It is time theists, give it up.

[joG]

I know I don't.

In fact, I don't agree with change simply for the sake of change...so if it ain't broke?

Don't "fix" it. :shrug:

You'll never make a good progressive.

 

[Harshaw]

If there's any change that's actually warranted, it's changing from base 10 to base 12. But that's not going to happen, either.

 

[WCH]

Might as well throw in a conversion to the metric system...IWOs NFW

 

[blarg]

Proposing a change in calanders is not unique or an impossible idea. Western civilisation has gone frome hellenic to roman to julian to gregorian.
We have had the calander we now use in effect to measure over two thousand years now. Given a starting point to a religion that no longer controls the thinking of modern man. That of the birth of christ and is called anno domini meaning in the year of our lord.

However this is archaic and based on a superstition and i argue that it is about time it was replaced with somethin contemporary and more fitting to what now has a greater influence. And what could be more fitting that america itself.

So i propose that instead of this being the year 2018 anno domini instead the calander once again should be changed and this should instead be the year 241 anno americae.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era

 

[countryboy]

But it is broke. The religion is an insignificant superstition. Why keep it?

Do you use it? Does it cause you to believe in God?

I say you tear up your paychecks in protest, since they likely utilize this dating system you find so offensive.

 

[X Factor]

Not changing the system. Merely what it is based upon.

I understand americans reluctance for change. Considering you are still using ounces and pounds when metric is so much better. It really is a bit of a stretch to ask you to consider changing time when you have yet to get weights under your belt.

What calendar do you advanced New Zealanders use?

 

[HowardBThiname]

Proposing a change in calanders is not unique or an impossible idea. Western civilisation has gone frome hellenic to roman to julian to gregorian.
We have had the calander we now use in effect to measure over two thousand years now. Given a starting point to a religion that no longer controls the thinking of modern man. That of the birth of christ and is called anno domini meaning in the year of our lord.

However this is archaic and based on a superstition and i argue that it is about time it was replaced with somethin contemporary and more fitting to what now has a greater influence. And what could be more fitting that america itself.

So i propose that instead of this being the year 2018 anno domini instead the calander once again should be changed and this should instead be the year 241 anno americae.

Who really gives a ****? :roll:

 

[nota bene]

William Safire in 1997:

In a recent column about what to call the Bible, I posed the question: Should it be B.C. or -- in deference to Muslims, Jews and other non-Christians -- B.C.E., standing for ''before the Common Era''? In the same ecumenical way, the question arises: should A.D. or C.E., ''Common Era,'' be used to signify the time since Jesus of Nazareth was born (in 4 B.C., for reasons of calendar error; it is not in my linguistic purview to explain)?

What a mail pull. From Prof. Harold Bloom of Yale, my Bronx Science classmate whose landmark book ''The Western Canon'' booms across the Kulturkampf battlefields: ''Every scholar I know uses B.C.E. and shuns A.D.'' B.C./A.D. or B.C.E./C.E.? - The New York Times

I thought this issue was settled decades ago. Besides, when is the last time anybody had to use any of these terms? Not most of us. Raise your hand if you knew that AD is written before the year but CE is written after?

I checked out the American Journal of Archaeology's style guidelines:

Chronological References

The AJA uses B.C.E. (“before the common era”) and C.E. (“common era”) for historical dates.

All historical dates should be written in their entirety, except in cases of conventional epigraphic usage:

211–202 B.C.E.
117–138 C.E.
208/9 C.E.; 293/2 B.C.E. https://www.ajaonline.org/submissions/editorial-style

 

[Serenity]

We actually use both.

Metrication was introduced into Australia well before I was born so that's what I've grown up with. That being said, I'm just as fluent with the imperial system and can easily convert one to the other. It makes sense to have a good understanding of both.

 

[Cephus]

If dates are arbitrary then no real problem to change them is it? You are correct but it still nothing more than a sop. A weak concession that while claiming science still sounds the same and is still based on an imaginary friend.

Do you have any idea how hard it would be to change the entire dating system for the whole planet? How much would have to be altered? And for what? Your feelings? Seems a bit silly to me.

 

[TheGoverness]

Is this something people really worry about?

What, you aren't super concerned about this totally important issue?

Shows where your priorities lie, X!

