around the earth?

Sometimes I mistake you for someone with a modicum of intelligence, based on my interactions with folk in real life and on forums but you always manage to overstep the mark into abstract stupidity.

I want to meet up with you Drich, my curiosity is getting the better of me. I don't believe you actually exist.

(May 5, 2016 at 1:32 pm)TubbyTubby Wrote:

(May 5, 2016 at 1:08 pm)Drich Wrote: glob...

And how did one measure one rotation around the sun, when it was thought the sun revolved around the earth?

Sometimes I mistake you for someone with a modicum of intelligence, based on my interactions with folk in real life and on forums but you always manage to overstep the mark into abstract stupidity.

I want to meet up with you Drich, my curiosity is getting the better of me. I don't believe you actually exist.

I'm more amazed/dismayed that he has more rep than me.

(May 5, 2016 at 1:22 pm)Drich Wrote: Our calendar is based on orbital position. In a time and place where those terms were meaningless the counting of the year was based on food production, or celestial worship. They did not count days because then it was thought the earth was the center and the sun move around it.

The point being a year then was not 365 1/4 days. So to count a year then as you do now makes you a fool.

So what is your argument? That the Earths orbital period 6000 years ago was different to now?

Fucking frightening that these people inhabit the same planet as me.

(May 5, 2016 at 8:25 am)Drich Wrote: What constitutes a Year, now?

What constituted a year before Gregorian calendar, before the Roman, before the Grecian, before the Hebrew calendar?

What constituted a "year" when Adam was alive?

Had a xtian try to tell me that the old time bible "year" was actually the moon phase. A year back then was actually one month. They will make up anything to make the numbers even kind of work. Just say god and stop trying to justify the fantasy.

(May 5, 2016 at 1:08 pm)Drich Wrote:

(May 5, 2016 at 8:39 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: One revolution around the Sun, same as always. Tapdancing does trump celestial mechanics.

glob...

And how did one measure one rotation around the sun, when it was thought the sun revolved around the earth?

Doesn't matter from the pov of someone on this planet. Note where the Sun rises on a particular day, record how it rises in a different place half a year later, work out the difference until it begins again. All you need is a clear sky and a reason to notice such things - say an agrarian economy.

(May 5, 2016 at 1:08 pm)Drich Wrote:

(May 5, 2016 at 8:39 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: One revolution around the Sun, same as always. Tapdancing does trump celestial mechanics.

glob...

And how did one measure one rotation around the sun, when it was thought the sun revolved around the earth?

For the illiterate it would have been when the same stars were in the sky. Happened the same way every YEAR.

Ancient people were clever enough to build the likes of Stonehenge and Newgrange which were aligned to the position of the sun at very specific times, eg you can see the sun from the innermost chamber in Newgrange only on dawn of the winter solstice. They understood full well what a year was.