Re: Telling time (wasRe: The English/French counting system (WAS:number systems fromconlangs))

Mark J. Reed sikyal:

> On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:13:36AM -0400, Isidora Zamora wrote:
> > >The real issue was the matter of Easter.  It's symbolically important
> > >that Easter remain a spring festival and not drift slowly into winter:
> > >Pope Gregory's reform was an attempt to correct an alarming trend,
> > >not surgery for an immediate and overwhelming problem.
> >
> > Except that in the 21st century, it's still not a problem.
>
> Since the difference only amounts to 3 days every 400 years, that's
> not really all that surprising. :)
>
> > I believe that the Gregorian reforms also made some slight changes
> > to the methods used to reckon the date of Easter.
>
> Slight?  Ha!  Overcomplicating something that was needlessly complex
> to begin with.  I have no idea why both churches don't just abandon
> the whole calculation business and just celebrate Easter on the first
> Sunday after the first ACTUAL full moon after the ACTUAL spring equinox.
How do orthodox Jews go about calculating the date of Passover these days?
For maximum authenticity, shouldn't we[1] just do as they do, only
celebrate on Sunday?

Is Steg nomail?

[1] Read as "we(incl.)" or "we(excl.)" as appropriate for your religious
persuasion.

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