 

[TheGoverness]

Proposing a change in calanders is not unique or an impossible idea. Western civilisation has gone frome hellenic to roman to julian to gregorian.
We have had the calander we now use in effect to measure over two thousand years now. Given a starting point to a religion that no longer controls the thinking of modern man. That of the birth of christ and is called anno domini meaning in the year of our lord.

However this is archaic and based on a superstition and i argue that it is about time it was replaced with somethin contemporary and more fitting to what now has a greater influence. And what could be more fitting that america itself.

So i propose that instead of this being the year 2018 anno domini instead the calander once again should be changed and this should instead be the year 241 anno americae.

I am a non-religious person. I don't believe in any god or God(s). It's all nonsense to me.

That being said, I have no ****s to give about this "issue". I do not care one bit about this.

 

[nota bene]

I am a non-religious person. I don't believe in any god or God(s). It's all nonsense to me.

That being said, I have no ****s to give about this "issue". I do not care one bit about this.

The only time you'll probably ever have to is when writing various college papers.

 

[TheGoverness]

The only time you'll probably ever have to is when writing various college papers.

Speaking of college papers, I've got a a Music Appreciation essay due Friday. Ugh.

 

[nota bene]

Speaking of college papers, I've got a a Music Appreciation essay due Friday. Ugh.

About what are you writing?

 

[Goshin]

First off, nobody cares because dates are arbitrary. Secondly, we already switched to the CE/BCE system a long time ago. Nobody gives a crap, there's a lot more to worry about in the world than what dare you put on things and it would be a complete pain in the patootie to switch.

Well that's that. If Cephus doesn't care, this isn't going anywhere.



(He's sorta like Mikey from the cereal commercial, he hates everything. )

 

[bubbabgone]

Speaking of college papers, I've got a a Music Appreciation essay due Friday. Ugh.

You have a topic?
How about the mental image that can be visualized by music like, oh I don't know, say, Respighi's "The Pines of the Appian Way"?

 

[TheGoverness]

About what are you writing?

About a concert we had to go to here, and how the music made us "feel". I also have to identify all of the terms that we learned in the class (Ex: Fortissimo) and the instruments used in the performance, and the influences, and blah, blah, blah.

Thanks to my group, I have about 4 pages of notes. So hopefully I will be able to type up a 5 page essay with all of that. But it's gonna suck.

 

[jimbo]

Proposing a change in calanders is not unique or an impossible idea. Western civilisation has gone frome hellenic to roman to julian to gregorian.
We have had the calander we now use in effect to measure over two thousand years now. Given a starting point to a religion that no longer controls the thinking of modern man. That of the birth of christ and is called anno domini meaning in the year of our lord.

However this is archaic and based on a superstition and i argue that it is about time it was replaced with somethin contemporary and more fitting to what now has a greater influence. And what could be more fitting that america itself.

So i propose that instead of this being the year 2018 anno domini instead the calander once again should be changed and this should instead be the year 241 anno americae.

I believe you are correct. I view the way we count our days as the number one problem facing the world today.

 

[bubbabgone]

About a concert we had to go to here, and how the music made us "feel". I also have to identify all of the terms that we learned in the class (Ex: Fortissimo) and the instruments used in the performance, and the influences, and blah, blah, blah.

Thanks to my group, I have about 4 pages of notes. So hopefully I will be able to type up a 5 page essay with all of that. But it's gonna suck.

What was the music?

 

[polgara]

Speaking of college papers, I've got a a Music Appreciation essay due Friday. Ugh.

Greetings, TheGoverness. :2wave:

If anybody on here appreciates music, it's you! :thumbs: This paper should be a piece of cake for you to write! Dazzle them! :mrgreen:

 

[TheGoverness]

What was the music?

It was a percussion concert. Glad I don't have to pay money to attend them (the concerts we are required to go to are put on by the school, so it's free for us).

 

[bubbabgone]

It was a percussion concert. Glad I don't have to pay money to attend them (the concerts we are required to go to are put on by the school, so it's free for us).

Just razzle dazzle 'em with contrasts to other selections that made you feel the earth move.

 

[Tigerace117]

You don't know, maybe this'll gain some traction like the Confederate statue thing and folks'll go around tearing down calendars.

Considering that not a single calendar has murdered a US soldier or owned a human being, I doubt it.

 

[Tigerace117]

actually I think they already have its no longer "pc" to call dates BC and AD, I think they go by BCE and CE now

Not really the same thing though.