RE: JESUS <3
July 15, 2015 at 8:53 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2015 at 9:43 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 15, 2015 at 8:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I have another question, since it seems the majority of you don't think Jesus was any type of real person, does it bother you that much of the world uses His (supposed) birth to tell time?
I'm talking about the fact that we're in the year 2015... and anything before that is referred to as Before Christ? (BC)
Not at all.
The current calendar was not immediately adopted by the western world as many believe.
England and the US did not even adopt it until 1752. Sweden in 1753.
Most of the rest of Europe adopted it in the 16th century.
Most Protestant countries believed it was a Catholic conspiracy.
Does it bother you that some of the months of the year are named after Roman gods?
March = Mars
May = Maia
June = Juno
January = Janus
Or that the days of the week are named after the Norse gods?
Thursday = Thor
Wednesday = Wotan
Friday = Freria
Saturday = Saturn
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
