(July 15, 2015 at 9:04 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Cath, are you implying that something divine forced man to reset the year/time?
I don't think you mean that.
This was settled and accomplished after the fact...by humans...
Indeed. A 6th century monk named Dionysius Exiguus ( Dennis the short.)
I think he got that nickname while showering with thhe boys after a monastery basketball game.
He also made a couple of serious math errors. Oh, and he had no idea when "jesus" was born. I would imagine we could come up with a better system.