Atheists-Should we have our own Calendar ?

Question

since the Calendar is based on Jesus .

let's see :

Planet Earth is 4·5 billion years old. Scientists believe that for the first half a billion years asteroids and meteors smashed holes in the surface so frequently that life stood little chance of survival. Scientists estimate the Earth became more habitable 4 billion years ago, and life emerged 200 million years later.

For most of Earth's history, there were only single-celled organisms. Scientists have found fossilized single-celled micro-organisms in rocks 3·5 billion years old(evidence to disprove Creationism)

since life started 3.5 billion years ago , and we're in the year 2008 , we are in the year 3.500,000,002,008,

correct if I 'm wrong .

Answer 1

OK....3.5 billion years is the actual starting point, but why have such a ridiculously long year designation?

No matter what, the century is still correct at 2008.  So why complicate things.

But, who knows, maybe there is a market for an "atheist" calender.  If so, design one and you could be a millionaire.  

Answer 2

My calculations indicate you are a week off.

Answer 3

I could really care less what my calendar is based on.

I'm probably only going to refer to the last two digits of the year, anyway.

Answer 4

The count of years might be roughly based on Jesus, but the names of months and days of the week are based on Roman gods and Norse gods so the whole thing is a crude mixture anyway. Never change a working system.

Answer 5

The new calendar should start with Obama's birth year.

Answer 6

I am all for it, except I wouldn't like writing such a long number on my school papers. The last numbers of your number says 2008, so I guess you can pretend that the calender was made for us and that really when we are writing 2008 we are abbreviating. :D  

Answer 7

It should start from the Big Bang, making it now the year 13,7??,???,???.

Btw, you're off by a factor of 1000.

____

Answer 8

uh how does that realy relate to ur title ^^.

Answer 9

Yeah, i've always thought this...

Answer 10

LMAO >> 3.500,000,00(2,008)

We can still shorten it and call it 2008. Funny huh?

Answer 11

Yes.

Answer 12

The only problem with that is, we've got no way of knowing the exact year, let alone day, that life began.  So we'd have to just pull a number out of our a**e, which I personally find a little unsatisfying.

Maybe if we could find a hugely significant event in recorded history that we could base the calendar on, something that we could use to divide time into "before" and "after" we could be onto something.

I suggest the founding of Rome, just for convenience.  I believe that would make this year 2780.

Answer 13

would i still get paid holidays... cuz i reallly like those.  

Answer 14

No it's ok. It would take to long to write. 08-28-3.500,000,002,008

yeah sorry i'll stick to the shorter version.

Answer 15

That's just inconvenient. Just use CE and BCE (Common Era and Before Common Era). It's the same thing.

Answer 16

I thought the Mayans or Aztecs developed the calendar....based on watching the stars, but when; "Christians" took it over and published it they messed up and that's why we have leap years.

I thought you were going to suggest that atheists get to invent holidays.

Answer 17

My calender started when the first batch of Pilsner beer was brewed. that makes today the 1st of Stumble 166 P.C.E.

Answer 18

2008 is a lot easier to write.