As a matter of fact it seems that God (which is the same for muslims, christians and jews) told us several thousand years ago to GO Metric by giving the 10 commandments.
We still don't get it! Adrian PS: And if we put this information together with the Bill's quote from Deuteronomy we get: "You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures and the one you have shall be decimal" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barbara and/or Bill Hooper Sent: Tuesday, 27 November, 2001 10:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:16427] Re: attitudes Regarding Han's quote: > Imperialists could claim: "As Jesus did not use metric, the world should not > use metric." I've heard this variation: If God had wanted us to use the metric system, there would have been 10 disciples (instead of 12). to which I reply: If God had wanted us to use Ye Olde English units there would have been 5280 commandments (instead of 10). Han also mentioned: > ...the condemnations of false weight and measure in the Bible ... Here is the reference for that quote (or at least the one with which I am most familiar): Deuteronomy 25:14a "You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures ..." I use this to suggest that we should not have two different measuring systems in the US or in the world. Regards, Bill Hooper ============ Keep It Simple! Make It Metric! ============ -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com
