Then again, I don't like the idea of saying to my kids that the reason we say 2020 or whatever, is because some people believe some magical guy was born 2020 years ago, and then tell them the lie that is christianity.
Not that I'd think they'd convert to christianity, or that I think them converting to christianity would make them of an evil agenda, but I don't like the idea of a society taking an adaptation of a lie.
Though, I don't know a reasonable alternative, I'm sure there are people here who understand my concern.
Originally posted by lord xyz
Then again, I don't like the idea of saying to my kids that the reason we say 2020 or whatever, is because some people believe some magical guy was born 2020 years ago, and then tell them the lie that is christianity.Not that I'd think they'd convert to christianity, or that I think them converting to christianity would make them of an evil agenda, but I don't like the idea of a society taking an adaptation of a lie.
Or you could tell them it's an arbitrary system based originally on the faith of a group of people that was totally dominant when it was created and has been kept simply for the sake of convenience.
Originally posted by lord xyz
Though, I don't know a reasonable alternative, I'm sure there are people here who understand my concern.
There is no reasonable concern to be had. If your scared by our systems of numbering the years the way we got names for the days would make you shit yourself.
Originally posted by lord xyz
Then again, I don't like the idea of saying to my kids that the reason we say 2020 or whatever, is because some people believe some magical guy was born 2020 years ago, and then tell them the lie that is christianity.Not that I'd think they'd convert to christianity, or that I think them converting to christianity would make them of an evil agenda, but I don't like the idea of a society taking an adaptation of a lie.
Though, I don't know a reasonable alternative, I'm sure there are people here who understand my concern.
i can understand that, and feel largely the same way about Christmas
my advice is just explain it to your kids as honestly as you can, tell them your opinion, and let them decide. I'm sure they will understand that it isn't practical
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
There is no reasonable concern to be had. If your scared by our systems of numbering the years the way we got names for the days would make you shit yourself.
It's a good point. Our years are based on Christian mythology, our months on Roman and out days on Germanic. At least we are fair to our cultural influences, eh?
Who cares...if we keep changing our dating systems to go with modern accept thought- it will have to be revised every few generations...
Don't fix it if its not broken.
Not to mention, all the historical stuff from the last 2008 years would be knocked totally out of sync. Then when the time-system is changed again, all our dates will be knocked out of sync.
It will make it very difficult.
Originally posted by lord xyz
Then again, I don't like the idea of saying to my kids that the reason we say 2020 or whatever, is because some people believe some magical guy was born 2020 years ago, and then tell them the lie that is christianity.Not that I'd think they'd convert to christianity, or that I think them converting to christianity would make them of an evil agenda, but I don't like the idea of a society taking an adaptation of a lie.
Though, I don't know a reasonable alternative, I'm sure there are people here who understand my concern.
Jesus just called me. He's very confused about you use of the word "lies". I told him that it's just an angry 17 year old who's bored.