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cooperricko · 09-20-2004, 04:12 AM

Thanks to Adysav & Tecoyah for supporting at least some of my view point. I have resigned myself to the position that many - including Asaris - consider that my thoughts on this subject are flawed.

However, it is important to my grasp and understanding of life to find some reference point to go by. The accepted point of view is that Jesus Christ's birth is the beginning of the common era. As I previously posted, we would ( perhaps ) be more correct in calling the pre anno domoni period as "Before Caeser" as it appears as though the edict for reference "1" came from the Roman empire ( not 0 as this doesn't appear to exist in common idealogy - ie 3,2,1 BC to 1,2,3 etc AD bypassing the year zero ).

My ( albeit to some - misguided ) postings have been clouded by my personal need to understand where this nomenculture comes from. All the great dynasties of the Chinese, the Aztecs, the Egyptians etc etc were somehow re-referenced against a date of questionable deduction ( I've heard the redefintion of 4 AD in many theories ). all of a sudden their rich and colourful time line was distorted and rewritten by a group of self important senators in togas, who may have thought that their world was all encompassing. we know that the Chinese, for example, predate most of the OT writings.

So, in an atmosphere of " let's rewrite history to suit ourselves" why wouldn't certain facts and proofs be left out of certain stories.

A favourite of mine is the statement " Never let the truth get in the way of a good story". Perhaps it happened 2004 years ago. Who knows for absolute certain? Who was there to verbatim record the events. James didn't even get a guernsey for his version of the events.

The Koran entertains the idea of suicide bombers living in Paradise with 40 odd virgins!! Now there's a good theory. That is writen down somewhere - supposedly as truth and straight from the horse's mouth. Can we conduct a quick poll to ascertain the numbers on that little idea?

Faith may take you a long way - but fact, logic, universal law and scientific theory may be the only way to cut to the chase and get to the truth of the matter.

09-20-2004, 04:12 AM	#87 (permalink)
cooperricko Upright Location: The lovely Fleurieu	Thanks to Adysav & Tecoyah for supporting at least some of my view point. I have resigned myself to the position that many - including Asaris - consider that my thoughts on this subject are flawed. However, it is important to my grasp and understanding of life to find some reference point to go by. The accepted point of view is that Jesus Christ's birth is the beginning of the common era. As I previously posted, we would ( perhaps ) be more correct in calling the pre anno domoni period as "Before Caeser" as it appears as though the edict for reference "1" came from the Roman empire ( not 0 as this doesn't appear to exist in common idealogy - ie 3,2,1 BC to 1,2,3 etc AD bypassing the year zero ). My ( albeit to some - misguided ) postings have been clouded by my personal need to understand where this nomenculture comes from. All the great dynasties of the Chinese, the Aztecs, the Egyptians etc etc were somehow re-referenced against a date of questionable deduction ( I've heard the redefintion of 4 AD in many theories ). all of a sudden their rich and colourful time line was distorted and rewritten by a group of self important senators in togas, who may have thought that their world was all encompassing. we know that the Chinese, for example, predate most of the OT writings. So, in an atmosphere of " let's rewrite history to suit ourselves" why wouldn't certain facts and proofs be left out of certain stories. A favourite of mine is the statement " Never let the truth get in the way of a good story". Perhaps it happened 2004 years ago. Who knows for absolute certain? Who was there to verbatim record the events. James didn't even get a guernsey for his version of the events. The Koran entertains the idea of suicide bombers living in Paradise with 40 odd virgins!! Now there's a good theory. That is writen down somewhere - supposedly as truth and straight from the horse's mouth. Can we conduct a quick poll to ascertain the numbers on that little idea? Faith may take you a long way - but fact, logic, universal law and scientific theory may be the only way to cut to the chase and get to the truth of the matter. Last edited by cooperricko; 09-20-2004 at 04:17 AM..