Re: A83: (no subject)
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Re: A83: (no subject)
Bryan Rabeler wrote:
>
> Well, the actual *day* doesn't really matter. Would it make any difference
> to us if we were actually a day off in celebrating New Years Day 2000 or
> not? No one would really know, because time is just what we define it to
> be.
>
> And the thing about Christmas is, no one really knows what day Jesus was
> born on. So somewhere down the line, someone picked December 25th and it
> stuck...
>From what I was told, they picked December 25th because it fell around
some pagan festivities and they were trying to get more people to become
Christian so....
- Matthew
>
> --
> Bryan Rabeler
> rabelerb@pilot.msu.edu
> http://www.msu.edu/~rabelerb/
>
> "The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the
> end justifies the means." - Georges Bernanos
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurens Holst" <laurensh1@yahoo.com>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 5:58 PM
> Subject: Re: A83: (no subject)
>
> >
> > > And when did it end?
> >
> > Same problem... But I think the people then also thought 1000 was the
> start
> > of the new millennium. IF they had their millennium at the right date,
> > 'cause I remember at a certain point (somewhere in 1600 I believe) they
> > skipped fourty days or so because they at first thought a year was 365
> days
> > while it is 365.24 days or so, and at the moment they realized that the
> > church thought "well now we are celebrating the birth of Jesus at the
> wrong
> > date!", so they corrected it again. But that means that the years before,
> > while they advanced in time they celebrated newyear a day too early every
> > four years. Or something like that.
> >
> > Hey, let's keep this TI-83 related. I bet the TI-83 isn't
> > millennium-proof!!! :)
> >
> >
> > ~Grauw
> >
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