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Old 12-31-2019, 09:40 AM
 
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We'll let that pass, but just mention a Joyous New year and we'll have you hauled in for atheist re-education.

It is what it is. You atheists have to use a Christian calendar. How did they figure out that that extra quarter of the day in 1582?

BTW, no one has yet come up with a PC way to see happy new year. So Happy New Year to you!

 
Old 12-31-2019, 09:51 AM
 
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It is what it is. You atheists have to use a Christian calendar.
So, does the fact that you use Arabic numerals to do your math make you a cultural Muslim?
 
Old 12-31-2019, 10:10 AM
 
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It is what it is. You atheists have to use a Christian calendar. How did they figure out that that extra quarter of the day in 1582?

BTW, no one has yet come up with a PC way to see happy new year. So Happy New Year to you!
The Earth must rotate more than 360 degrees between one dawn and the next. The amount of time it takes for the Earth to rotate once on its axis is known as a sidereal day – which is 23.9344696 hours. Eratosthenes, around 200 B.C., determined that the length of the year was 365.25 days, even suggesting adding a leap day every four years.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/n...ures-february/

https://www.history.com/news/6-thing...orian-calendar
 
Old 12-31-2019, 10:33 AM
 
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It is what it is. You atheists have to use a Christian calendar. How did they figure out that that extra quarter of the day in 1582?
I believe the leap year was worked out in Caesar's time. Before Christianity was invented, you know? And the Christians adopted the calendar that was in use when Jupiter was worshipped.

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BTW, no one has yet come up with a PC way to see happy new year. So Happy New Year to you!
And I wish you a very happy New year, too, but no guarantees as we know that prayers do not get answered any more than if it was just left to chance.
 
Old 12-31-2019, 10:47 AM
 
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So, does the fact that you use Arabic numerals to do your math make you a cultural Muslim?


A number is a number: VI = 6 = 110 =
But, you have a point.
 
Old 12-31-2019, 10:49 AM
 
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