Somehow, I could not see my mail for TWO days and look... 45 messages *on and off topic*(usma22998 thro 23043) on dates and preaching etc. I am not against...! and why should I be? I am, therefore, taking the liberty of deleting all messages to clear my locked mail box. I shall be delighted to reply to any specifics. Yes, if the Calendar question is being raised again. I have been on the CALNDR-L server, and here is what I intend to have examined:
*Calendar-crank* is a new term to me! I am, if I can claim to be a simpleton who has tried to present a CLEAR option for calendar reform; with minimal or NO CHANGES - keep the (2x12)-hour clock during 'Date change'. The clock is shown at:
http://the-light.com/cal/bbv_clock.jpg
but HOUR is decimalised into 100 x 100 'decimal seconds'; keep the
7-day Sabbath and Gregorian calendar can change its Leap Rule *to divide the year by six(6) and have *Leap Week instead of February 29* during an 834-year cycle, during which period we shall need Nine(9) additional leap weeks. Refer:
http://the-light.com/cal/bbv_div6.doc
Luni-solar adjustments have been projected at:
http://the-light.com/cal/bbv_lni-slr_cal..xls
There has been quite a discussion among calendar people about *Long and Short* Lunar months and their adjustment wrt exact position of Phases (1/59th of TWO lunations)/Asterisms (1/27th of sidereal moon).
966 Solar days = 965 �tithi or phases�;and
849 solar days = 839 �nakshatra or asterisms�
Ratio, 966/965 = 1.00103626943; and Ratio, 849/839 = 1.0119189511323
What I have attempted to 'sink into minds' is the need for correcting the discrepancies in existing calendar and its long term application without incurring COSTS *to any nation*. The implementation could be in phased manner:
(a) Change only the face of Clock Dials to additionally include division of the hour into 100 parts, along with the present 60 divisions to the hour;
(b) Deliberate to consider changing the �length� unit by making the � Metre- longer by 111.2% for simultaneously defining the Nautical Kilometre as: �1/100TH of the arc-angle ONE degree (10)� on earth surface;
(c) In the mean time, check and/or rework the needed astronomical data and encourage the use of decimalised values for mathematical & trigonometric functions, already available among �student & research� community;
(d) Arrive at the new format for World Decimal Calendar by either omitting a day from the month of July and keep duration of all other months unchanged or agree upon using the �Week Number & Day Number� from start of the year to know elapsed days from start of the year/era.
I am sure experts can add more input rather than consider *if time is ripe for an open discussion* for such an idea!
Regards,
Brij B. Vij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:23037] Re: Question about date format -- OFF TOPIC
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 19:23:53 -0500
2002-10-31
Not everyone agrees that the death & resurrection of Christ occurred on a
Friday to a Sunday. The "error" occurs because of the remark in the Bible
that the resurrection occurred after the Sabbath and that the two women
going to the tomb in the early hours of the morning found the tomb open.
Thus people have assumed the resurrection occurred on a Sunday morning.
But, I once read a different explanation, that actually makes more sense
then the present theory.
First, of all the Bible does say that Jesus was dead 3 days. Yet, there is
only 1.5 days between a Friday afternoon and a Sunday morning.
Second, in addition to the weekly Saturday Sabbaths, the Jews also
celebrated 7 annual Sabbaths. Passover was one of them. These annual
Sabbaths are similar in structure to Roman Catholic holy days. A person was
forbidden to any type of work on the annual Sabbaths.
Third, the Jewish day ran from sundown to sundown, not from midnight to
midnight.
According to what I read, Jesus was executed on the annual Sabbath of
Passover. He actually was executed on the "Day of Preparation", which
occurred the day before the annual Sabbath. In the year of Jesus'
execution, the "Day of Preparation" ran from what would be a Tuesday evening
to the Wednesday evening. The events of the last supper (actually the
Passover meal - the Seder) to the death on the cross all occurred on the
same day, the Day of Preparation. Not two days as in our reckoning. Jesus
had to be buried quickly before sundown because the annual Sabbath began at
sundown and no work could be done on that day. From Thursday sundown to
Friday sundown was a regular work day and the people were able to buy the
spices and prepare for their visit to the tomb on the day after the weekly
Sabbath.
The following day, from Friday at sundown to Saturday at sundown was the
weekly Sabbath and again no work could be done. Since this Sabbath ended at
dark, it would be foolish to venture out in the night to visit a grave, so
the women went first thing at dawn and found the grave open. This does not
imply the resurrection took place at that moment.
Since the Bible says Christ was dead exactly 3 days, there are 3 days from
Wednesday late afternoon to Saturday late afternoon. The resurrection took
place at the end of the weekly Sabbath. So, naturally when the women went
at dawn the grave was open.
The 7 annual Sabbaths were suppose to "teach" the chosen people God's plan
for salvation. Each Sabbath had a meaning on how the plan was to be carried
out. The Bible says that the annual Sabbaths were to be celebrated forever.
There never was any authority given to any man or church to change or
abolish these annual feast days.
For this reason, some Christians believe these feast days are still binding,
but celebrated under the new covenant where the sacrificial lamb is replaced
by the bread and wine. They also believe that all those who do not continue
to celebrate these feast days and chose the counterfeit, Satan inspired
pagan days instead are not Christians at all, but "wolves in sheep's
clothing".
Anyone else aware of this belief?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 2002-10-31 14:03
Subject: [USMA:23029] Re: Question about date format -- OFF TOPIC
> ill Potts wrote in USMA 23016:
>
> >I thought the alleged resurrection was on a Monday -- now celebrated as
> >Easter Monday.
> >
> >Bill Potts, CMS
>
> Easter Sunday is the most important Christian day. There is an
> American protestant church named the Seventh Day Adventists. Their
> day of rest and worship is Saturday. The renowned Battle Creek
> Sanitarium is Seventh Day Adventist. I believe that the Kellogg
> family of Battle Creek, Michigan, is also Seventh Day Adventist. A
> Kellogg was Director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the 1930's.
> Easter Monday is a civic holiday of no religious significance.
>
> The Shorter Oxford English Dictioary defines Sunday as:
> "The first day of the week, observed by Christians as a day of rest
> and worship, in commemoration of Christ's resurrection; the Lord's
> Day."
>
> Joseph B. Reid
> 17 Glebe Road West
> Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071
>
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