Hi Marcus: Thanks and NO further comments. Should there be any *to me*, I shall welcome as personal mail! Brij B.Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [USMA:21752] Re: On Correcting MJD, CE and Eras >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:37:26 -0700 > >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 > _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com
