Re: World Dual Calendar (solar + lunar-solar)

Dear Mark and Calendar people,

 

Gregorian calendar is correct and season.

A 7-day week in Gregorian calendar is a 5-st wheel in the cart

 

I was in Abu-Dabi (UAE) and in another calendar centers of moslems.

They approve of The World Dual Calendar.

2009/5/27 Mikhail Petin :

> Mike, you categorically speak from a name of "people". Explain, what
> "people" you mean?
>
> And how many these people for today remained?

> On my data, moslems and also other religious peoples of America, Europe,
> Africa, Australia and Asia think differently than you\

Have you done a poll asking "people" how they would like a calendar
with no seven-day week?

The seven-day week is not unique to Christianity. It is central to
the daily lives of observant Jews. Islam may reject the tradition of
the Sabbath, but Muslims nonetheless have rituals tied to specific
days of the week, especially Friday. Several traditions in Eastern
Asia developed a seven-day week independently of Western religion -
the ultimate origin being, of course, the seven visible "planets" in
the night sky.

We may live in more rational, enlightened times (allegedly; here in
the US that hasn't been apparent in recent years), but underestimate
the influence of religion at your peril.

Besides religious concerns, there's also the practical issue - the
seven-day week has been well established, along with the Gregorian
calendar, in completely secular circles throughout the world. Of
chief concern is the established ratio of working days to "weekend"
days - the disruption of which was ultimately the reason both the
French and Russian Revolutionary calendar reforms failed.

--
Mark J. Reed

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Best regards
Mikhail Petin
http://CalendarPetin-Meton.narod.ru/index.htm