(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)
Different civilizations use their own myths to tell time today. What year is it in North Korea?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_calendar
And we know about the Jewish and Islamic calendars. It's like the minute hands on clocks. They weren't needed until railroads were invented. A standard calendar is a nifty way to know when things happened and when future events will occur. It's great for planning purposes.