[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] BC vs BCE era names
ScottL
scott at mu.org
Wed Sep 6 07:23:01 UTC 2006
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
> On 9/6/06, ScottL <scott at mu.org> wrote:
>> According to [[March]], the month is named after Mars the god of war.
>> The fact that he is the god of war is empirically verifiable?
>>
>> SKL
>
> Are you asking if it's independently verifiable whether in Roman
> times, Mars was considered the God of War? Certainly it is, pick up
> any book on ancient roman mythology, and there you will find "Mars is
> the God of War" somewhere in it.
>
> This seems obvious. Why did you ask?
>
> --Oskar
No I was just applying the logic that using the AD/BC system implies
that Jesus is god means that using the names of the months imply that
the Roman Gods were gods as well.
SKL
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