Should we replace the birth of Christ to date time (BC/AD) with a secular .....

I don't know anyone who has found BC/AD designations to be offensive...that said, I do find it interesting that the entire world now uses this dating system. A bit egotistic of us Christians I think. Hmmmmm?????
 
Mori,

I think the benefit of using the AD/BC system (or any other one, it happens to be the AD/BC system anyhow) is standardization. Anyone in the world can go to any other place in the world and say, "I bought this car in 2004." The language might be different, but you can bet most of the civilized world will understand exactly the year you bought your car.

That has quite an interesting economic benefit. Right now I can tell you some problems are coming straight out of the Imperial and SI measurement systems. You say, "I want four hundred wooden beams, each five feet long, shipped from your plant in Buenos Aires to my distribution facility in Kansas City." There is a chance you'll end up with a botched order because Juan Doe didn't convert the numbers right.

I think that the prevalence of the AD/BC system instead of, say, AUC, or the Julian Calendar or even the system the Khmer Rouge used in Cambodia, is really a product of a western cultural hegemony.
 
MorriganTait said:
I don't know anyone who has found BC/AD designations to be offensive...that said, I do find it interesting that the entire world now uses this dating system. A bit egotistic of us Christians I think. Hmmmmm?????
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Got a question for you, Morrigan Tait: When you see a power pole, the kind that are in the form of a cross, where do you think that idea came from? From Jesus being on the cross.

How about the profession of people who work clerical? What do you think "clerical" is short for? For people who are in the Christian ministry.

How about this kicker . . . if you believe in evolution, can you tell me what the eyeball is made out of? Even scientists and evolutionists can't, neither can they explain how it is made, what's in it and what causes it to do what it does.

This should hit home with all the women: If there hadn't ever been sin in the world (Garden of Eden), did you know that children weren't intended on being born giving their mother such pain in childbirth? The pain came after sin entered the world.

Personally, I like to story of the eyeball the best. I have yet to hear or meet a scientist that can explain it.


Pete
 
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