On Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:32:38 Brij Bhushan Vij wrote: >... >I have been doing some calculations on 'correcting the Eras'.
This is unfortunately a very contentious and next to impossible issue to resolve from a purely technical point-of-view. There unfortunately is no way known to us that we could find when a "true zero calendar" started. Such records of history have unfortunately been lost and I honestly see no reliable way of recovering them. >... > The Christian calendar not only had no zero year but also used Roman >Numeral I... This is one of the "flaws" that may be quite difficult to address. Besides this would mean a fundamental shift in how humanity has been keeping track of years and days reckoning. True, ideally day one should actually be 0 point something till midnight when it finally would reach the number one. But then how should we refer to that day? Day zero? Hmm... Hard pill to sell. The same observation goes to year (year zero). So, I don't know, I personally have mixed feelings about this. However, if there is ever to be a change on this we may take solace in the fact that the year zero (wherever it fell...) is already in the past. Nonetheless, the counting of days situation would always persist, so... >: How to fix the instant of Lords Birth... Finally, the issue of when Jesus was actually born. Most scholars agree that 25 of December is *NOT* the correct day on which He was born. This is practically a certainty. Why the 25 of December then? I'd refer people to read Catholic publications that clearly show that this day had a strong connection to the Dies Solis celebration day in the Roman Empire days. This pagan tradition eventually found its way into Christianity and has been adopted as His day of birth. The same controversy exists about what year He was born, too. The options range from 3 to 4 years after the current official year 1 AD. So... Again, I honestly believe that attempting to unite global calendars on this may be unfruitful. Marcus Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com
