Re: Timekeeping

J.A. Mills wrote:
> Why is that an issue?  The world has abandoned Latin as a "modern language".
> European church leaders use the metric system, even though that system is not
> to be found in the bible, the torah, the koran, etc.  Don't try to make
> customary practice of timekeeping an obstacle to reform.
Well, for one the seven-day week is much more intimately connected with
religion than any measuring system.  The Bible, for example, doesn't say
how large churches should be, or whatever.  However, it does command us
to rest on the Sabbath and all that.  I suspect that the Koran probably
has seven-day weeks being quite important.  Since I'm not a Muslim,
that's just a guess.  Can any Muslims out there confirm or deny this?

> And how fair is it
> to base our calendar (ours = the West) on the A.D.-B.C. division.  Why not
> shoot for the beginnings of the historical record-keeping and count from
> there?
For one, no one knows when record-keeping started.

> Nobody's satisfactorily answered my question yet.  Why doesn't a "metric" time
> system even exist?  Is it because nobody can do the math?
I thought I gave a satisfactory answer: practicality.  Ease of dividing
up the day/year, and so on.

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