RE: JESUS <3
July 15, 2015 at 9:02 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2015 at 9:19 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 15, 2015 at 8:38 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(July 15, 2015 at 8:34 pm)Jenny A Wrote: For better or worse the Christian era is a turning point in Western History. But you will notice that BCE (before common era) and CE (common era) or in use among scholars.
Ah I see. Never seen it before.
This next question is going to sound like I'm trying to convince you of something, but I promise I am not lol: How do you feel about a new religion spreading so quickly that it actually created a "turning point" in History? So much so that we use it to tell time? Do you think that's odd, or perfectly reasonable?
The earliest adopter of the calendar that dates the birth of Jesus as a "turning point" was Venice in 1582.
So, your alleged 'quickly spreading region' was so influential, that it took 1549 years to change the calendar, in commemoration of this momentous event.
Count me as unimpressed.
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.
